Father Ken Thielman, 90, was honored Oct. 3 with CentraCare’s LaGratitude 2019 Service to the Foundation Award at the River’s Edge Convention Center, St. Cloud.
Father Ken Thielman receives CentraCare award for 21 years of service
Brianda Cediel lives and teaches servant leadership
Through Hands Across the World program, Brianda Cediel welcomes newcomers, immigrants and refugees.
Soccer program fosters fun, future friends for young players
Dozens of preschoolers and kindergarteners are playing soccer in the field behind St. Paul Church in St. Cloud. It’s a brand-new program for some of the youngest students enrolled in Catholic Community Schools (CCS).
Seed library is ‘growing’ at St. Francis Convent
In a book library, patrons take books and return them, she said. In a seed library, they take seeds, grow them and return them.
Little Falls Franciscan sister writes new history of her community
In the second half of the 20th century, the world experienced explosive change. “And all that was happening in the wider culture was reflected in our community,” said Franciscan Sister Elise Saggau, author of “A Journey to New Frontiers, 1950-2018,” a new history of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls.
St. Augustine Parish sets year of centennial events
St. Augustine Parish in St. Cloud, which was established in 1919, has scheduled a year of celebratory centennial events. They begin with Mass at 9 a.m. Nov. 25, and a chili cook-off.
St. Faustina’s relic to grace Divine Mercy Shrine in Sauk Centre
A group of 28 pilgrims from the St. Cloud Diocese recently toured special sites in Poland — and returned with a first-class relic from the convent of St. Faustina Kowalska in Krakow.
Koshiol family tours churches built by their ancestors
Paula Koshiol Kraus organized a bus tour for more than 60 family members from Minnesota, Florida and Illinois and visited five churches across Stearns County — churches that their forefathers had helped to build.