With the Minnesota Legislature midway through its 2024 legislative session and deciding what bills to advance, the state’s Catholic bishops are urging lawmakers to support legislation that serves the common good, protects religious liberty and strengthens families.
If you use the restroom in a certain brightly-colored, Mexican-themed bar in Chicago’s Old Town, you’ll be greeted by a seemingly chill and flippant question on the door:
“Who cares?”
This article has been on my heart to write for months, but I have been reluctant write it, due to the topic's sensitive nature. I would like to address fidelity in Catholic marriages.
On the day after Thanksgiving, 1949, a group of Catholic women walked expectantly through the front door of 2321 Blaisdell Ave. in Minneapolis and were greeted by nuns in habits featuring distinctive purple capes.
In one of my "Weekly Word" email newsletters earlier this year, I asked you to reach out to your representatives at the Minnesota State Capitol concerning the great harm that would come with the passage this term of proposed physician-assisted suicide legislation.
At a House Committee meeting on Feb. 29, it became clear that some Minnesota legislators not only do not respect religious beliefs, but they will also no longer tolerate them.
Our parish was hosting a Lenten “day of mercy,” confessions available from noon to 9 p.m. All day long, multiple visiting priests would tend to those in need of forgiveness. On that day, Eucharistic adoration was moved into the main sanctuary and so I held my Holy Hour there, praying amidst the souls visiting the stations for confession scattered throughout the church. It was a lovely grace to be in the presence of so many seeking the merciful face of God.