Around the Diocese

The event will feature Kevin Skwira-Brown of Cultural Fluency Associates and diverse panelists who will discuss racism and how to provide parishioners with the tools and confidence to have conversations about its presence in their communities.

Over 700 people gathered at St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville Sept. 30 for Diocesan Ministry Day.

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).

Bishop Kinney headed the Diocese of St. Cloud from 1995 until his retirement in 2013.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m., with Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis presiding.

Father Arthur Herman Hoppe, 98, died Sept. 26 at his residence at CentraCare, Melrose. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, with a vigil service at 7 p.m., at Sacred Heart Church in Freeport. Visitation will resume on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 9 a.m. until the time of the Mass of Christian Burial, which will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

Bishop John Francis Kinney, bishop emeritus of St. Cloud, died Sept. 27 at Quiet Oaks Hospice in St. Augusta. He was 82.

Gordon Moench of Wadena won a Factory Five MK4 replica of a 1965 Shelby ‘Cobra’ in The Father’s Garage 2019 Car Raffle Sept. 8 at St. Ann in Wadena.