People waited in lines that stretched down the main aisle of the church and out the door to venerate the relics of St. Padre Pio at St. Mary’s Cathedral Sept. 25.

The St. Mary’s parish community celebrated an outdoor bilingual Mass and site blessing in Melrose Sept. 9 on the land where it is planning to build a new church.

Staff, students and their families from the nine schools that are part of the St. Cloud Area Catholic Community Schools gathered at Holy Spirit Church in St. Cloud June 5 for a color run to celebrate the end of the school year.

“No hall of fame remembers and honors anything more important and wonderful than this.”

Members of mission groups from around the diocese gathered for the fifth annual Diocesan Mission Rally April 26 at St. Joseph Church in Clarissa.

The ladies of the St. Peregrine mission group of Seven Dolors Parish in Albany have gathered monthly for the past 12 years to make quilts. But recently they embarked on a different mission, one they are very excited about.

The Diocese of St. Cloud celebrated Catholic Schools Week by holding Masses at two locations simultaneously Jan. 31. Two thousand students and teachers from the St. Cloud area Catholic Community Schools gathered at Cathedral High School, while 600 were on hand at St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville. 

About 430 men from around the diocese gathered for the 21st annual Catholic Men’s Conference Feb. 3 at St. John’s University in Collegeville.