Minnesota Catholic Conference has lent its support to HF 608/SF 1414, a bill that would make it easier for the beginning farmer or rancher to enter into this important work. This legislation would create tax incentives for the older, established farmer to rent or sell their land to the new or beginning farmer.
Encouraging new growth in family farming
Chicago principal selected as Catholic Community Schools superintendent
Kevin Powers, who has served as principal for the last four years at St. Margaret of Scotland School in Chicago, has been selected to be the superintendent of Catholic Community Schools.
Pack the Porches event benefits Emergency Services Food Shelf
Every year in March, Minnesota FoodShare conducts a campaign to restock food shelves throughout the state. The organization solicits donations from Minnesota corporations, pools those funds, […]
Daniel Coborn was supporter of Catholic education
Daniel Coborn, the late owner/director and chairman of the board of Coborn’s, Inc., championed Catholic education in the St. Cloud Diocese, including at Cathedral School in St. Cloud, which he attended, and St. John’s University in Collegeville, where he graduated in 1952.
Two saints’ feasts ‘can cure our amnesia’ on immigration
This year especially, before we unthinkingly put on our green shirts for the Irish March 17 or our red sweaters for the Italians March 19 or 20, we should pause to remember the past and the lessons it teaches us.
School profile – Holy Family, Albany
Holy Family School opened in the fall of 1886, closed in 1888 and opened again in 1890. Benedictine sisters staffed the school between 1890 and 1998. […]
Catholic Charities announces two new board members
Molly Weyrens of St. Cloud and Deacon James Schulzetenberg of Greenwald have recently joined the board of directors for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. […]
Kathy Langer honored with social justice award from interfaith group
The Joint Religious Legislative Coalition honored Kathy Langer Feb. 23 with its highest honor, the Lawrence D. Gibson Interfaith Social Justice Award. Langer is the director of the Office of Social Concerns for Catholic Charities of the Dioce