St. Therese senior living communities in the Twin Cities have been honoring their namesake this month, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, including Mass on her feast day Oct. 1 at sites in New Hope, Oxbow Lake and Woodbury.
In response to sweeping state laws enacted to increase the accessibility of abortions, leaders of the pro-life movement in Minnesota gathered Sept. 27 in Eden Prairie for a five-hour strategy session. The goal was to collaborate in a united effort to protect and care for life at all stages.
“Any time a calf is born is like Christmas morning,” said Quinci Schmidt, who lives in Buffalo about an hour west of the Twin Cities and grew up on a farm near Rogers. “It’s always so exciting and it never gets old.”
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. … I know mine and mine know me ... My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me” (Jn 10:11, 14, 27).