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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...

When Father Edwin Savundra, 76, died Jan. 13, Peter Falk, a parishioner of Immaculate Conception of Marysburg north of Madison Lake, Minnesota, said “I probably lost my closest friend.” The priest served his parish from 2001-2002 as parochial administrator and from 2005-2009 as pastor.  

As senior living center St. Therese of Corcoran is completed over the next 18 months in Corcoran, a chapel for its residents and visitors will begin to take shape.

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.