Announcements

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Department of Migration and Refugee Services, in collaboration with the National Association of Evangelicals, World Relief, and the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, has released a report entitled “One Part of the Body: The Potential Impact of Deportations on American Christian Families.” This comprehensive analysis highlights the profound impact that mass deportations could have on Christian families and congregations across the United States if carried out in the way some policymakers have proposed.

As part of a year-long focus on the Mass - particularly, Jesus in the Eucharist - the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis has launched a new seven-episode Teaching Mass series, available in both English and Spanish.

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda announced today that the Rev. George Welzbacher, a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, has been named a “Chaplain of His Holiness” by Pope Francis, through which he is given the title “Monsignor.” Born in 1928, Monsignor Welzbacher is both the oldest living priest in the Archdiocese and the cleric with the greatest number of years of ordained priestly service, stretching back to his June 2, 1951, ordination.