A new parish name is more than a label. It can be a grace-filled sign of hope, unity and renewed purpose as a community begins a new chapter together.
All Things New: How naming a new parish can bring new energy to parish life
Faith Handed Down: How one ACC is saying goodbye to a beloved building
While we cannot remove someone’s grief, we can offer something else: a light to hold onto in the midst of it. That is where the idea for “Faith Handed Down” was born.
Parish visits across Stearns County inspire deeper faith for St. Cloud couple
Over the past two years, the couple has made it their mission to attend Mass at all 47 Catholic churches in Stearns County.
Not outdated: The parish as a living mission
In a season of mergers and new beginnings, Pope Francis’ vision of flexibility and outreach offers a roadmap for what comes next.
Father Knoblach: The indefinable Church
One of the encouraging effects of the All Things New planning process in our diocese has been to prompt many people to think more deeply on the question: just what is the Church?
Carrying the cross of change: Seeing with faith, walking toward hope
As Catholics, we are not called to see change only through the darkness of what is being lost. We are called to see it through the light of faith. We are called to carry the cross of change with Christ, trusting that the cross is never the end of the story.
Merged and closed parishes in the Diocese of St. Cloud: 1945 to the present
While All Things New reflects a contemporary period of discernment, it is rooted in a long tradition of pastoral planning within the Diocese of St. Cloud.
Annunciation shares Holy Thursday bread-baking tradition
For more than 25 years, volunteers at Annunciation in Mayhew Lake have baked mini loaves of bread to wrap and hand out after Holy Thursday Mass. This year, a group of volunteers from both Annunciation and Sacred Heart in Sauk Rapids are carrying on the practice.