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by bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Elections, Faithful Citizenship, legislators, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Practicing Catholic, Vote | 0 |
American Catholics have a dual heritage, said Ryan Hamilton, government relations associate for the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the state’s Catholic bishops.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Candidate scoresheets, Faithful Citizenship, Inside the Capitol, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Prenatal justice, Whom should I vote for | 0 |
We are often asked — by both laity and priests — why the Minnesota Catholic Conference does not produce voter guides or candidate scoresheets that identify candidates and votes they took on specific bills or lay out their positions on issues. Understandably so, the frequency of this query tends to grow in the weeks leading up to a big election.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 22, 2022 | Carson v. Makin, Jason Adkins, Local News, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Picks, Public funds for private schools, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
At least three decades of effort in Minnesota to broaden school choice to include religious and other private schools received a boost from a June U.S. Supreme Court decision, Carson v. Makin, when the high court clearly determined: “A state need not subsidize private education but once a state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 1, 2022 | Addiction, Inside the Capitol, Jeremy Miller, Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, MCC, Melissa Hortman, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Peggy Flanagan, Tim Walz | 0 |
Each spring, the bishops from Minnesota’s six dioceses who comprise the Minnesota Catholic Conference convene in St. Paul to meet with the governor and key state legislators.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | Commentary, MCC, Minnesota Alliance for Ethical Healthcare, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Nonpublic Education, Nonpublic Education Partners | 0 |
Minnesota has a longstanding policy that certain financial supports are allocated for all K-12 students irrespective of a family’s choice of school, including textbooks, nursing services, transportation and counseling aid. Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) and an interfaith coalition of nonpublic school stakeholders (Nonpublic Education Partners) advocate to ensure those nonpublic pupil supports are adequately funded and easily accessible.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 5, 2021 | 2013 World Youth Day, Father Chris Collins, International Drug Enforcement Conference in Rome, Local News, MCC, Medical marijuana, Msgr. Steven Rohlfs, News, Pope Francis, Recreational drugs, Recreational marijuana, Recreational use, Ryan Hamilton | 0 |
Marijuana in itself is not evil, but people can easily abuse it, so prudence, or good judgment, dictates it not be legalized for recreational use.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 5, 2021 | 2013 World Youth Day, Father Chris Collins, International Drug Enforcement Conference in Rome, Local News, MCC, Medical marijuana, Msgr. Steven Rohlfs, News, Pope Francis, Recreational drugs, Recreational marijuana, Recreational use, Ryan Hamilton | 0 |
Marijuana in itself is not evil, but people can easily abuse it, so prudence, or good judgment, dictates it not be legalized for recreational use.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 30, 2021 | Church diplomats, Jason Adkins, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Practicing Catholic | 0 |
Reflecting on his 10 years and counting as executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, Jason Adkins recalled his initial vision: education, communication and mobilization.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | Commentary, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, State Legislature | 0 |
This past session, the Minnesota Catholic Conference engaged on policy proposals in the State Legislature’s House and Senate even though we knew that finding bi-partisan support on any given issue could be difficult. The principles of our faith provide the proper footing to avoid falling into today’s deeply partisan trenches while also building bridges to bring people together.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | Jason Adkins, Local News, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News | 0 |
After considering a new direction, Minnesota Catholic Conference executive director Jason Adkins has decided to remain in his current position.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2021 | conversion therapy, executive order, gov walz, Governor Tim Walz, Jason Adkins, Local News, MCC, News | 0 |
A July 15 executive order from Gov. Tim Walz restricts a practice he describes as “conversion therapy.” But Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, views it as a counseling ban that denies young people who struggle with gender discordance and same-sex attraction access to the psychological sciences that could help them live in harmony with their bodies and with a healthy, rightly ordered sexuality that promotes human flourishing.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | Christ, Cross/Castle PLLC, Jason Adkins, Local News, MCC, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News | 0 |
After 10 years of leading the Minnesota Catholic Conference — the public policy voice of the Church in Minnesota — Jason Adkins announced July 1 he is stepping down as executive director and general counsel to start a new law firm.
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