The Parish Social Ministry Certification program is a collaboration between Bishop Kettler and the Social Concerns Office of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud.
Fifteen leaders certified in parish social ministry
USCCB’s election year document to be supplemented by letter, videos
The U.S. bishops’ quadrennial document that provides guidance to voters on Catholic social teaching during a presidential election year won’t change for 2020 but will be supplemented by a brief letter and four 90-second videos that reflect the teaching of Pope Francis.
When it comes to politics, everything is connected
In his encyclical “Laudato si’,” Pope Francis proposes integral ecology as a new framework for reunifying the Church’s mission of public engagement.
Finding common ground for the common good
The Church’s concern for the common good was on display for all to see at Catholics at the Capitol on Feb. 19 as over 1,000 Minnesota Catholics came together with one voice to defend the dignity of the human person.
Social justice in this world
When we let our faith inform our vote and our political stances, we are bringing with us the wisdom and tradition of 2,000 years of thinkers and doers.
How to walk the talk
Do you wish you had a manual to change the world? Did you know there is an app for young people to “change ourselves with the Gospel first, and then our closest surroundings, and finally the whole world”?
Gathering looks at how to overcome polarization using social teaching
One week before President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands at the historic summit on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, 100 Catholics representing different perspectives gathered to share ideas on overcoming polarization in the church and in U.S. society.
High school students offer important witness on gun issue
High school students marching for changes, calling for tighter gun laws in the United States. High school students working for changes that their elders have been unable or unwilling to bring about.