In 2010, Michelle Benson did not like what she saw on the healthcare landscape in Minnesota. So, drawing on both her rural and Catholic roots, she decided to do something about it.
In 1885, Archbishop John Ireland founded what would become the University of St. Thomas, an archdiocesan university in St. Paul. Twenty years later, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, then led by Archbishop Ireland’s sister, Mother Seraphine Ireland, established what today is St. Catherine University, just a mile south of St. Thomas.
Addressing challenges that Catholic mission schools face in nurturing the minds and souls of students, including those whose families lack resources for tuition, requires community support, a panel of education experts said Nov. 18 as they discussed the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Drexel Mission Schools Initiative at St. Catherine University in St. Paul.
For years, Catherine Huss searched for a swimsuit that was flattering, on trend and modest — one that gave her a confident feeling. Not finding what she was looking for, the Minnesotan now living in San Diego decided to design swimwear and start her own company, Siena and Co. Swimwear.
A native of Czechoslovakia who fled persecution by that country’s Communist regime and taught theology, ministered in parishes and served as a military chaplain in Minnesota for nearly 30 years before being appointed a Czech Republic bishop, died Aug. 10 in California. Bishop Emeritus Peter Esterka was 85.
An independent investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Catholic music composer David Haas in the years he held summer music programs at St. Catherine University in St. Paul found that some members of Haas’ Music Ministry Alive team found his conduct uncomfortable, or were aware of “general comments” about his behavior.
Sister Catherine McNamee, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet and longtime Catholic educational leader, died Aug. 30 at the age of 89. She was living at her order's residence in St. Paul.
According to the university’s Twitter page, fires were extinguished in seven buildings and the “incidents included fires set to a chair and papers in a garbage can.” No one has been injured.
The United States will only heal from racism and become a just society when Americans honestly address racism’s underlying causes, Father Bryan Massingale said Sept. 20 in a lecture at St. Catherine University in St. Paul.
