Throughout most of his life, Father John Brandes loved spending time outdoors, especially at a family cabin in northern Minnesota and in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The priest who considered wooded regions of northern Minnesota his “happy place” died Jan. 10 at age 96.
Archbishop Bernard Hebda is encouraging people to participate in as the archdiocese begins to implement the pastoral letter “You Will Be My Disciples” — was the key to starting the engine of their evangelization.
Despite the June 24 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that there is no right to abortion found in the U.S. Constitution — overturning 1973’s Roe v. Wade — the pro-life community is not sitting still.
As administrator of the Life Fund of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Sonya Flomo regularly talks with women who want to raise their children with dignity but face financial hardships.
Seven years into our marriage, my wife Mary and I were dissatisfied with our faith life. I offered to consolidate it by entering the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) process, to explore joining the Catholic Church. Up to that point, we had attended both Lutheran and Catholic services together each weekend and were involved in each faith community. Yet, for the sake of our 2-year-old child (and any future children), and to deepen our involvement in a faith community, I wanted to “consolidate” to a single church.