The May 2019 archive of Daily News

Clergy assignments effective in July

Posted by Megan Muhich

Bishop Paul D. Sirba has announced the following clergy assignments, effective Wednesday, July 17.   Priests  Father Paul Strommer, parochial vicar of St. Francis, Brainerd; All Saints, Baxter; and St. Thomas of the Pines, Brainerd, to parochial vicar of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Mary Star of the Sea, Duluth.  Father Jeremy ... Read More »

Deacon Kyle Eller: Lost in the fire? Notre Dame invites us to consider rebuilding other treasures

Posted by Megan Muhich

Sometimes the coming together of seemingly unrelated events sparks a new insight. In the days after the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris burned, I was preparing for a radio interview about something else, a sacred music workshop in Hibbing I’m helping with in early May. Deacon Kyle EllerMere Catholicism

In the midst of this, a line from one of the documents of the Second Vatican Council came to mind: “The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other ... Read More »

Betsy Kneepkens: Should the Cathedral of Notre Dame be rebuilt?

Posted by Megan Muhich

I have never been very adventurous, so I haven’t sought out trips to exotic places. I had found my family life and what all that has encompassed exciting enough. Betsy KneepkensFaith and Family

Five years ago, I heard about a pilgrimage to Europe that was being set up in ... Read More »

Bishop Paul Sirba: Sacred places, like the burial place of Jesus, make faith come alive

Posted by Megan Muhich

Not quite two years ago, the Holy Land Review published a series of articles on the restoration of the Edicule, or shrine, that encloses the tomb of Jesus within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Since the fourth century, a succession of churches have surrounded this sacred ... Read More »

Letter from Bishop Paul Sirba

Posted by Kyle Eller

A letter from Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba, updating the faithful on the diocesan bankruptcy, was read in parishes across the diocese the weekend of May 4-5. The letter can be read here. 

Father Michael Schmitz: How much exercise and fitness are too much?

Posted by Megan Muhich

I’ve recently been more and more interested in exercise and in keeping fit. I am a husband and father and want to be able to play with my kids. You seem like someone who exercises. How do I know if I am placing too much emphasis on being physically ... Read More »

Press release from the Diocese of Duluth

Posted by Kyle Eller

The Diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, comprised of survivors of clergy sexual abuse, have reached agreement for a consensual resolution of the Diocese of Duluth Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, which includes the filing of a Disclosure Statement and a Joint Plan of Reorganization, ... Read More »

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