The Diocese of St. Cloud is working toward a new pastoral plan for parishes expected to launch in the summer of 2019.
Pastoral plan keeps moving
Catholic groups decry end of immigration protection for Salvadorans
More than 200,000 Salvadorans, living under a special immigration status in the U.S., now face the prospect of staying in the country illegally or returning to a nation designated as one of the most dangerous in the world not at war, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Jan. 8 that it was ending a provision called Temporary Protected Status after Sept. 9, 2019.
Arctic plunge challenges charitable agencies to keep people warm
The brutally cold weather covering the eastern two-thirds of the country at the start of 2018 kept Catholic agencies scurrying to find ways to make sure no one was left without warm shelter and hot meals.
Pope visits sick children on eve of Epiphany
On the eve of Epiphany, when most Italian children wake up to find gifts and candy, Pope Francis visited a pediatric hospital outside Rome.
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library to be featured on ‘60 Minutes’
The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. John’s University will be featured on the CBS news program “60 Minutes” at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24.
Glenwood tree farmer raises spirits and funds for religious ed program
Couple believe in giving back to the community as a part of their Catholic faith through tithing a percentage of their profits from the sale of the trees at their Christmas tree farm.
Caroling for a cause
About 140 people participated in the caroling event Dec. 9 in Big Lake with additional volunteers who collected 12 large totes of food as well as some cash donations.
Novelist reimagines how Dickens’ beloved Christmas tale came to be
While the new Dickens movie, “The Man Who Invented Christmas,” is an adaptation of a nonfiction book “A Christmas Carol,” author and screenwriter Samantha Silva has written a new fictionalized account of Dickens titled “Mr. Dickens and His Carol.”