Around the Diocese

The Most Reverend Donald J. Kettler, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, makes the following appointment in the Diocese of Saint Cloud: Sister Charlene Grossman, […]

Crosier Brother John “Emil” Hartman, 82, died Nov. 27 at the St. Cloud Hospital. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Crosier Priory Church in Onamia with vigil and visiting beforehand. A luncheon will follow. Burial will be at the priory cemetery.

Franciscan Sister Mary Joel (Bernice) Bieniek, 104, died Nov. 29 at St. Francis Convent, Little Falls. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Francis Convent Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. Friends may call at St. Francis Convent from 9 a.m. until the time of the funeral.

Youth from the parishes of the Four Pillars in Faith Area Catholic Community sold baked-from-scratch Thanksgiving pies to raise funds to attend a Steubenville Youth Conference next year.

Deacon Michael Keable, 81, died Nov. 20 at the St. Cloud VA Hospital. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 30, in St. John’s Abbey Church in Collegeville, with Bishop Donald Kettler, presiding. Burial will follow in the St. John’s Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. in the church.

“The synod is meant to help people be their best self, to help us be a community better together, to help us listen to one another.”

The nostalgic tunes of “Seventy-six Trombones,” “Marian the Librarian” and “Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little” will bring back special memories for those attending “The Music Man” dinner theater at St. Mary Help of Christians in St. Augusta in December.

Catholic Charities Emergency Services, in conjunction with the Valhalla Detachment of the U.S. Marine Corps League, is sponsoring the annual St. Cloud Area Toys for Tots program.