Ten men will be ordained as transitional deacons by Archbishop John Nienstedt during a Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Basilica of St. Mary, 88 17th St. N. in Minneapolis.
Articles By: The Catholic Spirit
NET Ministries – 30 Years of Proclaiming the Gospel and Living for Christ
A Catholic Spirit Special Section
NET Team 11 fires up parents and students at Providence Academy
Providence Academy hasn’t been the same since eight fired-up young missionaries showed up at the Plymouth campus last fall, and neither has headmaster Todd Flanders’ family, which hosted three of them in its home.
Netters are guides and friends in parish
When Nathan Shirk’s sixth-grade teacher at All Saints School in Lakeville recently assigned him to write an essay about an inspirational leader, he chose someone not so much older than he is who’s both “religious and fun.”
Alums share how ministry to youth impacted them
The Catholic Spirit asked several former NET members to share an experience from their ministry on a team and tell our readers how that impacted their ministry choices and their lives today.
Author offers insights on how to solve today’s bully problem
Whether we are talking about the Navajo, Masai warriors, or Orthodox Jews, traditional cultures understand that boys have to be brought through a period of trial — some test of skill and endurance — during which they learn the virtues of courage and self-sacrifice.
St. Croix Catholic School wins technology grant
Also:
- BSM online paper wins national award
- UST gets challenge gift for campaign
- Parish team, deacon honored for service
- BVMs name Hadro as new president
Quotes from this week’s newsmakers – April 26, 2012
“The spirit of our age is profoundly secular. And secularism accepts religion — if it accepts it at all — only on its own terms. Under this view, religion is subordinated to the political interests of the secular state. And it is precisely this subordination of religion to the state that the First Amendment seeks to prevent.”
Four ACCW women to be feted
The Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women will honor four women who have been involved in the organization during the 80th Biennial ACCW Conference May 3 at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis.
Bodies of local couple in cruise ship disaster identified; family thanks rescuers, supporters
The family of Gerald and Barbara Heil, the couple missing at sea for more than two months after their Italian cruise ship capsized, said it can finally “bring them home to rest.”
Archdiocese names new Marriage, Family and Life director
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has hired Jean Stolpestad as director of the Office of Marriage, Family and Life.
Longtime Catholic Charities leader steps down
After dedicating the last three and a half decades of his life to helping lift people out of poverty, Paul Martodam, chief strategy officer of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, has decided to end his tenure with the organization as of April 11 based on advice from his doctors.
Social Connect