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Seph Schlueter performs July 10 at Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria during a concert called His Name Hallowed.  DAVE HRBACEK  |  THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT

Hundreds enjoy summer concert at Holy Family Catholic High School

Several hundred people got the chance to soak in sunshine and faith-filled music at an outdoor concert July 10 at Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria. The event was called His Name Hallowed and featured performances by two Christian artists plus a play area for young children and a talk between bands by Archbishop Bernard Hebda. It took place on the high school’s football field.
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A woman in a wheelchair reaches out to Mirokaï, a new generation of robots that employs Artificial Intelligence, as seen in this photo take July 8, 2025, at the AI for Good Summit 2025 in Geneva. The July 8-11 summit, organized by the International Telecommunication Union in partnership with some 40 U.N. agencies and the Swiss government, focused on "identifying innovative AI applications, building skills and standards, and advancing partnerships to solve global challenges," according to the event's website.

AI must have ethical management, regulation protecting human person, pope says

Pope Leo XIV urged global leaders and experts to establish a network for the governance of AI and to seek ethical clarity regarding its use.
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Seph Schlueter performs July 10 at Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria during a concert called His Name Hallowed.  DAVE HRBACEK  |  THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT

Hundreds enjoy summer concert at Holy Family Catholic High School

Several hundred people got the chance to soak in sunshine and faith-filled music at an outdoor concert July 10 at Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria. The event was called His Name Hallowed and featured performances by two Christian artists plus a play area for young children and a talk between bands by Archbishop Bernard Hebda. It took place on the high school’s football field.
Father Joseph Bambanek

Father Bambenek: People are never too young or old to serve the Lord

Two people set be canonized Sept. 7 demonstrate that one is never too young — and by the same token, too old — to serve the Lord, said Father Joseph Bambenek, who is leading the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Office for the Renewal of Structures.
A woman in a wheelchair reaches out to Mirokaï, a new generation of robots that employs Artificial Intelligence, as seen in this photo take July 8, 2025, at the AI for Good Summit 2025 in Geneva. The July 8-11 summit, organized by the International Telecommunication Union in partnership with some 40 U.N. agencies and the Swiss government, focused on "identifying innovative AI applications, building skills and standards, and advancing partnerships to solve global challenges," according to the event's website.

AI must have ethical management, regulation protecting human person, pope says

Pope Leo XIV urged global leaders and experts to establish a network for the governance of AI and to seek ethical clarity regarding its use.
Bishop Michael Izen

Bishop Izen on combatting loneliness: ‘We’re made for communion’

In talking about the Catholic Church’s role in responding to what has been called an epidemic of loneliness, Bishop Michael Izen said to those who are experiencing loneliness that “you’re not alone … that’s true on two levels.”
Kate Soucheray

Flourishing as a Catholic is ‘a day-by-day walk with God’

Focusing on living a virtuous life leads to flourishing as a Catholic in modern times, suggested Kate Soucheray, a licensed marriage and family therapist emeritus.
TCScvrJuly10_2025

Digital Edition – July 10, 2025

Organ transplant journey, Catholic media awards, Honoring religious jubilarians, Damascus partnership, Catholic health coach, Why I am Catholic, PECS in Rome
Amy Novak, president of St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and Todd Olson, president of Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, sign documents related to completion of the first step of their universities' strategic combination June 27, 2025, at Mount Mercy. Witnessing are Bishop Dennis G. Walsh of Davenport, and Julia Cavallo of the Conference for Mercy Higher Education.

2 Iowa Catholic universities are merging, offering a model for Catholic higher ed’s future

St. Ambrose University in Davenport and Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids have reached a major milestone in their journey to fully combine, which their presidents believe serves as a model for Catholic higher education.
Appointments

Appointments – July 10, 2025

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has announced the following appointments in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan star in a scene from the movie "Superman." The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Superman — PG-13/A-III

In the spring of 1938, when the figure of Superman made his first appearance in the pages of DC's "Action Comics #1," President Franklin Roosevelt's efforts to combat the Great Depression via the New Deal were at their height. There had as yet been only one world war and Lou Gehrig was still playing for the New York Yankees.
Streetlight on a dusk in a neighborhood

Seeking understanding

As a youngster growing up, I recall that when I went out with friends, my mom would tell me to make sure that I returned home before it got to be too dark and too late.
Archbishop Bernard Hebda

Witness and service of consecrated women and men

In a recent gathering with religious sisters, Pope Leo XIV spoke of the primacy that God should have in their lives. Quoting St. Augustine, he particularly reminded them that “God is your everything. If you are hungry, God is your bread; if you are thirsty, God is your water; if you are in darkness, God is your light that never fades; if you are naked, God is your everlasting garment.”
Faith
Streetlight on a dusk in a neighborhood

Seeking understanding

As a youngster growing up, I recall that when I went out with friends, my mom would tell me to make sure that I returned home before it got to be too dark and too late.

The priest as humble servant

Five loaves and two fish

Vestments worn by priests

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German Advent Calendar

Therese Geuer Mueller helped bring liturgy — and Advent wreaths — into people’s lives

Motherhood was the primary vocation for Therese Geuer Mueller. The holder of a doctorate in economics and sociology, Mueller preferred to be addressed as Mrs. Franz Mueller. She resisted outside employment and restricted her writing to the evenings after her five children were in bed, at least while they were young. This experience with motherhood and as a wife became the chief gift she shared as she became active in helping Americans bring the liturgy into their homes in the 1940s and 1950s.

The apostolate of the laity

Even now, the ship will hold

Why I am Catholic
Practicing Catholic

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