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SMSU Briefs for April 13

Schools

Pam Gladis is 2020 Cowan Award winner Pam Gladis, whose work as SMSU librarian touches every facet of academic life at the University, has been named the 2020 Cathy Cowan Award winner. The award is named for the late psychology professor Cathy Cowan, who died in an auto accident on Dec. 22, 2001. It is the most prestigious award at SMSU. The 1995 alumna is in her second stint at SMSU. She was the distance learning librarian from 1999-2001. She left for a time, and was the librarian for Marshall Public Schools and, later, Minnesota West Community and Technical College, before ...

Here's A Thought for April 10

Faith

Living Word Lutheran Church The New Testament is filled with encouragements, warnings and reminders. It’s also packed with words about how to get along, how to get together and ultimately: how to love. In that dusty, ageless book on some shelf somewhere in your house you’ll find a common combination of two English words that appear nearly 100 times in 94 verses: the words “one” and “another.” As we face this galactic shift in the “world as we knew it” it is so comforting (and critical) to embrace the truth of the Bible. We’re being bombarded with numbers and ...

Faith Briefs for April 3

Faith

Catholic Daughters meeting is canceled The Catholic Daughters of the Americas meeting on Monday, April 13, in Carlin Hall has been canceled. The public can still stream the Monday evening Mass at 5 p.m. on the Holy Redeemer website. The Birthright Baby Shower, Pizza Ranch Fundraiser, and candidates for new officers nominated at a later date. Investigators: fire at Louisiana church ruled arson BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A fire just after midnight Wednesday at a Louisiana church was deliberately set, investigators said. The Baton Rouge Fire Department, in a news release, said it ...

Faith Briefs for March 27

Faith

Holy Redeemer announces changes The Bishop of New Ulm extended the suspension of all public Masses through Monday, April 13. Holy Redeemer will continue to offer private Masses that will be live-streamed at the times they are usually scheduled: • Mondays — 5:30 p.m. • Tuesdays — 7 a.m. • Wednesdays — 7 a.m. • Thursdays — 7 a.m. • Fridays — 7 a.m. • Saturdays — 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. • Sundays — 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and Spanish at 12:30 p.m. The Holy Week Liturgies that were scheduled will take place and be live-streamed, with the exception of the ...

Faith Briefs for March 20

Faith

Holy Redeemer Church announces changes Bishop John LeVoir of the New Ulm Diocese decided that all “public” Masses would be suspended until March 31. Because Holy Redeemer has the option to “live stream” Masses over the Internet, the weekday and weekend Masses will be said at the times they are normally scheduled, and live streamed over the Internet. The Bishop has given a dispensation (removal of the obligation to assist at a weekend Mass) through that date. Stations of the Cross and Confessions at the times they were scheduled will continue. For those who attend Stations ...

Faith Briefs for March 13

Faith

First Lutheran announces list of safe practices for worship First Lutheran Church: Worship and the coronavirus In the face of growing concerns about the coronavirus, the Church Council is asking that we all join together in some common sense practices. As we gather for worship You are strongly encouraged to wash your hands or use hand sanitizer before coming in to worship AND after touching your face. This is required of all who are helping with communion. We’re suggesting that hand-shaking be suspended. Please feel free to continue making the sign of the cross as you pass ...