Faith briefs: First 100 Hours Vigil on Monday
First 100 Hours Vigil on Monday night
GREEN BAY - Wisconsin Interfaith Power & Light and faith-driven environmental advocates from Northeastern Wisconsin are hosting a First 100 Hours Vigil on Monday night.
The event will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Resurrection Catholic Parish, 333 Hilltop Drive, with music, prayer, reflection and a potluck meal. All are welcome to attend.
The vigil is one of six being held in the state to celebrate a common concern for God’s creation and religious unity at the start of the new presidential administration in the United States. Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the country’s 45th president Friday.
For more information about the local vigil, contact Brother Steve Herro by email at steve.herro@snc.edu.
Sisters elect new leadership team
GREEN BAY - The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross elected a new leadership team Sunday.
The religious community held its 38th General Chapter of Election. Bishop David Ricken oversaw the process.
Sister Ann Rehrauer was elected president, Sister Nancy Langlois first vice president and Sister Rose Jochmann second vice president.
The leadership team will be installed at a special ceremony June 15 and serve a four-year term until June 2021.
Koss, Saxe join staff at Champion shrine
CHAMPION - The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help recently augmented its staff.
Jeff Koss was hired as operations manager, and Ashley Saxe joined the team as pilgrimage planner.
Koss previously had 25 years of operational management experience with his family’s manufacturing business. He and his wife, Jennifer, also founded Beatitudes, a retail gift shop that opened in Green Bay in 2012 and since was converted to an online venture.
Jeff Koss volunteered at the shrine for many years and has been a volunteer religious education teacher for several parishes in the Diocese of Green Bay. He also served as president of the parish council and school board at St. Mary Parish in Luxemburg.
Saxe also has considerable familiarity with the shrine. The lifelong visitor produced and directed a documentary about the history of the shrine in 2009.
She has worked on various independent video and writing projects.
Todd McMahon, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
