Tag: Catholics at the Capitol
MCC director: Lawmakers rise above divisions in budget compromise
Three new sources of state funding will help protect life from conception to age 2 — the first 1,000 days of life.
Catholics at the Capitol: A faith-filled, public witness to legislators
A group of 21 Catholics who gathered in Rep. Rick Hansen’s office prayed for him and his colleague, Sen. Matt Klein of Mendota Heights, at the conclusion of their visit during Catholics at the Capitol Feb. 19.
More than 1,000 Minnesota Catholics bring voices to State Capitol
“Be bold, be brave, be Catholic.”
That’s how Gloria Purvis of the Eternal Word Television Network summed up the keynote address by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia at Catholics at the Capitol Feb. 19 in St. Paul.
Catholics at the Capitol to include speakers Archbishop Chaput, actor Caviezel
Advocating for public policy that protects life and human dignity is the mission of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, and that mission will underscore all discussions at the conference’s Catholics at the Capitol event Feb. 19 in St. Paul.
Jim Caviezel — Hollywood’s ‘Jesus’ — to speak at Catholics at the Capitol in February
Actor Jim Caviezel will take the stage at the St. Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul for Catholics at the Capitol in February.
ACCW Legislative Day headed to State Capitol for first time
Inspired by last year’s Catholics at the Capitol event, the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women will take its Feb. 22 Legislative Day to the Minnesota Capitol this year.
Letters – April 20, 2017
– Problems from ‘pelvic issues’ emphasis
– Kudos for Catholics at the Capitol
MCC: Catholics at the Capitol momentum to continue through advocacy network
Many of the people attending Catholics at the Capitol March 9 had never been to the State Capitol before, let alone meet with a legislator in person.
Purvis: Christ equips Catholics to ‘have no fear’ at Capitol
Gloria Purvis rallied a conference room full of Catholics after they received their marching orders for the day from Minnesota’s bishops and Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference.
Catholics at the Capitol draws 1,000 from across Minnesota
Ione Duff doesn’t consider herself a political person, but a decision she’s made to put her faith into action compelled her to join 1,000 other Catholics from across Minnesota for the first-ever Catholics at the Capitol in St. Paul.
Bishop Conley: ‘Your state needs your faith and your witness’
“Our faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ is teeming with political implications, and we cannot live our faith in Jesus Christ as a private affair. We cannot be afraid to challenge our democracy with the truths of the Gospel. In fact, our democracy depends on that challenge,” said Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Solidarity, education draws for Catholics at the Capitol
In the past, Lucy Johnson might have waffled about attending the Minnesota Catholic Conference’s Catholics at the Capitol event March 9, but not now.
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