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Now today’s subject line may have prompted you to think that I am talking about my hometown team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, in this week’s Weekly Word—but I’m not (although they could certainly use your prayers).

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has announced the following appointment in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

While our brothers and sisters in St. Cloud were celebrating the feast of their patron, Saint Cloud, this past Saturday, the secular world was celebrating either International Bacon Day or World Beard Day. I don’t know who comes up with those calendars.

Catholics are called to hope and action to protect creation, instilled in us by Jesus in the Eucharist, Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop A. Elias Zaidan wrote in a statement for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. 

I was privileged this weekend to bless the new school building at Divine Mercy in Faribault. It is an amazing education facility, but an even more extraordinary testimony to the desire of parents to pass on the faith to their children.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has announced the following appointment in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Together on the Journey: A Weekly Word from Archbishop Hebda It’s hard to believe that we are already at that part of the summer when

Over the next ten days, the Church celebrates two important feast days dedicated to our Blessed Mother: the Assumption on August 15 (a Holy Day of Obligation!) and the Queenship of Mary on August 22.

On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Jason Adkins, Executive Director of the Minnesota  Catholic Conference issued the following statement in response to the news of Governor Tim Walz’s selection as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Democrat Party:

he Office for the Mission of Catholic Education (OMCE) in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis sent a summary to schools expressing concern about recent federal changes to Title IX that will prohibit schools from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity but noting that a religious exemption will help.

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of three siblings—Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus—who welcomed Jesus into their home in Bethany. It’s a relatively recent feast, introduced by Pope Francis in 2021.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has announced the following appointment in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has announced the following appointment in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis: Effective July 1, 2024 Deacon John Bauch, assigned to

In today’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew at Mass, we heard of Jesus performing two extraordinary healings—one of a woman who had experienced hemorrhages for many years and the other of an official’s daughter.  The stories should have sounded familiar.

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: I rejoice with the Church in western South Dakota over Pope Francis’ appointment of Bishop-elect Scott Bullock as the new bishop of Rapid City. I have admired him since our time as seminarians together, more than 35 years ago.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has announced the following appointment in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

In the 18 years that I lived in Italy, I was always somewhat envious that the Italians celebrated Father’s Day on March 19, the feast of Saint Joseph.

At their annual June Plenary Assembly, the Catholic bishops of the United States approved a national pastoral framework to guide dioceses and those engaged in ministry with Native and Indigenous peoples.

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis has been blessed to have had a positive working relationship with the Minnesota chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).