Mayuli Bales spends a lot of her time listening. As director of the Diocese of St. Cloud’s Office of Multicultural Ministries, she sees her office as a connection — a crossroads — between people and communities.
Mayuli Bales: A ministry of accompaniment
Long Prairie community celebrates ‘unity in diversity’
“I see more Anglo people coming to the Spanish Mass, and I see more Hispanic people coming to the English Mass on the weekends. People are more welcoming, greeting one another.”
Encuentro reflects ‘energy, maturity’ of a church ‘here to stay’
The thousands of Hispanic Catholic ministry leaders gathered in Texas for the Fifth National Encuentro shared views on the maturity and presence of their diverse community and held dialogues on the dreams and challenges that they face.
Energy, evangelization at the heart of regional Encuentro
The Alexandria gathering included people from the U.S. church’s Region VIII, which covers Minnesota and North and South Dakota.
Encuentro connections lead to bilingual Mass, graduation celebration
Up to 60 people from St. Leonard’s participated in gatherings during Lent as part of the local V Encuentro process forming two groups, one for Spanish speakers and one for English speakers.
Growth of U.S. Hispanic population a blessing for church, says speaker
The growing number of U.S. Hispanic parishioners puts a new face on the church, forces it to renew itself, pushes it to redefine its commitment and presents dioceses with a challenge, he said.
Elk River parish is latest to offer weekly Mass in Spanish
For the first time, 11-year-old Diana Renteria cantored at Mass Sunday, Oct. 16, at St. Andrew Church in Elk River. It was also the first time many people from the area attended Mass in their native language — Spanish
New diocesan team prepares for ‘Encuentro’
Two priests and 10 lay people from the Diocese of St. Cloud traveled to Osceola, Wisconsin, April 5 and 6 to participate in preliminary regional meetings […]