Frederic Baraga News Today

With nearly 100 active causes for canonization currently in the United States, most of which are in the first stage of “Servant of God,” O’Neill puts the spot...

Critics are coming out to highlight the Downers Grove Library Board’s change to its Land Acknowledgment statement criticizing the “Catholic and other Christian churches.”

The Michigan UP town of Baraga celebrates 180 years in 2023. Here are a number of historic photos...

From the column: "He and his voyageur friend looked over the big waters and their destination 40 miles away. Their 18-foot birchbark canoe was a chancy ride since the 'bundle of twigs' were notorious leakers."

This week in Northlandia, we look into the history of the ‘Snowshoe Priest’, Frederic Baraga, who crossed Lake Superior in a canoe and may one day become saint.

A stone cross on the North Shore marks the seemingly miraculous success of a perilous journey for Frederic Baraga, a Slovenian missionary who traversed the Upper Midwest in the 19th century.

A history of why Lake Superior is called Gitche Gumee. We also break down the origins of the phrase the big lake they call Gitche Gumme.

A history of why Lake Superior is called Gitche Gumee. We also break down the origins of the phrase the big lake they call Gitche Gumme.

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The Haunted 1850 Catholic Cemetery, Marquette This historic old graveyard has been around ever since 1850, even though no one has been buried there since approximately 1900. In 1861, this little patch of graveyard land, which sits at the corner of Pioneer Road and Division Street, was donated to Reverend Frederic Baraga with the strict specifications that the land was to ONLY be used for "free burial ground and for no other purpose". But the graveyard was filling up with little burial ground l...