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Communications, The Catholic Spirit honored with 9 CMA awards

The newspaper received eight awards and the Office of Communications received one award for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis at the 2024 Catholic Media Conference’s awards ceremony June 21 in Atlanta, which celebrated the 2023 work of Catholic Media Association members.

Laying the now-Basilica of St. Mary cornerstone included massive parade, prayers

It was Sunday, May 31, 1908, when 150,000 people gathered in Minneapolis for something local reporters called the “most imposing spectacle of its kind ever seen in Minneapolis.”

Flower crowns and Disney drama for the saints

St. Thérèse of Lisieux is getting the Disney treatment, thanks to a talented Catholic artist.

Parishioners from Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis highlight their excitement for the National Eucharistic Congress

Catholics from around the nation — including the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis — are preparing to travel to Indianapolis for the first National Eucharistic Congress since 1941.

Supreme Court upholds gun ban for domestic abusers

The Supreme Court June 21 upheld a federal ban on the possession of firearms by domestic abusers, rejecting an argument that the ban violated the Second Amendment.

Comic book tells story of Buffalo priest up for sainthood and beloved for his work with poor

Tom Lucia, the chief creative officer of OLV Charities, still has his 1980s Marvel comic books celebrating the lives of St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Kolkata.

Hit Man — R (O)

A fact-based fish-out-of-water tale, director and co-writer Richard Linklater’s black comedy "Hit Man" (Netflix) starts off intriguingly. After some needlessly graphic forays into eroticism, however, the film's third-act departure from the real biography of its protagonist sends a morally skewed message.

Why I am Catholic – Juekun Wen

I became Catholic because I am a seeker of truth. God planted wonderful people along my journey in my darkest hour to show me the path of light, leading me toward him.

Synod Assembly leads to unexpected love story

When Dan and Nancy Frederick — 60 and 67, respectively — attended the June 2022 Archdiocesan Synod Assembly at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, neither were looking for love.

Is it OK to look for ‘signs’ after a loved one dies?

Q) My loved one passed away, but I keep getting these “signs” that I see as being from them that let me know that they are OK. For example, I will see a cardinal (my dad always fed the cardinals outside his window), and I think that it is a sign from him. Is that OK for me to think?

Running in the woods, writing for the stage, preaching at the pulpit

I still enjoy being out in nature. I’m a runner. I’ll run and it’s homily prep time — thoughts come to me, blood is pumping, clarity of mind. I’ve got three hours to think. Sometimes I’m listening to audiobooks or podcasts. Sometimes it’s just silence. I’m with the Lord and nature, and it’s very freeing.

New archaeological discovery in Israel dubbed ‘greeting from Christian pilgrims’ 1,500 years ago

The discovery of a Byzantine-period church in the northern Negev, with wall art displaying ships, opens a window to the world of Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land 1,500 years ago, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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