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A grandmother with strong faith played a key role in Father Seraphim Wirth’s journey toward the priesthood.

God’s call to the priesthood came to Father Andrew Zipp while he was praying for others.

Urging them to discern God’s will and serve others, Arcbishop Bernard Hebda ordained five men to the priesthood May 25 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.

Priesthood Ordination live from the Cathedral of Saint Paul

Mildred Griffith was a teenager in the early 1900s when she started painting religious art. Two of her pieces now are going to reside at Our Lady of Lourdes in Minneapolis, where her grandson, Father Daniel Griffith, is the pastor.

Bells chiming in St. Bernard’s renovated bell towers since Easter Sunday signal more than sacred times in St. Paul’s North End neighborhood.

Officials at St. Thomas worked hard to remain in and stabilize the conference it helped found in 1920, Sullivan said. But citing athletic competitive parity as a primary concern, the MIAC Presidents’ Council made its decision, she said.

Deacon Joseph Wierschem died May 14 at St. Therese of New Hope. He was 95.