Bishop Cretin wrote at a time Minnesota was not a state, and in which the territory had only seven churches, 10 priests and one school, and Masses were celebrated primarily not in English but in French or one of four Native American languages, Spies said.
When the late Peter Welvang took over Leaflet Missal Co. in 1980, he capitalized on the advertising of religious goods on the back of missalettes the company produced and grew the business internationally.
As The Catholic Spirit celebrates a century of providing news and inspiration to its readers, it recognized the significant deaths of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the four Maryknoll Missionaries in the faith history of the archdiocese (The Catholic Spirit, Jan. 7). Though these murders occurred decades ago in Central America, the purpose of their lives and mission continues today.
Mission of martyr with local ties lives on