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Month: April 2022

Archdiocese making Indian boarding school records available to impacted communities, descendants

Posted by | Apr 22, 2022 | , , , |

A system of what’s been called “Indian boarding schools” operated in the United States for 100 years, starting in the 1860s. Approximately 360 schools were largely funded by the U.S. government, and many were operated by religious organizations, including the Catholic Church, said Allison Spies, archives manager for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

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‘Laudato Si’: Facing fears honestly, bravely

Posted by | Apr 22, 2022 | , , , , , , , , , , , |

As the first cohort for the Laudato Si’ Action Platform started on Earth Day, April 22, we are at a time as a Catholic Church where we have to embrace the hopes and fears of our young people with honesty and bravery, or risk losing them forever.

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Preferential option for the poor

Posted by | Apr 22, 2022 | , |

Politics — the great conversation about how we order our life together — should focus first on meeting the needs of the most vulnerable among us (cf. Mt 25). Thousands of well-meaning proposals have been introduced by legislators. Limitations on time and resources mean priorities must be set. As House and Senate committees held hearings to decide those priorities, Minnesota Catholic Conference advocated for two important proposals that would show a “preferential option for the poor and vulnerable.”

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