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Singer John Michael Talbot to perform at area churches

Singer John Michael Talbot to perform at area churches

Popular Christian recording artist John Michael Talbot has spent many years on center stage performing sold-out shows at large concert venues. But just over two years ago, he felt that God was inspiring him to lead his music ministry in a different direction.

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Christian music stars to perform at Maple Grove parish

Christian music stars to perform at Maple Grove parish

Three of contemporary Christian music’s hottest stars will perform together in concert at St. Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove Friday, May 20.

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Venerable Solanus

Venerable Solanus

Venerable Solanus Casey, right, played by Don Wessel, flashes back to his childhood as he observes his father, Bernard Casey Sr., played by Mike Thielen, during a play about his life April 30 at St. Mary in Stillwater.

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Play portrays the ‘miracles’ in Father Casey’s life

Play portrays the ‘miracles’ in Father Casey’s life

A theater group from St. Michael and St. Mary in Stillwater is set to perform a play about a priest with Stillwater connections who is on the path to sainthood.

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Richfield pastor brings East and West together with new prayer book

Richfield pastor brings East and West together with new prayer book

Adding gifts from the Christian East like mystery, contemplation and wisdom to one’s prayer life can bring a new richness and balance to those used to the Western church’s focus on understanding, action and knowledge.

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Sweet sounds of music

Sweet sounds of music

Talia Simonett, a sixth-grader, and fifth-grader Christian Sanderson, both students at St. John’s School in Hopkins, perform the song, “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” during a rehearsal for the school’s production of “The Sound of Music” March 23.

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Basilica features icon art

Basilica features icon art

The Basilica of St. Mary’s Pope John XXIII gallery is currently featuring an exhibit of 21 paintings and icons by Father John Giuliani, an icon artist known for depicting Jesus and the saints in the faces and imagery of Native American peoples.

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John Paul II School to host spiritual art show

John Paul II School to host spiritual art show

Pope John Paul II School in northeast Minneapolis will host the 11th Annual Spiritual Art Show from Sunday, April 10, to Friday, April 15.

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Benilde-St. Margaret’s offers musical as Lenten gift to community

Benilde-St. Margaret’s offers musical as Lenten gift to community

As a Lenten gift to the community, Benilde-St. Margaret’s will perform one of its most captivating musicals, “Feast of Life: Stories from the Gospel of Luke,” at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 24, at the school, 2501 Hwy. 100 S., St. Louis Park.

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Sex trafficking victims create beauty out of their pain

Sex trafficking victims create beauty out of their pain

It was a heartbreaking decision, but money was scarce. Guenevive and her husband felt they had no other choice but to leave their baby with Guenevive’s parents in Puebla, Mexico, while they journeyed north to Atlanta in search of jobs.

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Exhibit portrays Washington’s deep faith

Exhibit portrays Washington’s deep faith

Caron Cadou talked with Catholic Spirit News Editor Pat Norby on Feb. 16, while overseeing the installment of the George Washington exhibit currently on display at the Minnesota History Center. Cadou is vice president for collections at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens in Virginia.

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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at Chanhassen is a thought-provoking Lenten musical

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at Chanhassen is a thought-provoking Lenten musical

When “Jesus Christ Super­star” open­ed on Broadway in 1971, I recall that many critics attacked the contemporary rock musical, written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Web­ber, as sacrilegious.

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