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Like most educators, the principal of St. Thomas More Catholic School in St. Paul embraces professional educational opportunities for himself and his fellow Catholic administrators and teachers. That’s why Pat Lofton and hundreds of other Catholic school professionals have turned to the Murray Institute for Catholic Education at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.

Brian Gibson met Michael Gaworski in February 1981 at a charismatic prayer meeting in Shakopee. It was right before Gaworski founded Prolife Action Ministries, which is where Gibson works today, as its executive director.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Bishop Joseph Williams lived out synodality — by praying, sharing a vision for the future and answering questions focused on the archbishop’s upcoming pastoral letter — with about 180 priests and deacons during their biannual Clergy Study Day.

Principals and school officials with the Archdiocese of S. Paul and Minneapolis expressed excitement and gratitude as they reflected on a third straight year of enrollment growth in Catholic schools across the archdiocese.

For a third straight year, Catholic school enrollment has increased in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, school officials said Oct. 31, growing by nearly 9% from 28,618 students in preschool through high school in 2019-2020 to 31,011 in 2022-2023.

St. Joseph in New Hope welcomed parish staff from across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for Synod Formation Day Oct. 27. The day fell nearly five months after the three-day Archdiocesan Synod Assembly in June and weeks before Archbishop Bernard Hebda issues his pastoral letter on the Synod as the Church celebrates the Nov. 20 feast of Christ the King.  

Archbishop Bernard Hebda turned to YouTube Oct. 28 as he urged Catholics to stay informed and vote in early absentee balloting or on election day itself, Nov. 8, for the midterm elections.

Urged to find their joy in the Lord, rely on Jesus to enter the fullness of life and support one another, more than 100 young adults and others smiled, prayed and laughed as they gathered for Mass with Archbishop Bernard Hebda, a rousing speaker and fellowship at St. Albert the Great in Minneapolis.