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The local event will be livestreamed at cathedralsaintpaul.org. Archbishop Hebda encourages people who cannot attend in person to join the livestream “or else by simply stopping at 11:00 a.m. local time to pray the consecration prayer on their own, in solidarity with our sisters and brothers all over the world,” according to a statement on the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ website.

The “Mission, Culture and Emerging Questions in Catholic Education” course begins with a reflection on what it means to be a Catholic educator and how that’s rooted in the idea not just of work, but being called by God to a particular vocation.

“Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.” The sixth chapter of the Gospel of John records that Jesus spoke those words to his disciples after the miracle of the loaves and fishes.

Father Marvin Klaers wanted to get to know everyone in the parishes where he served, and he backed that commitment with action, said Patty Kocur, who worked for him at St. Joseph in Miesville and St. Mary in New Trier, where he was pastor for 26 years before he retired in 2002.

Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are being encouraged to embark on a nine-day prayer for peace in Ukraine that will culminate March 25, the day Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Students in Maria Zownirowycz’s eighth grade history class at Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Columbia Heights learned Ukrainian Easter traditions March 15.

The creative life involves plenty of rejection, said writer Anne Neuberger, a 68-year-old grandma who belongs to St. Cecilia in St. Paul. But it flows from her spirituality and a sense of duty. “Writing is something God has called me to do,” she said.

This Lenten season, the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul will be the site of a unique musical meditation on the Stations of the Cross. “Le Chemin de la Croix” is set for 7 p.m. April 8 at the mother church of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.