Bishop Donald Kettler answers students’ questions — everything from, “Do animals go to heaven?” to “What is your favorite food?”— in this new regular video feature with Catholic school students from around the diocese.

The Minnesota Catholic Conference is calling on Catholics to contact their legislators and urge them to reject a bill that would legalize assisted suicide in Minnesota. The End of Life Options Act(HF 2152), which would allow terminally ill adults to choose to end their lives, was introduced March 7 in the Minnesota House of Representatives.  

The event at the St. Paul RiverCentre and State Capitol drew more than 1,000 Catholics from around the state for a day of prayer, education and advocacy on issues important to the Church. It was sponsored by the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Church in Minnesota.

Speakers from the Minnesota Housing Partnership and Wilder Research, a nonprofit research and evaluation group, will address what affordable housing is, what leads to homelessness and how we as Catholic Christians can help.

The choir, along with a 17-piece orchestra, will perform the Holy Spirit Mass.

It was a frigid evening outside Feb. 9, but it was warm inside St. Benedict’s Church in Avon, where a crowd gathered to enjoy a “senior prom.”

Minnesotans are accustomed to cold winter weather, but record-low temperatures and life-threatening wind chills throughout the state have made it even harder for people already struggling.

The theme of the rally was “dream small,” reminding the students that even the smallest decision they make can have have a big impact.