Pope Francis recently said that religious liberty is talked about more than it is proactively protected. And he is right. Religious liberty is increasingly given lip service, but in practice it keeps shrinking.
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Catholic United Financial organizes event to help victims of disasters
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– CCF hires new officer, names finance director
– Order of Malta exhibit at Basilica
– Local Catholic author publishes new book
Graduation is a meaningful beginning of adulthood
Thirty-four years ago, on June 3, I delivered the commencement address for the class of 1979 at the Academy of the Holy Angels in Richfield. I challenged my classmates and myself to go out and change the world for the better.
Same-sex marriage: Why the French protest and Americans shrug
Minnesota and France redefined marriage in the same week, yet the differences in public reaction to this decision in both places could hardly be starker.
150 graduate from Catechetical Institute
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– The Archbishop Harry J. Flynn Catechetical Institute held its graduation ceremony last week at the St. Paul Seminary Chapel
– Last chance to complete capital campaign feasibility study
– MN Twins to host altar server appreciation
Higher education and ‘breaking good’
“Breaking Bad” is a television series on AMC about a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug kingpin. It has quickly become a favorite of mine. Educator Walter White puts his chemistry skills to work in his own meth lab after he learns he has advanced-stage lung cancer and just two years to live. His teaching job, he reasons, will not provide nearly enough for his pregnant wife and his son, who has cerebral palsy.
Youth’s story shows need for immigration reform
At 2 years old, Helen was brought to the United States from Mexico as her family struggled to provide food for the table and hope for a better life. They were poor urban workers in Mexico, where there was a long line for day labor but no line for legal immigration to the United States. Like many people, Helen’s parents began a dangerous journey north, seeking a better life for their children.
Aim Higher Foundation awards tuition assistance grants
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– Seminarian writes and directs theater drama
– Cardinal Burke keynotes tribunal provincial meeting
– Feasibility study update
No compromise between same-sex ‘marriage,’ religious liberty
The House of Representatives will vote on same-sex marriage legislation on Thursday, May 9.
Day of Prayer for Vocations set for April 21
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Priests, seminarians to play basketball tourney
Haiti priest to receive award from St. John’s
Providence Academy students score for charity
Funding the fight against child sex trafficking
Recently, the DFL leadership in the Minnesota House and Senate released their proposed budget targets. While the budget targets are said to allow for investments in Minnesota’s economic future, there are deep cuts proposed in the Minnesota Health and Human Services budget that could directly affect some of our state’s most vulnerable residents in a special way, particularly our sexually exploited youth.
Changing jobs? The pope sets a worthy example
Pope Benedict’s exit and Pope Francis’ arrival hold lessons for our own workplaces
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