After serving 17 years as a Benedictine at Mount Michael Abbey in Nebraska, Father Martin Beckman came to Minnesota and was a priest for 50 years in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He died at a hospital in St. Louis Park Jan. 1 at the age of 93.
More than 350 men from across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis gathered for Mass, speakers, songs and prayers March 18 at the first Archdiocesan Men’s Conference since 2019 and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We go to the saints like we do our friends and family, so we do not have to be loners when it comes to living the faith as God calls us — to teach, provide, protect and lead. Those holy men and women whom we celebrate come the first of November — the solemnity of All Saints —compel us to emulate their example, giving us ways and means to answer the call to serve others diligently and prayerfully.
Jason Parnell does not go anywhere without his medal featuring St. Michael the Archangel. A U.S. Marshall in Brunswick, Georgia, he believes in the protective powers of the patron saint of law enforcement officers, even though he is not Catholic.
A eucharistic procession across northeast Minneapolis will mark its 17th year June 12, with organizers hoping to draw 500 or more as concern and precautions ease around the COVID-19 pandemic.
As I periodically don one of my favorite and seasoned T-shirts, I am reminded where transformation truly begins — each and every day. The inscription on the back prompts me of what needs to go on the inside of the man wearing it: “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Rom 12:2).
Last Sunday we celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints, which is always for me one of the most inspiring feast days of the year. It reminds me that I am not alone and that I am surrounded always by this “great cloud of witnesses” (Heb. 12:1) who are members of the same Church as I am, and who are not only models for me but friends who are helping me to attain the goal of my life.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith" (12:1-2).
The early November feasts of All Saints and All Souls are reminders that God's church exists both on earth and in heaven and that all the faithful, living and dead, can and should pray for each other, a top Vatican official wrote.
Pinocchio’s story makes no mention of baptism when he became a real boy, but he’ll take center stage this month in the former sanctuary of All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville, now the Lakeville Area Arts Center.
