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Energy, evangelization at the heart of regional Encuentro

Around the Diocese, Feature April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Kristi Anderson 0 Comments

The Alexandria gathering included people from the U.S. church’s Region VIII, which covers Minnesota and North and South Dakota.

We are witnesses: Being an authentic evangelizer in today’s world

Focus on Faith March 23, 2018April 1, 2018 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

In the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and all the popes since, we hear over and over again that evangelization is the primary task of the church. In fact, in 1990, St. John Paul II declared, “I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the church’s energies to a new evangelization.”

In Myanmar and Bangladesh, pope calls for dialogue and respect for all

Nation/World December 4, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Pope Francis said each human being is created in God’s image and likeness at the end of an interreligious gathering in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 1 when he met with Rohingya refugees.

Nuncio: Bishops must focus on youth, evangelization, Jesus

Nation/World November 13, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Pope Francis demands of bishops that their mission requires “the passion of evangelization.”

Mass and lunch: Pope to lead celebration of World Day of the Poor

Feature, Nation/World November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Pope Francis will celebrate the Catholic Church’s first World Day of the Poor Nov. 19 by celebrating a morning Mass with people in need and those who assist them. After Mass, he will offer lunch to 500 people in the Vatican audience hall.

Being Christian means being missionary, pope says

Nation/World October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Pope Francis expressed his intention to promote an extraordinary missionary month in October 2019 with the goal of increasing the passion for the church’s evangelizing activity ‘ad gentes,'” a phrase meaning “to the nations” and used to describe missionary activity focused on people who still have not heard the Gospel.

Hurricane Harvey and the kayaking priest

Twenty Something | Christina Capecchi October 19, 2017October 20, 2017 The Visitor 0 Comments

When Hurricane Harvey stranded Father David Bergeron, he used his kayak for a greater purpose: to be present for the many hurricane victims stranded in his midst.

Catholics need ‘profound renewal’ of catechesis

Nation/World September 20, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

The head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization said Catholics “need a profound renewal of our catechesis.”

Encuentro aimed at meeting needs, fostering mission

Nation/World September 20, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

The Diocese of St. Cloud will have its diocesan Encuentro on Sept. 24 at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud. Nearly 400 people from around the diocese were registered to attend as of Sept. 19.

Nurturing faithful citizens

Nation/World July 28, 2017August 1, 2017 The Visitor 0 Comments

Helping people forge a deeper relationship with our Lord is the key to addressing a whole host of problems that beset the church and society.

Epicenter for opioid addiction is mission field for Catholic outreach

Nation/World July 18, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Philadelphia’s ongoing struggle with opioid addiction has found an epicenter in the Kensington section of the city, where open-air heroin sales, drug usage and overdoses have become commonplace.

What would you share with Pope Francis?

In Light of Faith June 29, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Through digital outreach, Pope Francis has set forth a challenge to create a culture of encounter whether it be through emails, text messages, social networks and chats.

Evangelization by hitchhiking: how to find an on-ramp

Twenty Something | Christina Capecchi April 20, 2017 The Visitor 0 Comments

Thirty-some Catholics already have joined, fulfilling a bold mission: to make like the apostles and spread the Good News.

Not just another ‘trade meeting,’ convocation seeks to unify U.S. church

Nation/World April 18, 2017April 19, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Called by the bishops, the historic convocation will find more than 3,000 Catholic leaders — bishops, clergy, religious and laypeople — meeting July 1-4 in Orlando, Florida, to focus on how the pope’s 2013 apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), applies in the United States.

Pope to priests: Never separate truth of the Gospel from its joy, mercy

Nation/World April 13, 2017 Catholic News Service 0 Comments

Always preach the whole truth of the Gospel with humility and respect and never be afraid to offer that truth just “one sip at a time,” Pope Francis told the world’s priests.

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