Sep 29, 2025
Benedictine sister Nina Lasceski returns to share thoughts the Benedictine value of hospitality. Reflection includes ways Area Catholic Communities can be especially hospitable when welcoming visitors and new members during the diocesan planning process — All Things New.
Sep 17, 2025
Visiting from the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, Archbishop Shawn McKnight, author of Understanding the Diaconate: Historical, Theological, and Sociological Foundations, published by The Catholic University of America Press, shares his connection to Central Minnesota and his expertise of the permanent diaconate...
Sep 15, 2025
Tami and Randy Kruzel’s daughter BriAnna died unexpectedly by unknown causes in 2013 and Scott and Reyne Roeder’s son Jackson died by suicide in 2018.
Tami Kruzel and Scott Roeder took their grief and turned it into advocacy when they began Bri’s Lodge and the Jackson Roeder Legacy fund, respectively. Each...
Sep 11, 2025
Mary Jo Legare-Hoffmann, faith community nurse at St. Augustine’s church in St. Cloud, and Bethany Tollefson, parish health ministries coordinator and a nurse in behavioral health discuss how grief looks and feels different for everyone and provide resources for those needing mental health support.
For the Diocesan...