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In his first pastoral letter, after the first synod in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in roughly 80 years, Archbishop Bernard Hebda invites all the faithful in prayer to visit the Upper Room — and then go forth together as witnesses to Christ, with the faith, courage and humility of the Apostles.

Life is a journey and mine started on May 30, 1965. I was born within hours of my mother returning home from daily Mass (Memorial Day). I was blessed with the name “Mary” as I was born in May (two days later and I would have been Lucy, after my great-grandmother).

This will be the first holiday season for The Olive Branch, a new home-goods store run by MarySarah Stokman, a 28-year-old Catholic who attends St. Mark in St. Paul. Stokman’s love of beautiful household objects reflects her faith. She’s eager to share artisan-made treasures — and the stories behind them — with Christmas shoppers in her airy, inviting storefront in the Mac-Groveland neighborhood.

The U.S. bishops Nov. 15 were urged to remain focused on the church's missionary role of spreading the Gospel message and to know that despite a growing secularism in the U.S., "the vast majority of our neighbors still believe in God."

For the first time, University of St. Thomas students can earn a nursing degree, thanks to a new health college that quietly launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. The public health crisis added urgency and purpose to the nascent program, named the Morrison Family College of Health.

Jim May might not fit most people’s image of a man known for inspiring young people to embrace a Catholic religious vocation. A distinguished Classics professor, he served for years as provost and dean of the college at one of the nation’s premier Lutheran higher education institutions — St. Olaf College in Northfield.  

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services was elected Nov. 15 to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the bishops' fall general assembly in Baltimore.

Johnathan and Michael Hickey share a great many things -- hobbies and interests, musicality, their love of Corgis.