Anna Wilgenbusch, a St. Paul native and 2022 graduate of the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, with a major in theology and a Spanish concentration joined The Catholic Spirit staff Feb. 12 as a reporter.
Wilgenbusch will be familiar to readers of the newspaper from her recent work as a freelance reporter covering topics such as Church opposition to physician-assisted suicide and the impact of Church-backed Minnesota driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.
A summer intern at Catholic News Agency in 2020, Wilgenbusch also has written for Catholic news service OSV News and The Global Sisters Report. Her travels have included Spanish-immersion and missionary work in Mexico, Spain and Peru. She was a Totus Tuus missionary in the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in 2019.
Wilgenbusch, 24, a member of St. Mark in St. Paul, is finishing a master’s degree in Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
“Anna’s reporting and writing skills, her knowledge of the Catholic Church and her experiences at home and abroad will help The Catholic Spirit fulfill its mission of spreading Christ’s love and reaching all people in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis,” said Joe Ruff, editor-in-chief of the newspaper. “We are pleased to have her on board.”
Wilgenbusch can be reached at 651-251-7708 or wilgenbuscha@archspm.org.
