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For Karri Norris, being a lunch lady at East Ridge High School in Woodbury is an ongoing opportunity to pray for teens. And when she clocks out, she continues to seek “pray-tunities,” as she dubs them — thanking cashiers, smiling at strangers and inquiring about people’s tattoos.
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The Knights of Columbus are inviting the faithful to take part in a novena to the Sacred Heart dedicated to the intentions of Pope Leo XIV.
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For Karri Norris, being a lunch lady at East Ridge High School in Woodbury is an ongoing opportunity to pray for teens. And when she clocks out, she continues to seek “pray-tunities,” as she dubs them — thanking cashiers, smiling at strangers and inquiring about people’s tattoos.
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The Knights of Columbus are inviting the faithful to take part in a novena to the Sacred Heart dedicated to the intentions of Pope Leo XIV.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 18 upheld a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
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A decade and a half after its popular animated namesake was released comes the live-action remake "How to Train Your Dragon" (Universal). While the basic story and some of the personnel remain the same, the new arrival, although appropriate for a wide audience, falls short of the heights to which its predecessor soared.
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA are among more than 200 non-governmental organizations named in a congressional probe for aiding immigrants its leaders call "inadmissible aliens" during former President Joe Biden's administration.
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In the spirit of the Jubilee Year, a special time of grace and renewal in the Catholic Church, the Hmong community at Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Maplewood is giving $100,000 to the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.
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Close to half of the nation's adults have a personal or family connection to Catholicism, but Mass attendance makes for significant differences in what Catholics say is essential to their identity.
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The worthy reception of holy Communion is the fullest way to fulfill the divine call to consciously and actively participate in the Mass. It’s certainly not the only way. We are still obligated to attend holy Mass even when we cannot receive holy Communion due to grave sin. But all other ways point to and are fulfilled in the worthy reception of holy Communion, when that Communion is received and celebrated in the context of the public celebration of the Mass.
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After Father Bill Murtaugh offers his final Masses as pastor of Pax Christi in Eden Prairie on June 22 and begins his retirement, one of his projects will be a jigsaw puzzle.
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The National Eucharistic Revival is formally slated to end June 22, this year's feast of Corpus Christi. But, the three-year initiative -- which included last year's 10th National Eucharistic Congress and the 2024 and 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimages -- laid the groundwork for more efforts to come, its leaders say.
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Diana and Chris Smith of St. Joseph in West St. Paul were hanging out on a Sunday in early March when she had an inspired thought.
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With respect to Lin Manuel Miranda — and bearing in mind that a title cannot be copywritten — what or where is “the room where it happened” for you? The first reading and the Gospel for Pentecost (Acts 2:2; Jn 20:19) describe the descent of the Holy Spirit and its gifts upon our ancestors when they are gathered in a room.
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The worthy reception of holy Communion is the fullest way to fulfill the divine call to consciously and actively participate in the Mass. It’s certainly not the only way. We are still obligated to attend holy Mass even when we cannot receive holy Communion due to grave sin. But all other ways point to and are fulfilled in the worthy reception of holy Communion, when that Communion is received and celebrated in the context of the public celebration of the Mass.
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