Christina Kraus has always been active in her Catholic faith, but during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic the parishioner of St. Hubert in Chanhassen realized she longed for a closer faith community where she could grow spiritually and develop Christian relationships.
After a fellow parishioner from St. Hubert in Chanhassen sent out a desperate email last winter pleading for a kidney donation to save her husband’s life, a series of events led Dave Hoffman to believe God was calling him on a “rescue mission.” In a short span of time, the 50-year-old father of two was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester donating a kidney. “God is all over this,” said Hoffman, a tax manager at Cargill.
Nothing has reshaped 21st century culture more than technology and devices. Statistics point to the pervasive impact: More than 17 billion connected devices in the world. An average 11 hours per day watching, reading, listening to or interacting with media. More than 2 billion active Facebook users. We’re taking in five times more information daily than 50 years ago.
When she tucks her long, dark hair under a blonde bouffant wig, Nicole Renee Chapman is just beginning her transformation for a performance of the musical “Hairspray” at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.
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.
When Father Paul Kammen, parochial administrator at St. Hubert in Chanhassen, learned about the arrest Nov. 4 of then-pastor Father Michael Krenik on charges of indecent exposure to an undercover police officer, Father Kammen’s initial reaction was confusion, disbelief and anger, he said.
