Seminarian to be ordained transitional deacon Brent G. Sundve, a seminarian of the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm, will be ordained to the transitional diaconate in May, marking a significant milestone on his journey to the priesthood, tentatively set for 2027.  Sundve is currently studying ...

This week, I found myself around a table of about a dozen faithful people gathered together by a local church that wishes to find a way to live more fully into mission work. Turns out that in recent years the church leaders asked their congregation to help envision what the church’s next 10 ...

The coming of Spring and "the events we remember and honor during Holy Week,” leading to "a joyous story on Easter morning,” were the subjects of Randy Krzmarzick's Good Friday column (4/3/26). I liked his choice of the words from John 1:1-5. He particularly referred to verse 5: "And ...

Our Easter service just ended, and I was at the back of the sanctuary so I could greet parishioners as they exited. I just finished saying, “Go in peace; serve the Lord,” when an usher urgently handed me a cordless phone: “Pastor, it’s Paul and he’s only got 15 minutes.” My ...

CDA meeting Monday The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #1291 will be having their meeting in Carlin Hall at 6 p.m. Monday. There will be no Mass that evening. They will have a guest speaker from "Choices Pregnancy.” Healing Connections group Join others who have experienced a ...

During this season of Lent, culminating with the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we’ve had multiple opportunities to reflect on and read about His life plus verbally sharing an Easter greeting with those we encounter from day-to-day. It is also evident, that just because we believe in Christ, ...