Going green is taking hold at St. Joseph in Rosemount. A newly completed solar array, known in the industry as a “solar garden,” will replace the use of fossil fuels in providing electricity for the church and school.
Ash Wednesday might look different this year, in the midst of a global pandemic that is rounding the clock to year two. But the message remains the same: “Repent and believe in the Gospel.”
No one needed to tell the Catholic college and university leaders, attending their annual conference virtually this year, that these different times are affecting their day-to-day operations and what they might do going forward.
In the power of the cross is found God's love and forgiveness, Edward Sri, a theologian, author and a founding leader of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, told participants in SEEK21, this year's national FOCUS conference.
Catholic school enrollment figures for the current school year -- significantly impacted by the pandemic -- dropped 6.4% or more than 111,000 students from the previous school year, which is the largest single year decline in almost 50 years.