May crowning
Fr. Ron Serrao, pastor of the Northern Lakes Catholic Communities, led a crowning of Mary ceremony with faith formation youths on May 1.
Notes from a mission trip to Guatemala
Mary and Tom Gelhaus, founders of the nonprofit Muchas Sonrisas (Many Smiles) Inc., led a group of eight to San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, the last week-and-a-half of April. The mission church was built in 1584 and has been supported by the New Ulm Diocese in Minnesota for more than 70 years.
Catholic Schools ‘home away from home’ for retiring teacher
Asked what she will miss most about teaching, award-winning Catholic school teacher and Ashland resident Deb Cline answered, “Every day is different. I enjoy the conversations and being around a group of kids that are eager to learn and happy to share their faith.”
May musings on Mary, emergence of spring
How do you celebrate May Day and all it stands for, in an (increasingly) concrete jungle, like the asphalt-covered downtown area where I now live? Just take a walk and look around.
Chaplain recognized with state award
The evening of Friday, April 26, St. Patrick, Hudson, [...]
Sisters celebrate Jubilees, meet with Bishop Powers
The annual Diocesan Sisters’ Forum meeting was held at St. Paul Church in Catawba on Thursday, May 9. Sisters of the diocese, along with Bishop James P. Powers, attended.
Congratulations: Gratitude in ordinary times
In the afterglow of Easter joy, parish bulletins now burst with joyful announcements that spring Baptisms, First Communions, and Confirmations are being celebrated on grace-filled days in churches near and far.
Pope recognizes miracle needed for church’s first ‘millennial’ saint
Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first "millennial" to become a saint.
Humility is the ‘gateway to all virtues,’ pope says
Though not found on the classical list of cardinal or theological virtues, humility lies "at the base of Christian life," Pope Francis said.
First communion celebrated in Mercer
The parish of St. Isaac Jogues and Companions, in Mercer, recently celebrated the first Holy Communion or Parker, Sophia, Anson and Aubrey.