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‘Mass of Plenty’ shows composer’s love for American spirituals

‘Mass of Plenty’ shows composer’s love for American spirituals

Rob Glover is the long-time director of music ministries at St. Therese in Deephaven, and a well-known composer of liturgical music. In 2003, with the assistance of members of that parish, Rob recorded a collection of his liturgical music entitled “Music in the Air,” featuring his “Mass of Plenty”

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Play offers opportunity for interfaith discussions

Play offers opportunity for interfaith discussions

Open Window Theatre’s ‘Edith Stein’ set for Feb. 9-26

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Newly crowned Miss America knows talent, gifts are from God, says mom

Newly crowned Miss America knows talent, gifts are from God, says mom

All smiles, Susan Kaeppeler, fourth-grade teacher at Kenosha’s St. Joseph Academy’s lower campus after a whirlwind weekend where she saw her oldest daughter, Laura, crowned Miss America.

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Cathedral of St. Paul concert to be March 11

Cathedral of St. Paul concert to be March 11

“Strings, Pipes and A Glorious Tenor II” will be performed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in the intimate acoustic space of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart, at the Cathedral of St. Paul, 239 Selby Ave.

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New family-friendly DVD wants to change the world

New family-friendly DVD wants to change the world

New DVD intended to delight and uplift the wide-eyed young. The mantra is “no guns, no car crashes, no violence, no kidding!” This is family-focused, value-oriented entertainment.

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Great music for a good cause in honor of MLK Jr.

Great music for a good cause in honor of MLK Jr.

Close to 200 voices from the combined choirs of St. Joan of Arc and Mount Olivet Lutheran churches in Minneapolis will join Twin Cities vocalist Robert Robinson at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 in a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

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Exhibit at Pax Christi takes closer look at homelessness

Exhibit at Pax Christi takes closer look at homelessness

A new audio and photo exhibition created from hundreds of conversations with individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Minnesota will be featured at Pax Christi in Eden Prairie from Jan. 7 to Feb. 12.

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Catholic country star inspired to produce religious album

Catholic country star inspired to produce religious album

Collin Raye, the Catholic country singer who had a string of hits in the 1990s, said he wanted to make his latest album “feel like you were in church for an hour or so.”

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CD ushers in new liturgical voice with fresh, surprising mix

CD ushers in new liturgical voice with fresh, surprising mix

I’m Lifted Up: Songs and Psalms by Will Pitts, 2010, Guardian Angels Music Ministry

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‘Amahl’ to feature top-notch talent and artistry

‘Amahl’ to feature top-notch talent and artistry

“Amahl and the Night Visitors,” a one-act Christmas season opera sung in English, centers on the story of Amahl, a poor, crippled shepherd boy living with his widowed mother. One night, the boy and his mother find the Three Kings knocking at their door. It is a story of how faith, charity, unselfish love and good deeds can work miracles.

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Open Window Theatre offers values-based performances

Open Window Theatre offers values-based performances

When Ebenezer Scrooge takes the stage next month at the Open Window Theatre, there won’t be commercial breaks or video screens. Nor will the lead character in “The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge,” a sequel to Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol,” give parents reason to worry.

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UPDATED – ‘The Priests’ concert performance in Minneapolis has been cancelled

UPDATED – ‘The Priests’ concert performance in Minneapolis has been cancelled

Fathers Martin O’Hagan, Eugene O’Hagan and David Delargy, better known to their millions of fans as the classical music group “The Priests,” will perform at Minneapolis’ Pantages Theatre Nov. 13, at 8 p.m.

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Why I love old churches

A few years back, travel for work brought me to St. Louis for the weekend. A younger co-worker traveling with me went online and found the nearest church to the hotel for us to attend Mass on Sunday morning. We set out early for the 15-minute walk to the single Sunday liturgy.

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‘Heaven Can Wait’ at Hill-Murray — but the play’s director — can’t!

‘Heaven Can Wait’ at Hill-Murray — but the play’s director — can’t!

Actor and Hill-Murray Theater Director Ben Ballentine said he’s the only guy in the dressing room who loves fantasy football and listens primarily to sports talk radio.

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Retreat to explore Eucharist as model for marriage

Retreat to explore Eucharist as model for marriage

If we could apply that insight that the Eucharist offers every time we gather to our marriages, it would greatly enhance our intimacy.

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In Scripture, theology, art and literature, Virgin Mary still sparks interest

In Scripture, theology, art and literature, Virgin Mary still sparks interest

There is renewed interest in the Virgin Mary — her role in lives of faith, how to interpret references to her in Scripture, how she is depicted in art and literature — enough to spark a second “Mary in Our Day” conference

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‘Sinner’ is a winner for Catholics striving to do better

‘Sinner’ is a winner for Catholics striving to do better

Lino Rulli has his own national satellite radio show. He’s a three-time Emmy winner for his work in television. He’s received Communion in the pope’s private chapel, taught high-school religion in the Bahamas and even worked as a sidekick to an organ-grinder.

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Catholic movie’s show times set at AMC Arbor Lakes Theatre

Catholic movie’s show times set at AMC Arbor Lakes Theatre

“Vito Bonafacci,” the story of a well-off lapsed Catholic shaken by a nightmare in which he dies, opens Friday, Aug.26, for an exclusive one-week-only run sponsored by The Catholic Spirit at AMC Arbor Lakes Theatre in Maple Grove. Showtimes each day from Aug. 26 through Sept. 1 are as follows: 9:40 a.m.   12:10 p.m. [...]

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