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Why I am Catholic

Why I am Catholic — Kenton Pagel

I grew up as the oldest of three boys, and when I was young, we attended a Methodist church pretty regularly. As I got into middle school and high school, we started going less and less, so we only went on Christmas and Easter. After that, we didn’t go at all, so it’s no surprise that my brothers are now atheist, and my parents don’t have strong faith.
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Archbishop Hebda offers prayers in video for Sept. 11 remembrance at State Capitol

Moments of silence, tolling of church bells, prayers in a video led by Archbishop Bernard Hebda and other faith leaders, speakers and a social gathering are part of a 9/11 Day of Remembrance at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Sept. 11.
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COVID-19 Anointing Corps requests ticking upward

With COVID-19 numbers rising in Minnesota due in large part to the delta variant, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ COVID-19 Anointing Corps ministry is responding to an increase in calls for the sacrament of the anointing of the sick.
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Two decades after 9/11, Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett Jr.’s legacy lives on

“It seems like yesterday that we found out that Tommy wasn’t coming home anymore,” said Beverly, 90. “So, 20 years is a long time, but it seems like yesterday he was on that plane, and we were all praying that he would get off.”
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Parishes get creative to welcome Catholics back to in-person Mass

Redemptorist Father John Schmidt, pastor of St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center, recalled one day early in the COVID-19 pandemic when an elderly parishioner who had been livestreaming Mass told him, “I miss my priest. I miss my deacon. I miss my church. I want to get back.”
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Ag program growing at Faribault’s Bethlehem Academy

On the fourth day of this school year at Bethlehem Academy in Faribault Sept. 2, it was time to unload tomato plants from the back of teacher Casi Story’s Dodge pickup.
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Birding, paying attention and taking your time

Bill Bronn has packed a lot into 81 years. Once a seminarian and then a longtime 3M chemist, he is now a retired grandpa who loves birding and Scripture. Bronn belongs to Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Maplewood and St. Joan of Arc in Minneapolis.
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St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Jordan paves way to add two grades

More than 350 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 27 to celebrate completion of a build-out that will eventually house a new middle school at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Jordan. In addition to tours of the school, people were invited to enjoy food trucks, a petting zoo and other entertainment for children.
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St. Paul icon highlights connection between local Church, Syrian archdiocese

When Christians think of art depicting the conversion of St. Paul, they likely think of the saint falling from his horse on the road to Damascus after being temporarily struck blind. But in Acts of the Apostles, where the event is chronicled, no horse is involved, said Deacon Mickey Friesen, director of the Center for Mission at the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Men at Trinity Sober Homes pitch in to help build new retreat center

Tim Murray often introduces himself by saying, “My name is Tim, and I am an alcoholic.”
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Building on Higher Ground Minneapolis campus honors Reiling family

Bill and Joan Reiling stood in front of a building in Minneapolis Aug. 24 that they helped acquire in the 1980s to provide homes for 75 people who had severe alcohol abuse disorder and were experiencing homelessness.
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High schools make renovations big and small

New labs for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis are among facility changes that will greet students at 13 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Totino-Grace in Fridley has new synthetic turf in its stadium rather than grass, and St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights has updated its legacy buildings, which hadn’t been significantly updated since the campus opened in 1965.
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