Announcements

Appointment – September 12, 2024

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

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: Beards: Balmed or banned?

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.

Eucharist Inspires Hope and Action on this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

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. 

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: Parents: Keep praying

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.

Appointments – August 22, 2024

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

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: Faith, community and the Minnesota State Fair

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: Glorious days dedicated to our Blessed Mother

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.

Minnesota Catholic Conference Reacts to Governor Tim Walz’s Selection as Vice Presidential Candidate

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:

Catholic schools in archdiocese have broad exemption to Title IX changes

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.

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: Welcoming Jesus in our homes: Sibling saints and witnesses

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.

Appointments – July 24, 2024

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

Pope Francis Names Rev. Kevin Thomas Kenney Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Pope Francis this morning named Father Kevin Thomas Kenney, a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, assigning him the titular see of Cunavia. 

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: When Jesus calls us by name

Today as the Church in the United States comes down the mountain of the recently completed Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis to the “plains” of everyday life, we are blessed that the Church Universal is celebrating the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, whose annual commemoration was elevated in 2016 by Pope Francis from a memorial to a feast.

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: Revival in our local church and in Indianapolis

Can you believe it? We're finally at the week of the Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. I'm so excited to be going, but this week brings me to reflect on the wonderful experience that we had here on Memorial Day with the Source and Summit Procession.

Appointments – July 11, 2024

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: The Divine Physician still heals us today

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.

Statement Regarding New Bishop of Rapid City

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.

Appointments – June 20, 2024

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

Archbishop’s Weekly Word: Turning toward our Heavenly Father in all circumstances

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.

U.S. Bishops Approve New Guidelines for Pastoral Ministry with Native People

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.

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