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…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (627+ words) TheCatholicSpirit.com The bishop as teacher Father Michael Van Sloun Editor’s note: This is the ninth column in a series on the highest order of ordained ministry in Catholic teaching, that of bishop. The Church is built on the foundations…...

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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (344+ words) In a meeting with the Marsodeto Federation, a Spanish nongovernmental organization that supports people with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities, the pope reflected on the importance of discovering “in the face of each person, Jesus Christ himself.” The pope thanked…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (486+ words) “The world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity; rather, it needs human intelligence enlightened by wisdom, political authority guided by conscience and technological innovation directed by charity,” the pope told members of the International Catholic Legislators Network…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (184+ words) A new Mass setting, “For the Care of Creation,” was accepted by the Vatican Aug. 4, and Archbishop Bernard Hebda will celebrate that liturgy Sept. 6 at St. Francis of Assisi in Lake St. Croix Beach — during the month of the global…...

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, 1+ day ago   (477+ words) Schoenstatt is an international Catholic apostolate founded in Germany in 1914 by Father Joseph Kentenich. The lay movement promotes Catholic family life and devotion to the Blessed Mother. The Jubilee Family Shrine in Sleepy Eye, the only Schoenstatt shrine in Minnesota,…...