By Father Tyler Tenbarge Special to The Message It has been another fruitful and encouraging fall for vocations in our…
Submitted photo Jeremy Goebel, standing at left, Diocesan Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, serves as MC for the…
BY BARB UMBERGER Catholic News Service MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) – Parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota,…
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Editor’s note: The Spanish translation appears below. BECAUSE I AM CATHOLIC! BY SANDRA PATRICIA BAZALDUA I grew up in a…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Third Sunday of Advent, Year A First Reading: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; Response: Psalm 146:6-7,…
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By MARY KAYE FALCONY CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE “If you want peace in the world, go home and love your…