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The Lost Virtue

It is a terrible thing to lose a virtue.  We need all the virtues to be a fully moral person just as we need all the parts of the body to be working properly if we are to be in full health.  If certain muscles in the legs do not work, for example, we may […]

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The Gift of Fear

The recently republished The Seven Steps to Sanctification, How to Awaken the Gifts of the Holy Spirit within You outlines the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the “Divine Will in Christ’s priestly prayer: “Sanctify them in truth” (John 17:17).” Written by two priests, Walter Farrell, O.P., and Dominic Hughes, O.P. the chapters take readers […]

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Archbishop Hebda, Bishop Williams reflect on the pastoral letter

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.

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Looking to the future of the COVID-19 Anointing Corps

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.

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Benedictine Hospitality: 6th Century Wisdom for 21st Century Living

As the holidays approach, there are numerous discussions about hospitality and all that is needed to be a gracious host, hostess, and guest. As a Benedictine oblate, I was recently asked to speak about Benedictine hospitality. This exercise was a wonderful opportunity to reflect deeply about my experience as an oblate and my relationships with […]

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Almost

I don’t know about your neighborhood, but in mine, Christmas decorations are starting to appear. The orange Halloween lights and spooky lawn displays that decorated lawns all through the month of October have given way—already, just in mid-November—to the green trees and red-and-white Santas of Christmastime. We’re sliding seamlessly to the next color palate, the […]

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Pastors introduce pastoral letter across the archdiocese

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.”

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