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New digs
University of St. Thomas senior John Busch looked like a kid in a candy store recently when he entered a huge weight room on the St. Paul campus that is part of the new $52 million Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex. The complex opened Sept. 1 for use by students, staff and athletes. It also […]
St. Catherine University professor wins faculty excellence award
Sister Amata Miller, IHM, a St. Catherine University economics professor and director of its Myser Initiative on Catholic Identity, was honored with the 2010 Bonnie Jean Kelly and Joan Kelly Faculty Excellence Award at the school’s opening convocation Sept. 8. Presented annually since 2006, the award carries a $10,000 cash prize and recognizes accomplishments in […]
Fair trade coffee like ‘cup of solidarity,’ says CRS ambassador
Bob Walz appreciates a good cup of coffee when he tastes one, but a rich, full-bodied taste is only part of what Walz is looking for when he pours his first cup every morning. In his role as a Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade Ambassador, Walz is a fervent supporter of certified fair trade coffee. […]
Universities welcome record first-year enrollments
At first, Elizabeth Murphy wanted to go away to college, but she didn’t think the five miles from her St. Paul home to the University of St. Thomas constituted “going away.” Murphy’s parents, however, encouraged her to consider closer schools, and in the end, St. Thomas’ location played a key role in her decision to […]
St. Paul Seminary is home to 33 new seminarians
The St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity this fall welcomes its largest enrollment in almost three decades. Thirty-three new seminarians are joining the seminary, bringing the total number of men studying for the priesthood to 92. The residence hall there is at full capacity, according to the seminary. The seminarians come from 14 dioceses in […]
Msgr. John Sankovitz was longtime teacher
Msgr. John Sankovitz, 87, died Aug. 29. He was born Nov. 8, 1922, in Wisconsin and ordained a priest for the archdiocese on May 31, 1947. Msgr. Sankovitz was the only diocesan priest to teach at the St. Paul Seminary, University of St. Thomas and Nazareth Hall, where he was rector. He also served as […]
Ten teams train to challenge youth to embrace their faith
Cate Bunnell and Maggie Vettel are among 110 members of National Evangelization Teams Ministries who are completing training as retreat leaders.
Team members will be serving Catholic parishes throughout the country this year — including two in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Growing by leaps and baptisms
Six hundred Latinos are christened yearly at Incarnation church in Minneapolis.
Fiesta Time ministry celebrates kids with special needs
Ever since their son Taylor, 11, was born, Karen and Paul Sommers have done everything “tag-team.”
From grocery shopping to going to work to attending their daughter’s dance competitions, each takes a turn while the other stays home to care for Taylor, who has autism, and his younger brother, Nathaniel, 7.
New ‘farmers’ Mass’ being offered in New Prague area
Farmers and others in the New Prague area whose schedules make it difficult for them to attend Sunday morning Masses now have a new option: an 8:15 Saturday night Mass at St. Scholastica in Heidelberg.
Longtime University of St. Thomas professor named auxiliary bishop
Father Arthur Kennedy, current rector of St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass., and a longtime professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, was named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, along with Father Peter J. Uglietto, rector of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Mass.
Oasis in the city for retired priests
Msgr. William Baumgaertner, 88, is enjoying the fruits of the research and recommendations that he prepared with the late Msgr. Ambrose Hayden back in the 1970s. At the request of then Coadjutor Archbishop Leo C. Byrne, the two priests visited clergy retirement residences throughout the country in search of the best living situation for active, […]
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