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Unplanned: Group members involved with planning Archdiocesan Synod meet Pope Francis during pilgrimage

by | Oct 28, 2022 | , , , , , | 0 |

It wasn’t planned, but some of the planners for the Archdiocesan Synod met Pope Francis during their recent pilgrimage to Rome. Some were on the Synod executive team, others on the prayer team, some were involved with data analysis and others offered a variety of contributions. But all were involved at “a pretty high level,” said Archbishop Bernard Hebda. 

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Archbishop Hebda: Immigration policy should include mercy

by | Aug 23, 2022 | , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Standing alongside a banner reading “Dignity Not Detention” Aug. 9, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said that despite the world’s moral complexities, “any time that there is a policy or law that has such a detrimental effect upon families, that it’s wrong.”

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Pope’s visit to Canada comes in wake of U.S. report on boarding schools

by | Jul 26, 2022 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

A federal report May 11 found that for 150 years hundreds of government-supported boarding schools in the United States — some run by the Catholic Church, including in Minnesota — sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society.

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Archdiocese purchases the St. Paul office building it’s been renting since 2017

by | Jun 22, 2022 | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

After renting an office building on St. Paul’s East Side for the Archdiocesan Catholic Center since 2017, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has purchased that building, Archbishop Bernard Hebda announced June 21 in a letter to priests.

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Archbishop Hebda energized, gratified by Archdiocesan Synod Assembly

by | Jun 16, 2022 | , , , , | 0 |

About 500 delegates to the Archdiocesan Synod Assembly June 3-5 brought their perspectives, experiences and faith to advancing the local Church’s effort to evangelize, Archbishop Bernard Hebda told “Practicing Catholic” radio show host Partrick Conley for an episode debuting 9 p.m. June 17.

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Holy Spirit at work in Synod Assembly discussions, discernment, Archbishop Hebda says

by | Jun 6, 2022 | , , , , , , | 0 |

While the Synod Assembly marked the culmination of a three-year process, the work was at the service of the pastoral plan to come, Archbishop Hebda said. That pastoral letter is expected to shape the focus of parish ministry as well as individual Catholics. 

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Archbishop Hebda discusses leaked draft of Dobbs decision, Indian boarding schools, upcoming Synod

by | May 27, 2022 | , , , , , | 0 |

Archbishop Bernard Hebda recently joined “Practicing Catholic” radio show host Patrick Conley to discuss three timely and important topics for the local Church: the Church’s commitment to women and children in light of the leaked draft of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision, recent news about Indian boarding schools, and the upcoming archdiocesan Synod Assembly.

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Archbishop Hebda acknowledges Indian boarding school report with sadness, an apology

by | May 12, 2022 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

Archbishop Bernard Hebda acknowledged with sadness and an apology a federal report May 11 that for 150 years hundreds of government-supported boarding schools — some run by the Catholic Church, including in Minnesota — sought to forcefully assimilate Native American and Indigenous children into white society.

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Parish Synod Leadership Teams report a rewarding experience

by | Mar 23, 2022 | , , , , , , , , | 0 |

Dean Rademacher participated in not one, but two Parish Synod Leadership Team meetings — one at St. Joseph in New Hope, where he works as the parish director, and the other at his home parish, Guardian Angels in Oakdale. The consultations were the final step in the 2022 Archdiocesan Synod process before the three-day Synod Assembly in June.

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Catholic Services Appeal part of ‘glue’ holding local Church together

by | Feb 25, 2022 | , , , , , , | 0 |

Ministries such as hospital chaplains, Latino, American Indian, evangelization, youth and pro-life work, helping meet the financial needs of seminarians and families sending their children to Catholic school, are all part of being the hands and feet of Jesus, Rosales said.

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Archbishop Hebda ‘over-the-moon thrilled’ with Pope Francis’ choice of Father Joseph Williams as next auxiliary bishop

by | Dec 23, 2021 | , , , | 0 |

Archbishop Bernard Hebda said that Pope Francis’ naming of Father Joseph Williams as the next auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis gave him one more reason to love our Holy Father. “I’m just over-the-moon thrilled” that he would have chosen somebody so blessed, he said.

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