3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (757+ words) Autumn has come to Minnesota, the home state of this reviewer as well as the home state of Eric Cyr, the author of “Here it Snows in June: and Other Stories.” As the state tips from summer into fall, with…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1102+ words) Saturday, August 29, 2026 Mike Fratto has spent a lifetime saying yes — to Scouting, to service, to daily Mass and to all the little nudges that have drawn him deeper into his faith. Now 79 and retired from his job as a management…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (725+ words) That is absolutely nothing new. Regular Mass has been held in Kaskaskia, 75 miles southeast of St. Louis, at least since 1714, when a simple stone church was built. But even more remarkable than the church’s longevity is that it still thrives…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (727+ words) They talked about friends who invited them, Catholics they admired, communities where they felt at home and moments that helped the faith become their own. For many, those experiences helped them come to know Christ personally. Start with an invitation…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (458+ words) In a reflection titled “Detours lead to discoveries” that Bishop Kenney wrote for St. Olaf’s Aug. 23 bulletin, he commented on the detours of life that can lead to profound findings. “Norway was a good detour for me after hearing of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (792+ words) Together with Wilson’s husband of nearly 61 years, Ron, who was also wounded, they spoke with Deacon Kevin Conneely, whose ministry includes serving at the south Minneapolis church and school. Their conversation, which includes how they struck up a friendship over…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (208+ words) There is a quote from the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke: “The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” We have been overcome here at Annunciation. We open ourselves now to be overcome by ever…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (775+ words) Small groups as part of God’s family thecatholicspirit.com Small groups as part of God’s family A bunch of “small groups” got together earlier this month on a family farm. The first small group we grow up with and are…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (951+ words) The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents about two-thirds of the nation’s nearly 35,000 sisters, held its annual assembly Aug. 11-14 in Orlando. More than 1,300 congregational leaders and their guests were in attendance. LCWR’s outgoing president, Sister Vicky Larson, a member…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (304+ words) Father Kureh, 59, grew up in Karenni State in Myanmar and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Loikaw in 1993. His home country has experienced much civil unrest in his lifetime, most recently a coup in 2021, which established the military…...