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 ...
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 ...
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 loss. Gain strength and comfort from those walking a similar path, drawing on information and support while working through your own journey of grief. The Spring Healing Connections Group will be meeting at Living Word on Thursday evenings from 4:30-6 p.m for an 8-week session, starting Thursday, ...
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 the light shines in darkness; and the darkness has not overcome it,” stating that the darkness of Good Friday did not diminish the light of Jesus. Toward the end of his column Randy wrote: "Life here is always a paradox. Imperfect people created by a perfect God." In the beginning God did ...
Lost in the mystically beautiful and heartbreakingly tragic story of Holy Week is a facet I think all too often gets overshadowed by the joy of Christ’s resurrection. Please don’t misunderstand me: I’m not saying that Jesus rising from the grave to conquer sin and death on this earth ...
