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St. Thomas the Apostle appears as a quaint country church along County Road 10 at a crossroads with County Road 116 in Corcoran, about 25 miles west of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.

They say that home is where the heart is. If that's true, then my current home is the Catholic Church with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, with the aim of my ultimate home being heaven. The short answer in response to the question of "Why am I Catholic?" can be summed up in three words: faith, hope and love. Let me elaborate.

Corey Manning was preparing for the priesthood when he felt a call to leave seminary and to be open to marriage. At first, the call was daunting.

 The sun shines brightly through the stained-glass windows of St. Mary’s Chapel on Summit Avenue in St. Paul as seminarians stream in for daily Mass at The St. Paul Seminary.

Seminarians and religious men and women need well-rounded formation throughout their lives, not only at the onset of their religious training, Pope Francis said.

Andrew Drees of St. Michael in Pine Island came to St. John Neumann in Eagan April 26 to participate in Mass, prayer and absorb — with hundreds of other people — the year two plans in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for implementing Archbishop Bernard Hebda’s pastoral letter.

On April 13, Guardian Angels in Oakdale partnered with King of Kings Lutheran Church in Woodbury and received support from Oakdale-based food bank Open Cupboard to host its first Community Meal Event.

Parishioners in several Midwestern states are coming together to bring help and healing after tornadoes ravaged the area April 26-28, killing at least four.