Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a virtual novena for farmers, farmworkers and small towns is scheduled for May 7-15, 2020.
Rural life novena ends on May 15 feast of St. Isidore, farmers’ patron
Churches can reopen starting May 4 for individual prayer, adoration
The announcement was accompanied by a list of strict guidelines that pastors and parishes must follow. These include limiting the number of people in the church at any one time to 10 or less, following current social distancing guidelines, and cleaning and sanitizing pews daily.
Laura Kelly Fanucci: How to continue the Easter celebration at home
Here are ideas for living out the 50 days of the Easter season with your family
Minnesota Catholic Conference offers advocacy webinar for students
The Minnesota Catholic Conference will host an interactive webinar from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 12, to equip students with tools to advocate for life and dignity.
St. John’s Abbey Church displays new icon for Easter season
It’s hard to miss the 12-foot-by-7-foot icon of Christ Pantocrator (Ruler of All Things) above the abbot’s chair. The icon, completed just in time for Holy Week, was written by Benedictine Father Nathanael Hauser.
Repaired cross sits atop St. Stephen steeple once again
St. Stephen Church in St. Stephen got it’s steeple cross back April 17 after seven months without it following a lightning strike.
Pope calls for a ‘contagion’ of Easter hope, peace, care for poor
The proclamation of hope, new life and victory over death, he said, should be “a different ‘contagion,’ a message transmitted from heart to heart, for every human heart awaits this good news,” Pope Francis said.
Bishop Kettler: Suspension of public Masses extended through May 15
“While mitigation efforts to date have helped, the coronavirus continues to pose a serious health threat, particularly to the elderly and those with underlying illnesses.”