Announcements

Letter from Archbishop Hebda Regarding Catholic Services Appeal Foundation Announcement

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: Dear Sisters and Brothers, I prefer to stay away from communications late in the day, but I thought it was important to send you this message on a late-breaking development here in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.   Following months of discernment and consultation, the Catholic Services Appeal Foundation (CSAF) Board of Directors has voted unanimously to dissolve the Foundation as of the end of this year’s campaign and to support the annual appeal’s return to the Archdiocese as of January 1, 2024.

Appointments – July 28, 2023

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

Statement Regarding New Delegate for Consecrated Life 

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: I am pleased to announce that Nicole Bettini has accepted my invitation to serve as the new Delegate for Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Nicole, the Director of Evangelization and Catechesis at Holy Spirit Parish in Saint Paul, was consecrated a virgin living in the world by Archbishop Harry Flynn in 2007.

Archbishop Hebda Congratulates Dr. Cynthia Manns On Appointment as Voting Participant in Vatican’s Synod on Synodality

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: Pope Francis honored our Archdiocese with the appointment of Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns as one the voting participants at the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality, beginning this October.

Appointments – June 29, 2023

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

U.S. Bishops’ President and Chairmen Rebuke Distortion of Church Teaching in Abortion Statement by Members of Congress

On June 24, the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, thirty-one Catholic members of Congress authored a public statement of principles, falsely invoking specific teachings of the Catholic Church to defend their support of a legal right to abortion. The USCCB's corrective statement says: Members of Congress who recently invoked teachings of the Catholic faith itself as justifying abortion or supporting a supposed right to abortion grievously distort the faith...

New Website for Archdiocesan Catholic Schools

The Office for the Mission of Catholic Education just launched a website for Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis!

Statement Regarding the Most Reverend Lee Piché

Archbishop Hebda announced to the priests of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis earlier today that the Most Reverend Lee Piché has accepted his invitation to return to the Archdiocese to serve as his Vicar for Retired Priests.

Recap of U.S. Bishops’ Spring Plenary in Orlando

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered June 14-16 for their Spring Plenary Assembly in Orlando, Florida. Throughout the gathering, the bishops spent time in prayer and fraternal dialogue with one another.

Catholics Invited to Pray an Act of Reparation on Solemnity of the Sacred Heart

On June 16, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops call on all Catholics to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart, and make an act of reparation—an act offered to the Lord with the intention of repairing the spiritual damage inflicted by sin.

U.S. Bishops to Meet June 14-16 in Orlando; Assembly to Be Live Streamed

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2023 Spring Plenary Assembly in Orlando, June 14-16. The general sessions will be on June 15 and 16 and will be livestreamed on the USCCB website.

U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Responds to Vote on Equal Rights Amendment

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate declined to advance a resolution asserting that the “Equal Rights Amendment” has been ratified as a new amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Drama, heart and grace: Three Catholics share their stories of conversion

They are of different ages, backgrounds and experiences, but three Catholics agreed to share, in-depth, an important part of their lives they hold in common.

Appointments – March 23, 2023

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

U.S. Bishops’ Doctrine Committee Issues Statement on the Proper Disposition of Bodily Remains

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine has issued a statement providing principles for evaluating some newer methods and technologies for disposition of the bodies of the deceased. 

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