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Soucheray: ‘Ask Jesus for all day his voice in our heads, our hearts and our souls for patience’

Kathleen Soucheray, a columnist for The Catholic Spirit, recommends that Catholics take more time this summer to put faith at the center of their lives and be intentional.
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Archdiocesan filmmaker: Strong conviction drives ‘A Man for All Seasons’

The heart of the story for the 1966 film “A Man for All Seasons” is St. Thomas More standing up for his Catholic beliefs to the very end, said Zach Jansen, the digital content producer for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Oak Grove parishioner helps open first Catholic Montessori Institute

JoAnn Schulzetenberg, a member of St. Patrick in Oak Grove and principal of Way of the Shepherd Catholic Montessori School in Blaine, also is the director of the newly created Catholic Montessori Institute (CMI) at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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Delegates recap 2025 Archdiocesan Synod Assembly

During the 2025 Archdiocesan Synod: Be My Witnesses Assembly on June 7, some 450 delegates from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis gathered in the Joe Mauer Fieldhouse at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul. Assembly members gathered, discussed in small and large groups and voted on propositions they felt were the most important for the archdiocese in the coming years.
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Archbishop Hebda prepares to review ideas from 2025 Archdiocesan Synod Assembly

Archbishop Bernard Hebda described the Archdiocesan Synod 2025: Be My Witnesses Assembly as a day of hope. The 2025 Archdiocesan Synod Assembly was shorter than the previous one in 2022, which Archbishop Hebda believed helped prepare assembly members to discuss propositions more intently. The format of the day was the same as in 2022, but assembly members expressed to Archbishop Hebda that they were grateful for more time to discuss the propositions.
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Missed the Boat Theatre thespians explain their roles in ‘The Matchmaker’

People familiar with musical theater may recognize that the musical “Hello Dolly” is based on “The Matchmaker,” Broszko said. The play is written by Thornton Wilder, a writer known for unique twists. Wilder’s focus, Broszko said, is making ordinary moments of life extraordinary.
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Bishop Izen encourages families to be creative in spending time together during the summer

These family plans don’t have to be spiritually driven, Bishop Izen said, but should be something special for summer. However, he also encouraged Catholics to not take vacation from their prayer. “We have to be more intentional about making that work and that when we’re in a new setting, maybe it’s vacation, maybe it’s just some downtime, we want to be careful not to take that vacation from prayer,” Bishop Izen said. “It’s the spiritual nourishment that is part of what the rest is. … To rest with the Lord is something we need to do.
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Cathedral parishioner: ‘Our primary vocation is to love’

In journeying with young women exploring their vocations, Hastreiter said she’s seen the damage that idolizing vocations can do to Catholic culture. “I like to remind people our primary vocation is to love,” Hastreiter said. “If we put that first, our relationship with God, our relationship with our neighbor, then everything else falls into place,” Hastreiter said. “Another thing that can be really difficult, especially as Catholics and as Catholics in a kind of dark age in the world in which we’re trying to reclaim some things that were lost, we can kind of go to one extreme or the other.”
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Bishop Kenney: ‘God knows what’s going to happen in our lives’

“God knows what’s going to happen in our lives,” Bishop Kenney said. “I think there’s a beginning and an end, and God has a path, but there’s many options in that path on that road that we can take. When we’re in prayer, when we’re discerning, we get back onto that path. It’s just putting that trust in God to be able to think that God knows who we are.” Bishop Kenney said there is a temptation from the world to seek self-fulfillment.
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WCCO meteorologist says getting to heaven is not a competition

For a long time, WCCO meteorologist Katie Steiner said she lived life without her identity rooted in Christ. Striving to live a holy life is difficult in today’s culture, she said, because it is easy to go astray. In an episode of the “Practicing Catholic” radio show set to air at 9 p.m. May 30 on Relevant Radio 1330 AM, Steiner told the show’s producer, Rachael McCallum, “I don’t know if the majority of people that we live with, their number one goal is heaven. It’s easy to lose sight of that. It’s just a daily focus of, ‘Where are my priorities? Where do I get my satisfaction?’ … You need to figure out where you want to be and who you want to serve.”
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Father Livingston believes heavenly wisdom is simple and binary

Being immersed in the Holy Spirit brings a new way of thinking and responding to the Lord, said Father Jim Livingston, pastor of St. Paul in Ham Lake. “Within us there is an innocence that we go through, and as children. I think there’s a phase in life where we’re kind of binary. We’re either ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Do you believe, or do you not believe? Are you obedient or are you not obedient?”
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Archbishop Hebda looks forward to young Catholics unwrapping Holy Spirit’s gifts in confirmation

Archbishop Bernard Hebda said that Catholics must remember that God has a plan for them and the Catholic Church. This plan is implemented, he said, through the distribution of gifts by the Holy Spirit.
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