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Video and Photos: Minnesotans rally for religious freedom

An estimated 2,000 people attended the noontime rally, one of 164 held in cities around the United States to voice opposition to the federal Department of Health and Human Services' mandate on contraceptive coverage.

African mission trips awaken Visitation students

Mackenzie Grutzner was 17 when she witnessed the death of a tiny Kenyan child whose mother broke down in tears.

Life is a highway

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For adult Catholics, this question burns in their souls and guides their search for direction in life: What is God calling me to do?

Life is a Highway – Reflections

- Journey toward marriage vocation began at young age - Holy Spirit led me to youth ministry career - Law work offers opportunity to develop virtues - Advancing Catholic education is avocation - Special needs students inspire special ed teacher

Historical fiction writer followed the story to spiritual destination

If life is a highway, then Gail Ann Wood admits that she is not in control of her car. As a matter of fact, she finds that life works best when she takes the back seat and lets God drive.

White Bear food shelf director: Parents modeled how to feed hungry

Serving others comes naturally to Ann Searles. She was blessed with parents and a grandfather who taught her that the more one gives, the more that person will receive.

Faith formation ‘doorkeeper’ focuses on hospitality

With the youngest of her four children attending high school at Benilde-St. Margaret’s School in St. Louis Park, she wondered if that might be the place for her to work.

‘In love with God’: Sister reflects on a life of service

Sister Stephanie, 47, first heard God’s whisper as a child, she said. She still has the journals she kept in junior high where she weighed the pros and cons of married and religious life. But it wasn’t until about 10 years later that she experienced that “a-ha” moment when God’s calling crystalized.

Priest ‘saves lives’ for sheriff’s department

Sgt. Dave Struckman felt abandoned when none of the accompanying firefighters or police officers at the scene of an accident were available to help him pull two dead bodies from a car. He had no one else to turn to except the police chaplain, Father George Grafsky, pastor of St. Anne in Le Sueur.

Restless soul and unstable economy can lead to new direction in life

About five years ago, Bill Muske started wondering if God might want him to do something else with his life besides continuing to build up his career as a financial adviser.

Road to religious vocation is clear when God’s driving from back seat

Tara Smith believes her small “yeses” to God eventually revealed the big “yes” he had for her — confirmation of her call to the religious life.

Birth mothers retreat is July 14

“I heard the Holy Spirit in my head say, ‘You have to call the archbishop,’” said Traylor, a member of St. Gerard in Brooklyn Center.
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