A little imagination theater … confirmation style. “Pastor, is it OK to hate certain people?” a struggling confirmation student asks. “That’s a heavy question,” I reply. “Can you first tell me why you’re asking?” “You’ve taught us that Jesus tells us to love our ...

Cinnamon roll fundraiser Sunday The Catholic Daughters are have a fresh cinnamon rolls fundraiser this Sunday at Holy Redeemer Church. Rolls will be available for sale after the 8 a.m. Mass and the 10 a.m. Mass. Blue Mass Sept. 29 in New Ulm Bishop Chad Zielinski will celebrate a Blue Mass ...

My heavens, what a difficult couple of weeks it’s been. Amen? The Charlie Kirk assassination dropped a match into what was already a box of incendiary material that was passing as coexistence in our society. Seemingly, now even more of us are willing to draw ideological lines in the sand, ...

Shalom Hill Farm 30th anniversary Shalom Hill farm is having its 30-year celebration on Saturday at 42194 County Road 3 in Windom. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be a farmer’s market, tours, displays, exhibits, a kid’s zone, music, labyrinth, walking trails and more. Lunch will be ...

A cautionary tale for our time … This week, I arrived early to a coffee shop for a meeting. Already coming from another meeting, it didn’t make sense to go to the shelter, only to backtrack 30 minutes later. So there I was, answering an infinite string of emails, with a good coffee and ...

CDA meeting Monday The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #1291 will be having a meeting following the 5:30 p.m. Mass Monday at Holy Redeemer. They will share their faith filled activities that are coming up and welcome new members. St. Edward fall festival St. Edward Church of ...