The Minnesota Catholic Conference will host a Zoom webinar “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Catholic Church Confronts Racism” from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 9.

Benedictine Sister Sheila (Shirley) Rausch, 93, died Aug. 4 at St. Benedict’s Senior Community, St. Cloud. A private Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Benedict’s Monastery on Aug. 11, followed by inurnment of her cremated remains in the monastery cemetery. 

Catholics have long explored and enhanced their faith through many forms of literature.

Local authors recommend books to inspire the Catholic literary imagination.

“Maps are about remembering.” 

The Diocese of St. Cloud will host a virtual “Stewardship Week” on three consecutive mornings, Aug. 25-27. The theme of the free event Is “Gathered, Nourished and Sent.” All sessions will be available via Zoom.

“Do I confuse the useful with the truly valuable-in-itself?”

Benedictine Sister Dorothea (Arleda) Lenz, 92, died July 28 at St. Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud.  A private Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Benedict’s Monastery on Aug. 3 followed by inurnment of her cremated remains in the monastery cemetery.