An up-to-date list of this year’s parish festivals.

Why is there such bitter polarization inside of our countries, our neighborhoods, our churches, and even in our families? Why do we feel so unsafe in many of our conversations where we are perpetually on guard so as not to step on some political, social, or moral landmine?

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 26, in Sacred Heart Chapel at St. Francis Convent. Visitation will be held at St. Francis Convent on Thursday, April 25, beginning at 4 p.m. with a Franciscan wake service at 7 p.m. Visitation continues from 9 to 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral on Friday, April 26.

Check out the upcoming events at parishes and other venues around the diocese.

Aunque México ahora es conocido como un país predominantemente católico, experimentó una gran agitación que involucró a la Iglesia a fines de la década de 1920 y que resultó en la Guerra Cristera. Salvador Lara Puente proclamó su fe y fue fusilado por hacerlo.

Catholic Charities welcomes Aaron Fisk as new president and CEO.

After careful consideration, the leadership of Catholic Charities and the Diocese of St. Cloud made the decision to move the work of the office of Social Concerns, currently under the direction of Catholic Charities, to the Diocese of St. Cloud.

Bishop Patrick Neary gathered with the diocese’s diaconate community April 6 at Christ Our Light Parish in Princeton.