Bishop Donald Kettler will preside at a diocesan-wide healing service at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Holy Angels Performing Arts Center in St. Cloud.
The service is an opportunity for the people of the diocese to gather together and pray for healing for those who have been harmed by representatives of the Catholic Church. All are invited to attend.
“Healing is the most important mission Jesus has given to us and the Church,” Bishop Kettler said. “If someone has been hurt in any way — but particularly by sexual abuse — I hope they can participate in this service and experience some degree of healing and peace.”
The Holy Angels Performing Arts Center is located at the corner of 3rd Street and 6th Avenue in St. Cloud.
Dates and locations also are being scheduled for at least 12 regional listening sessions to be held throughout the Diocese of St. Cloud in response to 74 claims made against 31 clergy members under the Minnesota Child Victims Act, which ended last May.
The gatherings are an opportunity for the bishop and other diocesan personnel to acknowledge the claims, listen and answer questions. The schedule will be announced as soon as the sessions are finalized.