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by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Archdiocesan synod, Featured, Local News, News, Pastoral Letter, Reflect on the pastoral letter, Upper Room, You Will be My Witnesses | 0 |
Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Williams sat down with The Catholic Spirit to discuss the archbishop’s post-synodal pastoral letter, “You Will Be My Witnesses: Gathered and Sent from the Upper Room,” that grew out of the Archdiocesan Synod.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | COVID-19 Anointing Corps, COVID-19 Anointing Corps ministry, COVID-19 pandemic, Featured, Local News, News | 0 |
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a wealth of new protocols and programs, including the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ COVID-19 Anointing Corps ministry. Since its inception in April 2020 and as of early November, the specially trained corps of priests has provided the sacrament of the anointing of the sick for 1,636 people in hospitals, nursing homes and other settings.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | deaf ministry, deaf priest, father tom coughlin, Local News, News, Our Lady of Mount Carmel | 0 |
Parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Minneapolis, about half of whom are deaf, had the chance to attend Mass Nov. 20 celebrated by the first deaf man ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the U.S., Father Tom Coughlin.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | 2022 Synod, archbishop bernard hebda, Featured, Gathered and Sent, Holy Spirit, Local News, News, Pastoral Letter, Pastors introduce pastoral letter, Post-synodal pastoral letter, Upper Room, You Will be My Witnesses | 0 |
Some held up commemorative copies of Archbishop Bernard Hebda’s post-synodal pastoral letter, and many showed an introductory video at Masses as pastors and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis encouraged parishioners to read “You Will be My Witnesses: Gathered and Sent from the Upper Room.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | archbishop bernard hebda, Featured, Gathered and Sent, Local News, News, Pastoral Letter, Synod, Synod implementation, Upper Room | 0 |
In his first pastoral letter, after the first synod in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in roughly 80 years, Archbishop Bernard Hebda invites all the faithful in prayer to visit the Upper Room — and then go forth together as witnesses to Christ, with the faith, courage and humility of the Apostles.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | archbishop bernard hebda, Featured, Gathered and Sent, Local News, News, Pastoral Letter, Synod, Synod implementation, Upper Room | 0 |
In his first pastoral letter, after the first synod in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in roughly 80 years, Archbishop Bernard Hebda invites all the faithful in prayer to visit the Upper Room — and then go forth together as witnesses to Christ, with the faith, courage and humility of the Apostles.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2022 | Christmas, Christmas shoppers, Featured, Hallmark Christmas, Hallmark Christmas movie, Local News, MarySarah Stokman, News, The Olive Branch | 0 |
This will be the first holiday season for The Olive Branch, a new home-goods store run by MarySarah Stokman, a 28-year-old Catholic who attends St. Mark in St. Paul. Stokman’s love of beautiful household objects reflects her faith. She’s eager to share artisan-made treasures — and the stories behind them — with Christmas shoppers in her airy, inviting storefront in the Mac-Groveland neighborhood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 17, 2022 | Local News, Lynore Girmscheid, National collection for retired religious, News, Retired religious, Retirement Fund for Religious | 0 |
A workspace at the Archdiocesan Catholic Center in St. Paul was covered Nov. 15 with colorful suncatchers with faceted pendants, beaded bookmarks and zipper pulls for jackets, embellished “to, from” gift tags created from recycled cards and other craft items.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 17, 2022 | COVID-19 pandemic, Featured, Local News, Morrison Family College of Health, News, Nursing degree, University of St. Thomas | 0 |
For the first time, University of St. Thomas students can earn a nursing degree, thanks to a new health college that quietly launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. The public health crisis added urgency and purpose to the nascent program, named the Morrison Family College of Health.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Catholic religious vocation, Donna May, Featured, Jim May, Local News, News, Northfield, Renaissance man, Sister Cecilia | 0 |
Jim May might not fit most people’s image of a man known for inspiring young people to embrace a Catholic religious vocation. A distinguished Classics professor, he served for years as provost and dean of the college at one of the nation’s premier Lutheran higher education institutions — St. Olaf College in Northfield.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | cchd, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha, CTUL, Featured, Journey to Justice, Local News, Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing, Micah, Minnesota Prison Doula Project, News, SPYS, St. Paul Youth Services, YouthPowerMN | 0 |
The city of St. Paul and the St. Paul Police Department started St. Paul Youth Services more than 45 years ago to address increasing numbers of youth of color encountered in the juvenile justice system. According to its website, SPYS offered innovative programs targeting early intervention in schools and the community.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Christian Brother, Consecrated Life, Featured, Local News, national vocations week, News, Religious Sisters | 0 |
To many, the term religious vocation refers to priests and nuns. It’s about the parish pastor or the religious sisters who teach at the local school or help with faith formation at church.
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