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Ignatian Spirituality Center moves from St. Paul parish to University of St. Thomas

An expanding Ignatian Spirituality Center in St. Paul that offers online and in-person retreats, prayer sessions, speakers and other events has moved from St. Thomas More to the University of St. Thomas.
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Local event aims to foster understanding of Native American boarding school harms

With tears in her eyes, Marcy Mears recalled the kindness extended to her and her family growing up in poverty near the Red Lake Nation reservation in northern Minnesota.
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‘Go and invite everyone to the banquet’

Twenty years ago, I met Bishop George Pallipparambil (aka PK George), the founding bishop of Miao diocese, a new mission church located in the remote foothills of the Himalayan Mountains in northeastern India. It is one of the 1,100 mission dioceses in 100 countries that we support each year on World Mission Sunday. 
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All are called as missionary disciples

As we prepare to celebrate World Mission Sunday on Oct. 20, we are reminded of the global mission of the Church and the important role we play in supporting those who bring the Gospel to the farthest reaches of the world. This mission resonates deeply with our Archdiocesan Synod’s call to be witnesses of Christ and to build communities that serve evangelization, as outlined in my pastoral letter, “You Will Be My Witnesses: Gathered and Sent From the Upper Room.”
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Myanmar priest draws Karenni refugees in Minnesota together around the Eucharist

In early 2013, Karenni priest Father Saw Joseph Kureh was 46 and running a parish in the Loikaw diocese in the in Myanmar when his bishop suddenly asked him to go to the United States.
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Mystery in the Eucharist can open dialogue with Muslims who find mystery in their faith

When considering the Catholic belief of the Eucharist as a sacred mystery, many Muslims could find common ground within their own faith, said Bob Brenneman, a professor and former evangelical pastor who spent 15 years sharing the Gospel with Muslims in the Middle East before becoming Catholic.
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Eucharist draws together young, new diocese in remote Indian state

When Bishop George Pallipparambil was a Salesian seminarian in northeastern India more than 40 years ago, he started seeing increasing numbers of Indigenous teens in the streets of Lusukia, Assam, where he was teaching at his religious community’s Don Bosco Bible School.  
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Archbishop Hebda urges parishes to conduct special collection for hurricane relief

As Hurricane Milton threatened Florida’s storm-battered Gulf Coast and cleanup continued in Florida and five other states after late September’s Hurricane Helene, Archbishop Bernard Hebda urged parishes to conduct special Sunday collections for hurricane relief.
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Lobbying, gardening and bearing good fruit

Taking the time to plant good seeds –– as a mother, as a gardener and as a lobbyist for the Minnesota Catholic bishops –– comes naturally to Maggee Hangge, 28, a New Prague native who draws inspiration from her Catholic faith and her small-town roots. She and her husband, Jim, are parents to 7-month-old Veronica.
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2 St. Paul parishes collaborate, share resources in bringing mostly Latino congregations together

Twin sisters Daniela and Mariana Villalta so enjoyed attending the Steubenville St. Paul youth conference last year that they hoped to return this year.
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Catholic health care: A call to dialogue and collaboration in the care of body and soul

Archbishop Bernard Hebda opened the Sept. 18 Healthcare Leadership Summit at St. John Neumann in Eagan with a prayerful call to preserve the heritage of Catholic health care in the face of strong headwinds. It was a call to dialogue and collaboration in caring for body and soul at a time when the dignity and value of human life at many stages and in many forms is being debated.
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Catholic Charities education center director honored for servant leadership

The director of Catholic Charities Twin Cities (CCTC) Northside Development Center in north Minneapolis is being honored for her 30 years of teaching and servant leadership.
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