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“We are not alone. The Holy Spirit is taking our small contribution and transforming it into something that we never dreamed possible.”

Launched in fall 2019, the institute is a four-year intellectual and ministerial formation program for lay leadership ministry and potential Latino/Hispanic diaconal candidates from the diocese.

“When I’m on the bench, I don’t wear my faith on my sleeve. I’m not preaching to them. But I do try to look at the people in front of me with the eyes of Christ,” says Frank Kundrat.

After their son Jackson’s death, Scott and Reyne Roeder are speaking out about suicide and mental health and encouraging others to do the same.

Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis opened the “Amoris Laetitia” Family Year March 19, encouraging people to read the document, strengthen their families and support other families who may be struggling.

Minnesota’s Catholic bishops said in a statement at the close of the trial that they “acutely feel the anxieties in our communities, along with a thirst for justice and a longing for a path to a more peaceful life together as sons and daughters of God.”

Bishop Donald Kettler was among the 800 Minnesotans participating in this year’s Catholics at the Capitol event, a day of prayer and education on legislative issues.