Prior to the beginning of Lent, I celebrated the funeral of Jenny Wiederholt-Pine.  Wiederholt-Pine was 44 years old, a wife ...

While priests have a few different options for how they greet people at the beginning of Mass, the bishop has only one ...

Right now is a difficult time for nearly every family I know. Parents are stressed. Teens are depressed. Kids are anxious.

During Holy Week, we draw near to Christ, remembering his final battle with sin and Satan on our behalf. No one had the power ...

Easter –– brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day –– not only a few weeks on the Church calendar –– but, for Christians, a way of life.

We’ve been looking at the way the kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed was the development of perhaps the central theme of the Old Testament: There would come a time when God would act, fulfilling his ...

Jamie Verbrugge is getting to know employees, volunteers, lawmakers, stakeholders, donors and the people served by the largest social services agency in the metro area.

Like most practicing Catholics, I’m a member of a parish near my home. Yet I’m also blessed to have another “home” parish due to my diaconate assignment that is a bit farther away. Most days I ...

Anne McNeill Gattman, 60, is principal of St. Jerome School in Maplewood, a Catholic elementary and middle school she helped salvage with a radical enrollment boost. She and her husband, Jim, are ...

Antes del inicio de la Cuaresma, celebré el funeral de Jenny Wiederholt-Pine. Wiederholt-Pine tenía 44 años, era esposa y ...