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

I am so grateful for the many promises of prayers that have been coming in from the Holy Father, Pope Leo, and from so many from all around the globe, all praying for the families of Annunciation Parish and School and for all who were impacted by this morning’s senseless violence.    

Please pray for all those affected by the shooting today at Annunciation in Minneapolis. Updates to come from The Catholic Spirit.

As America emerges from the “dog days of summer," it seems fitting that we would be celebrating National Dog Day. One of my predecessors, Archbishop Flynn, was a great dog lover and always had a few four-legged companions keeping him company. After he passed, I had the pleasure of sharing a residence with his Megan and Katie until they found their way to Louisiana, where they had been promised by Archbishop Flynn to a dog-loving priest.

In fall 2025, watch for a new video series on reclaiming the peace, rest and leisure of Sundays with the Lord and family.

Archbishop Hebda is asking all parishes of the archdiocese to join in a nationwide special appeal for humanitarian relief and pastoral support in Gaza on or near the weekend of August 30-31.

I was privileged this weekend to gather with Bishops Izen and Kenney and the seminarians from our Archdiocese for the annual “Seminary Expedition,” organized by our vocations director, Father Mark Pavlak.

It often seems that humility and surrender can go hand-in-hand—at least when the Lord is involved.

As we celebrate our Archdiocese’s 175th birthday, my heart is filled with gratitude for the many gifts our Lord has bestowed upon this local Church since our founding. In recent years, these blessings include the fruits that we received from Synod 2022.

Summer continues flying by: it’s hard to believe that we’re already at the end of July. My peers tell me that the sands of time seem to speed up the older we get. I ran into a number of our seminarians yesterday at the mass for the annual Steubenville Conference, however, and noted that they were already talking about the return to school and wondered where the summer had gone.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities are inviting Catholics to join a focused effort of daily prayer to stop taxpayer funding of the abortion industry.

While summer is known for vacations, warmer temperatures and – in Minnesota – road construction, it also can be an opportunity to encounter Christ in new ways. This is especially true for the youth of our archdiocese, many of whom join in Vacation Bible School or other parish-based activities during this time. I am so grateful to the many parish staff that forsake their “dog days of summer” to serve local families and youth through these offerings.

This Saturday, July 19, marks 175 years since the founding of the Catholic Church in Minnesota. On that date in 1850, Blessed Pope Pius IX named Joseph Crétin the first bishop of the Diocese of Saint Paul, which at that time covered what is now Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

After nearly nine years hosting Practicing Catholic, the weekly radio show and podcast for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Patrick Conley has announced his departure. 

I apologize that this Monday’s Weekly Word is arriving a little late. I spent the day in Pittsburgh at the installation of Bishop Mark Eckman as the 13th bishop of my home diocese. It was a spectacular celebration for anyone in the Cathedral…but it was particularly special for me. 

El arzobispo Bernard Hebda ha anunciado los siguientes nombramientos en la archidiócesis de Saint Paul y Minneapolis.

“Pursue a lasting love … Marriage. Create hope for the future! Natural Family Planning, Supporting God’s gifts of love and life in marriage” is the theme of this year’s national Natural Family Planning Awareness Week.  

Reacting to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by the U.S. Congress, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, lamented the great harm the bill will cause to many of the most vulnerable in society, making steeper cuts to Medicaid and clean energy tax credits, and adding more to the deficit.

At the annual Catholic Media Association awards on Friday night at the Catholic Media Conference in Phoenix, the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis was honored with the following 23 awards.