Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Andrew McKenzie as bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland, on Monday, May 27. As part of his education, Monsignor McKenzie graduated in 1998 with a master’s degree in liturgical studies from Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville.

Father Mitchell Bechtold, pastor of Christ the King in Browerville and St. Joseph in Clarissa, part of the Five Star Area Catholic Community, has digitally preserved every issue of the St. Cloud Diocese’s newspapers from 1938 to 2018 — the Register and the Visitor.

As part of the Shepherd Project, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion will pray for bishops across the U.S. and will pray for Bishop Patrick Neary May 23.

Alexandria couple tells of chance encounter with North Prairie man on Good Friday.

Banquet of Love – a marriage tool – is an online 12-part resource that helps make practical connections between the eucharist and marriage.

Cathedral Middle School adopted the house system as a model for creating positive student behaviors. It helps students create close connections in a large school body and has been used in Europe for decades.

The Diocese of St. Cloud will host a Festival of Families on Sunday, Feb. 11, at Sacred Heart Church in Sauk Rapids to celebrate, pray and share their faith. 

The crèche figures of Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus, created this past Christmas by fiber and liturgical artist Tildy (Mueller) Ellis, made their way to a niche outside the chapel at Assumption Village in Cold Spring in time for Christmas festivities.