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Travel and Pilgrimages

Colorado retreat made famous by pope during WYD ’93 gets makeover

Mountains don't really change that much in 26 years. So it's a fair bet that the view of Mount Meeker and its twin, Longs Peak, from the Camp St. Malo Retreat is the same one St. John Paul II saw when he strolled the camp's grounds in 1993.
Jubilees

Religious men and women celebrate significant jubilees

The Catholic Spirit is honored to highlight the members of women’s and men’s religious communities who are celebrating milestone jubilees this year and who are serving or who have served in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Jubilees

Reflecting on 60 years of sisterhood

On March 19, Sister Angela Schreiber celebrated her 60th jubilee, commemorating six decades of service as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Jubilees

Congratulations, jubilarians!

The Catholic Spirit is honored to celebrate the priests who are marking 10, 25, 50 and 60 years of priestly ministry this year.
Jubilees

Priestly jubilees: Celebrating lives in service to the Church

A jubilee anniversary is an opportunity not only to celebrate achievements but to reflect on a journey — past, present and future.
Archdiocesan Synod

Archdiocesan synod planned for 2021

On June 8, Catholics from around the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will gather at St. Peter in Mendota to pray with a particular intention in mind: to invite the Holy Spirit’s guidance throughout an archdiocesan synod process starting this year.
Archdiocesan Synod

Moving forward together

At this year’s Vigil of Pentecost, I will be formally announcing that our archdiocese will be embarking on a synod, our first since 1939.
Archdiocesan Synod

Synod executive committee members

FATHER JOSEPH BAMBENEK is pastor of St. Pius X and chaplain of Frassati Catholic Academy, both in White Bear Lake. As of July 1, he will join the Archdiocesan Catholic Center staff as assistant director of the archdiocesan synod and will help the Parish Services Team with parish planning. He was ordained in 2010 after working in strategic planning with electric utility companies in Michigan.
Archdiocesan Synod

Synod 101

For Catholics familiar with the term, a “synod” evokes the idea of the Synod of Bishops, or a gathering of bishops at the Vatican to discuss a particular topic, sometimes over several weeks. Recent synods of this kind include the Synods of Bishops on the Family in 2014 and 2015, and the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment in 2018.
Archdiocesan Synod

Synod process aims to be collaborative, wide-reaching and led by Holy Spirit

In autumn 2015, Archbishop Bernard Hebda was apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, an interim role to help the local Church transition between archbishops. He held 10 listening sessions around the archdiocese to gather information for the next archbishop — only to have Pope Francis appoint him to the job the following March.
Ordinations

Father Connelly finds connection with late father in the Mass

Newly ordained Father Joseph Connelly made his late father’s reception of last rites possible only weeks before entering the seminary in 2011.
Ordinations

Father Floeder’s vocation stirrings go back to first grade

Father Louis Floeder received a “crazy thing” from his mother when he graduated from high school eight years ago.
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