Category: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Former UST and Cretin-Derham Hall baseball coach Dennis Denning dies

by bcadmin | Nov 17, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, baseball, Catholic, Cretin-Derham Hall, Dennis Denning, News, Obituaries, University of St. Thomas | 0 |

Former Cretin-Derham Hall and University of St. Thomas baseball coach Dennis Denning died Nov. 15 at age 76.

Moms’ group protests ruling striking down abortion laws

by bcadmin | Oct 29, 2022 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Minnesota, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |

A group of mothers spoke out against a July 11 ruling by Minnesota judge that struck six abortion laws that were struck down including the law requiring that parents be notified at least 48 hours before an abortion is performed on a minor.

Eucharistic Revival events poised to stir ‘amazement’

by bcadmin | Oct 24, 2022 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Cathedral of St. Paul, Eucharistic Revival, Local News, News, Scott Hahn | 0 |

The Eucharistic Revival is not merely an event or program, but a way of drawing people into what the Church teaches is the source and summit of the faith.

Choral project explores how major religions welcome immigrants, refugees

by bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Catholic News Service, Catholic-Lutheran dialogue, Church in the US, Minnesota, News, Refugees, sacred music | 0 |

After creating an interfaith choir to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at the Vatican in 2018, the Together in Hope Project choir has a new project that explores major faiths’ traditions of welcoming the refugee, immigrant and outcast.

Minnesotan’s St. Michael Project brings police officers spiritual support

by bcadmin | Oct 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Minnesota, News, Police | 0 |

One woman has distributed more than 30,000 St. Michael medals to peace officers in more than 20 states, especially throughout the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota.

Minneapolis Catholic Worker community gets back to roots of Christian living

by bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Catholic News Service, Catholic Worker Movement, Church in the US, Minnesota, News | 0 |

Dinner guests at the Maurin House, a Catholic Worker community, might describe what they see as an exceptional and lofty expression of Christian life. Just don’t expect the two families that make up the community to necessarily agree with that.

Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibition features Italian Renaissance works from Uffizi Galleries

by bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Art, Local News, Minneapolis Institute of Art, News, Uffizi Galleries | 0 |

Admirers of Renaissance art can view works from the renowned Uffizi Galleries without making a trip to Florence, Italy.

Nearing 80, ‘Minnesota’s Mother Teresa’ remains devoted to her ministry

by bcadmin | Oct 15, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News | 0 |

It’s 10:05 on a Wednesday morning, and 200 people stream into the vaulted cafeteria at Sharing and Caring Hands in downtown Minneapolis.

Prayer, walk, ‘watch fire’ honor those impacted by Indian boarding schools

by bcadmin | Oct 15, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Indigenous peoples, News | 0 |

As a child, Virgil Blacklance heard stories about Indian boarding schools, one of which his father attended.

76th annual rosary procession in St. Paul takes place Oct. 7

by bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, News, Practicing Catholic, rosary, Rosary procession | 0 |

The Church has had many different Marian feast days throughout its history that have “kind of ebbed and flowed,” said Father Tom Margevicius, director of worship for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Some remain, “and … one of them that we love to observe,” he said, is Our Lady of the Rosary Oct. 7.

Donors identify property near Stillwater for Catholic youth camp

by bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, camp, Catholic Youth Camp, Local News, Minnesota Catholic Youth Partnership, News, retreats, Summer camp, youth camp | 0 |

A nonprofit group of private donors in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been looking for a permanent site near the Twin Cities to hold summer camps for middle schoolers and fall, winter and spring retreats for parishes and schools — and leaders believe they have found the spot.

Father Smith remembered as ‘a spiritual giant’ at University of St. Thomas

by bcadmin | Sep 14, 2022 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Father David Smith, News, Obituaries, Obituary, University of St. Thomas | 0 |

Father David Smith had a powerful effect on the many students he taught over several decades at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. The retired faculty member at the university died Sept. 13. He was 85.