Anonymous donor offers $25 million matching gift to University of St. Thomas

Anonymous donor offers $25 million matching gift to University of St. Thomas

An anonymous donor has offered $25 million to the University of St. Thomas as a matching grant, the largest such gift in the university’s history.

Ten teams train to challenge youth to embrace their faith

Ten teams train to challenge youth to embrace their faith

Cate Bunnell and Maggie Vettel are among 110 members of National Evan­gelization Teams Min­is­tries who are completing training as retreat leaders.

Team members will be serving Catholic par­ishes throughout the country this year — in­cluding two in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Min­neapolis.

Pope Benedict to highlight relevance of Newman in visit to Great Britain

Pope Benedict to highlight relevance of Newman in visit to Great Britain

Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to travel to Great Britain to personally beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman will give him an opportunity to highlight Cardinal Newman’s teaching about the relation be­tween faith and reason, the role of conscience and the place of religion in society.

Growing by leaps and baptisms

Growing by leaps and baptisms

Six hundred Latinos are christened yearly at Incarnation church in Minneapolis.

Photo Contest: Give us your best shot

Photo Contest: Give us your best shot

Get your camera and start shooting Catholic churches in Minnesota for a chance to win a cash prize and have your work showcased.

The Catholic Spirit’s latest photo contest – Minnesot’a Most Photogenic Catholic Church – is sponsored by the Eden Prairie-based company Lifetouch.


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New digs

University of St. Thomas senior John Busch looked like a kid in a candy store recently when he entered a huge weight room on the St. Paul campus that is part of the new $52 million Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex. The complex opened Sept. 1 for use by students, staff and athletes. It also [...]

GB Leighton in concert in White Bear Lake

St. Mary of the Lake parish in White Bear Lake presents an end of summer concert featuring Minnesota-based rockers GB Leighton on Sept. 12. The concert will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at the St. Mary of the Lake School ballfield at 4690 Bald Eagle Ave. Admission is $5 per person, children 14 and [...]

Common Hope to get St. John’s Dignitas Humana Award

Common Hope, a St. Paul-based non-profit organization that provides education, health care and housing to children and families in need in Guatemala, will receive the Dignitas Humana Award Sept. 13 from St. John’s University in Collegeville. Common Hope — founded by the Huebsch family — began working with families in Guatemala in 1986, helping them [...]

Quotes from this weeks newsmakers – September 9, 2010

“The spirit of God was working in me and the parish staff members that day. God used us to be the light in the darkness.” — Father Tom Iwanowski, former pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa church near the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J., recounting how the parish provided comfort and care nine years [...]