This summer the seed grew into reality. In early June the SOT, in partnership with the Mexican-American Catholic College and the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, launched the first annual Rural Immersion Program.
New immersion course explores depth of rural life
Catholic Rural Life celebrates 100 years
Catholic Rural Life announces the celebration for its 100th anniversary.
Photos: Rural Life Celebration
People from around the diocese gathered at St. Nicholas Parish in Belle River Aug. 20 for the annual Diocesan Rural life Celebration.
Texas bishop blesses samples of seeds, soil for crops that feed the world
The Diocese of Victoria’s borders are row crops, hay fields, pecans, olives, producers of wine and cheese, cattle ranchers, shrimpers, fish farms and more.
How has the coronavirus affected central Minnesota’s farmers?
While farmers are grateful to live in the country, “most are hurt badly by lower prices and the chaos in the processing and delivery of their particular products,” said Joe Borgerding, a member of St. Peter and Paul Parish in Elrosa for 64 years.
Rural life novena ends on May 15 feast of St. Isidore, farmers’ patron
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a virtual novena for farmers, farmworkers and small towns is scheduled for May 7-15, 2020.
Faith advocates see victories in new farm bill
The farm bill that passed both houses of Congress by wide margins doesn’t have money in it to protect endangered species, but it did preserve one that had been on the threatened list: bipartisanship.
Passing a farm bill in 2018’s political climate a hard row to hoe
When the House voted on the farm bill May 18, the measure’s merits were only partly considered. But what brought it down to a surprising defeat was not its content, but a vastly different subject: immigration.