Announcements

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

Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement following the results of yesterday’s presidential election.

I am still reeling from the great gift of the Holy Spirit that allowed me to enter into my Episcopal Ordination with ease and grace. Yes, at times my heart was racing, but I was able to take in all that happened and felt such peace and the presence of the Holy Spirit. 

I’d like to begin today’s Weekly Word by thanking each of you for your outpouring of support for Bishop Kevin Kenney, whose episcopal ordination we celebrated today.

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

To the many faithful prayer warriors during the pandemic and while Anointing Corps was in service: We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your critical and instrumental work in praying for 1,660+ faithful afflicted with COVID, their families, the priest providing the sacraments, and the medical professionals caring for them.

From Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda: I was deeply saddened to learn that the Little Sisters of the Poor will be leaving the Holy Family Residence and our Archdiocese. They have been an important part of this local Church for more than 140 years and their Christ-like witness and example will be greatly missed.

I’m not a betting man, but I would be willing to bet that if we would ask most Catholics to complete the biblical phrase, “Whatsoever you did for the least of my brothers...” they would respond “you did it to me.” It’s right from the 40th verse of Matthew 25.

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

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has asked parishes to take up a second collection to support our sisters and brothers in Christ affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

To mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to observe a day of prayer and fasting for peace on October 7.

Catholics sometimes are criticized for not knowing Sacred Scripture. While that may have been true at some times and in some places, my familiarity with the faithful of this archdiocese tells me that the stereotype does not hold true here, especially since the Second Vatican Council and its groundbreaking document on the Word of God (Dei Verbum) and its emphasis on the use of Sacred Scripture in the revised liturgy.

In my 18 years in Rome, I would often go to the Church of Saint Louis, the French national Church, to admire the Caravaggio paintings, and to pray in the proximity of the three paintings depicting the life of Saint Matthew, especially when I was a seminarian and still discerning my vocation. (Lawyers, after all, were often just a small step up the ladder from tax collectors in the Bible.)

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.