At the reception following the ordination Mass, Joanne DeGrood sat at a table with Judy Cozzens, the mother of Bishop Andrew Cozzens. Both women are now members of the “MOB” — mothers of bishops, Judy said with a laugh. But the women’s connection, Judy explained, goes back to their sons’ first year of seminary and their close friendship.
Each bishop designs a coat of arms to reflect his role. The following is the description of Bishop Donald DeGrood’s coat of arms. The left half of the shield comes from the seal of the Diocese of Sioux Falls.
Just what happened when Father Donald DeGrood was ordained a bishop on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Sioux Falls, South Dakota?
In this remote village about 200 miles east of Nairobi, residents -- some Catholics -- were fearing a new wave of desert locusts, as millions of eggs the insects laid earlier began to hatch.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Feb. 24 that in its next term it will examine if the city of Philadelphia can exclude a Catholic social services agency from the city's foster care program because the agency will not accept same-sex couples as foster parents.
