Bishop Kevin Kenney said it was a “beautiful” experience in October talking with Pope Leo XIV in Rome and receiving the pope’s prayers amid Bishop Kenney’s lung cancer diagnosis.

About 15 years ago, a casual acquaintance asked if I had ever considered becoming a deacon. I hadn't at that point, but the seed was planted. Although I knew several deacons, I never asked them about ...

It inspired me to see my son, Ryan, discern the priesthood. At that time, it took great courage for an 18-year-old to explain to everyone he knows why he is open to giving his life to serve others ...

For several years I paid weekly visits to men from my parish who had moved into senior care facilities. I admired their ...

My first experience of a deacon was when I moved to Crookston after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1993. While getting to know Deacon Denny Bivens and his family at the Cathedral of ...

I discerned the priesthood three different times in the course of about 10 years after graduating from college. But I would always come to the understanding that God wanted me to be a husband and ...

When I moved back to the United States from Switzerland in 2020, several people asked if I was going to become a deacon. It ...

Q What inspired you to pursue the diaconate? A A person at my parish asked if I had thought about the diaconate. At the time I was not interested. She went on to describe an opportunity to learn more ...

I began feeling the call to the diaconate about 20 years ago, but at the time my trusted spiritual advisor counseled that it might be a challenging time with young kids, and a young career for both my ...

At dawn on Oct. 29, people were already lining up outside the Catholic Cathedral of God the Merciful Father in Zaporizhzhia, ...

As Minnesotans head to their polling places for midterm elections on Nov. 3, the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) has ...

Carol Arend has lived in St. Paul her entire life. She works for her childhood parish, St. Thomas More on Summit Ave., formerly St. Luke, and lives a mile from her childhood home. She draws from that ...