The gift of a family concertina led Nathan Neuman to his passion for polka music and helped him garner first prize in an international songwriting competition.

“Secular Franciscans live and work in the world, rather than in religious communities. They may be single or married, women or men, priests or religious, and come from all walks of life,” says member Connie Lacher.

Despite a chill in the air and threat of rain, cars filled the parking lot of the new St. Mary Church in Melrose for a prayer service to celebrate the lighting of the exterior cross.

After nearly a decade of dreaming, planning and fundraising and a year of construction, St. Cloud Cathedral High School blessed and dedicated a new addition Sept. 26.

The department will receive the 2020 Throw Fire Award on Oct. 22 during the K-YES virtual benefit banquet.

The Catholic Charities Department of Social Concerns will host its annual parish social ministry gathering with this year’s theme, “Empathy and Social Discourse: What our Faith says about Speaking and Listening in a Divided Time,” on Oct. 3.

Two stained-glass windows salvaged from the old Holy Angels Church in St. Cloud will have a new life in the chapel at Cathedral High School.

Three new principals in the diocese begin the school year following many new health guidelines to ensure the safety of their students.