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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, spoke about the late Bishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara, founder of Catholic Rural Life (CRL), at the May 8 celebration of the organization’s 100th anniversary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He called the founder “perhaps the most influential leader in Catholic agrarianism.”

No mom would ever want to spend Mother’s Day like this: in a hospital room with a 7-year-old son paralyzed from the waist down and told by doctors he might never walk again.

Nearly 500 people gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul May 8 to speak out against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

To honor graduating high school seniors in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, The Catholic Spirit asked three Catholic high schools to suggest students who might share their faith journey.

Before the Marian Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage launches from Lake Itasca on May 19, the dioceses of Crookston and Duluth will host the Star of the North Eucharistic Conference May 17-18 at the Sanford Center in Bemidji.

A host of programs are offered to assisted-living residents at Amira Choice Roseville at Lexington, but the “Active Minds” lectures are Larry McGough’s favorites. They help the 94-year-old keep his mind sharp, whether he’s learning about flowers or Indonesia. “I never realized how many islands make up Indonesia — thousands!” he said. 

Catholics and others are urged to gather in the rotunda at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul at 3 p.m. May 8.

Conversations on the Mass and particularly the Eucharist — in other words, “the preeminent experience of Church” and “the preeminent sacrament of faith,” said Father John Paul Erickson — have been at the forefront of Liturgical Commission meetings.