The collection was taken up on the weekend of March 12-13. Funds are being sent to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which will direct their distribution to relief agencies working in the field.
Local collection for Ukraine war victims totals nearly $174,000
Ask Father Tom: What’s so important about the words of baptism?
Jesus is the ‘I’ acting in every sacrament.
Inside the Capitol: MCC supports bills upholding proper roles of parents, schools
As heated debates occur within school board meetings and state legislative hearings about the respective roles of parents and teachers in public education, the Minnesota Catholic Conference is supporting various legislative efforts to protect parental rights in education.
Brian J. Bruess named president of both College of St. Benedict, St. John’s University
Since 2017, Bruess has been president of St. Norbert College, a Catholic school in De Pere, Wisconsin. Before that, he served for 21 years at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, with more than three years as the school’s executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Catholic Schools Raffle raises more than $1.4 million
More than 80 Catholic schools and 13,000 Catholic school students participated in this year’s Catholic United Financial Catholic Schools Raffle raising more than $1.4 million for the second consecutive year.
Catholic Charities “Pack the Porches” food and fund drive set for March 18
March is typically a challenging month for Minnesota food shelves.
Obituary: Benedictine Sister Monica (Gloria) Mai
Benedictine Sister Monica (Gloria) Mai, 88, died March 5 at St. Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud. The Eucharist of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 11, at Sacred Heart Chapel, St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, with burial in the monastery cemetery.
New report highlights Tigray atrocities, says Ethiopia could face famine
With starvation deaths mounting each day and nearly 900,000 people in famine conditions, there are fears that the current situation in Ethiopia will mirror the Great Famine of the 1980s, when more than 1 million people died of starvation.