Around the Diocese

Lino Rulli, host of “The Catholic Guy” on SiriusXM satellite radio, has been selected to be the 2019 McCarthy Resident by the Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement at St. John’s University in Collegeville.

The following update on the 2019 Minnesota state legislative session is provided by the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the Church’s official public policy voice in the state.

Luke Spehar, nationally-known recording artist and singer/songwriter from the Twin Cities area, will present two keynotes.

Franciscan Sister Mary Hope Uphoff, 81, died Jan. 2 at the St. Francis Convent in Little Falls. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Francis Convent Jan. 7.

Eleven Regional Ministry Gatherings (RMGs) will be hosted by parishes throughout the Diocese of St. Cloud from now through September.

Guadalupe Salguero wants to build bridges between Latino and Anglo communities, and she’s starting in her own community of Assumption Parish in Morris.

Franciscan Sister Mary Mercita Pipp, 94, died Jan. 2 at St. Francis Convent, Little Falls. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Francis Convent Saturday, Jan. 5, at 11 a.m.  Friends may call at St. Francis Convent on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral at 11 a.m.

Maryknoll Father Eugene Anthony Theisen, 91, a native of Wadena, died Dec. 7, 2018, at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, New York.