Around the Diocese

The goal of our process is to maintain a Catholic presence in all areas of our diocese. This includes ensuring that people have access to the Sunday Eucharist — the source and summit of our faith — within a reasonable distance from their homes.

Bishop Donald Kettler will hold listening sessions following an allegation of past sexual misconduct involving Bishop Harold Dimmerling while he was serving as a priest of the Diocese of St. Cloud.

Crosier Father Thomas Raymond Carkhuff, 70, died March 2 in Onamia. Funeral services will be held March 10 at the Crosier Priory Church, 102 Crosier Drive North, Onamia. Reception of the Body will take place at 1 p.m. with Prayers for the Dead. Vigil will be kept until the funeral Mass begins at 3 p.m. Dinner will be served following the funeral liturgy. A private burial will take place at the Crosier cemetery at a later date.

Benedictine Sister Paula Reiten, 94, died March 2 at St. Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. March 8 in the Sacred Heart Chapel at St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph. Burial of cremated remains will be in the monastery cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, at St. Scholastica Convent or for a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m. at St. Benedict’s Monastery. Visitation continues at 9 a.m. on March 8 until the time of the funeral.

Benedictine Sister Ann Arceneau, 89, died March 1 at St. Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10:30 a.m. March 5 in the Sacred Heart Chapel at St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph. Burial was in the monastery cemetery. 

During the final week of February, there were a number of committee hearings on legislation that the Minnesota Catholic Conference is following.

The Most Reverend Donald J. Kettler, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointments in the Diocese of Saint Cloud, effective January 1, […]

St. John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville, has announced Jon McGee as its next head of school. He will be the first lay leader of the school following 29 monastic members of St. John’s Abbey who have led the school since its founding in 1857.