We are nearing the end of the Advent season, a time of waiting and preparing for the coming of Christ as a baby in the manger at Bethlehem and also for his second coming at the end of time.
Bishop Kettler: May Christmas foster peace and solidarity in our hearts
Bishop Kettler, other community leaders call for peace, unity in wake of mall attack
One day after a knife-wielding man injured nine people at Crossroads Center mall in Waite Park, Bishop Donald Kettler called for prayers for those impacted by […]
Remembering Jacob: In St. Joseph, grieving community pulls together in prayer
Twenty-seven community members walked solemnly down the center aisle of the church, placing a candle in the sanctuary to mark each year the Wetterlings waited for their son to come home.
Bishop Kettler calls for prayer, action in wake of violence
“Our faith teaches us that black lives matter, police officers’ lives matter — every life matters, because every human life is sacred,” the bishop said in a July 8 statement.
‘Feed my lambs, tend my sheep:’ Bishop Kettler ordains two priests for diocese
The bishop ordained Matthew Langager and Douglas Liebsch June 18 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Prayer, love, mercy are best response to Orlando shootings
I have wondered, “What can I do — what can we do — as a Catholic community in central Minnesota to honor the memory of the victims and to be instruments of mercy and peace in our world?”
Saint John’s Bible scribe to receive papal knighthood
Jackson will be inducted June 15 into the Order of St. Gregory the Great, a papal knighthood granted for outstanding service to the Catholic Church.
Bishop to preside at May 19 Blue Mass for first responders
Bishop Donald Kettler will preside at a “Blue Mass” to honor all first responders and emergency services personnel in the Diocese of St. Cloud at 7 […]