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Archbishop Hebda to students: The Church wants to listen to you
“The sense is, just as a leader has to be willing to listen, that all of us have to be willing to also engage in that process of conversation,” Archbishop Hebda said.
Anselm House helping University of Minnesota’s Christians live integrated lives
“We think the most important thing about the world is that it’s creation,” said Bryan Bademan, Anselm House executive director. “To try to understand the world apart from God is to misunderstand the world at some fundamental level.”
Catholic Beer Club responding to millennials’ thirst for community
Weeknight visitors to a Twin Cities craft brewery might stumble upon one of the newest young adult ventures in the Archdiocese of
St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Handmaids halt plans to serve in archdiocese
A series of delays and red tape in trying to convert a 1922 St. Paul building into a convent has led the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus to pause their establishment in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Regional V Encuentro affirms archdiocesan pastoral priorities
The contagious energy of the 200-plus people who gathered in Alexandria April 13 and 14 for the regional V Encuentro stirred the heart of Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens, who attended the event.
On Earth Day, St. Joan of Arc celebrates zero waste efforts
A group of St. Joan of Arc parishioners in Minneapolis is seeking to make trash bags lose weight.
Birk’s new initiative encourages purpose in Catholic school athletics
Could the intensity of traveling teams be taking the “sport” out of “sports,” especially for young athletes?
Environmental messages take shape in St. Paul art exhibit
Current events and Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” have inspired five local artists to depict their environmental concerns in the exhibit “Hope. Earth. Liberation.” at Artista Bottega in St. Paul.
Coon Rapids parish, seminary lead anti-pornography initiatives
Priests, therapists take pastoral approach to heal addictions, prevent use
Four women to be honored at ACCW convention in Stillwater
At the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women’s 86th annual convention April 20-21 at St. Michael in Stillwater, leaders will present Laywomen Volunteer Awards to four women.
At 25, CCF transforming from ‘money manager’ to its own philanthropic force for good
Now the nation’s largest Catholic community foundation, CCF works to build “a vibrant Catholic community” through their donors’ charity and its own grant-making to Catholic and non-Catholic causes.
Deacon Catapano dies; served Medina parish for 15 years
Deacon Salvatore “Sam” Catapano died March 31. He was 84.
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