Wisconsin man’s Catholic faith revived after finding bishop’s crosier in scrapyard

Wisconsin man’s Catholic faith revived after finding bishop’s crosier in scrapyard

A bishop's golden crosier found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey back to the Catholic Church of his youth.

Wisconsin man's Catholic faith revived after finding bishop's crosier in scrapyard

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — A bishop’s golden crosier, or hooked staff symbolizing his office, found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey back to the Catholic Church of his youth. “If I’m the lost sheep, it literally took a shepherd’s staff put right in my path” to seriously pursue the faith, Jeff Helgeson, 62, of New Richmond, Wisconsin, told The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Minne…

Wisconsin man's Catholic faith revived after finding bishop's crosier in scrapyard - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — A bishop’s golden crosier, or hooked staff symbolizing his office, found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey back to the Catholic Church of his youth. “If I’m the lost sheep, it literally took a shepherd’s staff put right in my path” to seriously pursue the faith, Jeff Helgeson, 62, of New Richmond, Wisconsin, told The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of St. P…

Found: Bishop's crosier in scrapyard and Wisconsin man's path back to Catholic faith - The Dialog

By Joe Ruff / The Catholic Spirit, OSV News ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bishop’s golden crosier, or hooked staff symbolizing his office, found in a Minnesota scrapyard has drawn the man who discovered it into a journey back to the Catholic Church of his youth. “If I’m the lost sheep, it literally took a shepherd’s staff put right in my path” to seriously pursue the faith, Jeff Helgeson, 62, of New Richmond, Wisconsin, told The Catholic Spirit, the newsp…