Catholics arriving for Sunday Mass at St. Joseph in Taylors Falls on June 13, 1886, discovered that during the night, an unprecedented log jam had formed on the nearby St. Croix River.
The following are 10 “Cuppa Joe” reflections honoring the Year of St. Joseph and inspired by “10 wonders” of St. Joseph described by Father Donald Calloway, a priest of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, in his 2019 book, “Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father.”
Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild shattered lives, homes and businesses in Mayfield followed one of the most powerful twisters in U.S. history that leveled the city of 10,000 in western Kentucky overnight Dec. 10.
Calling the Blessed Virgin Mary “my great strength, my great love,” Bishop-elect Joseph Williams smiled and said, “and I feel she’s to blame for this.”
A Year of St. Joseph dedicated to increasing love for the foster father of Jesus, seeking his intercession and trying to imitate his virtues and zeal drew to a close Dec. 8 with ringing trumpets, a chorus of voices and Archbishop Bernard Hebda presiding at an evening Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.
The Supreme Court said Dec. 10 that clinics can continue to challenge a Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy but in the meantime the law would remain in effect.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis didn’t have to wait long for a new auxiliary bishop. On Dec. 10, just four days following the installation in Crookston of its former auxiliary bishop, Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Pope Francis named a new auxiliary bishop: Father Joseph Williams, pastor of St. Stephen and parochial administrator of Holy Rosary in Minneapolis.