All Posts by From the Heart

As a reporter, it’s not every day that I have the opportunity to be in a room with a national public figure, much less have the opportunity to ask a question. So when The Visitor was invited to a press conference with former Florida governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush Sept. 21 at […]

On Sept. 9, I had the opportunity to cover my favorite kind of event — a country music festival! This isn’t something we would normally do for The Visitor, but as a fundraiser for Mother of Mercy Care Campus, a Catholic nursing home and care center in Albany, it was newsworthy. The Rock the Prairie […]

I’m sure most of us can relate to this experience: you go to Mass, find yourself refreshed and rejuvenated by God’s goodness and grace, go home, and before you know it you’re yelling at a family member or complaining about some inconvenience or insignificant problem. When you take the time to reflect, you’re angry at […]

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” Jeremiah 1:5 You have seen them – those pro-life billboards between Freeport and Avon. Designed by Profile Across America, these ads offer hope and help to those in need. They are cute, tender, and touching, with facts […]

Do you ever watch an interaction and your heart just melts?! Well I have seen a number of these moments recently so I figured I would share a couple of my favorites! My mom has an in-home day care and the kids are always so fun and full of energy. We have two brothers, Noah […]

The 187,066 people who attended the Minnesota State Fair on Friday, Sept. 1, set a record for ninth-day attendance. They also consumed a colossal amount of food — from wacky concoctions you never dreamed could be deep-fried and served up on a stick to healthier dietician-approved options — and everything in between. With a nod […]

Today is the feast day of our patron saint, St. Cloud. Fathers Scott Pogatchnik and Doug Liebsch pray Day 9 – the last day – of the novena. They pray together at St. Cloud’s shrine, located inside St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Cloud. After the prayer, Father Scott gives a short history of the shrine. […]

Today’s video comes from Villard, Minnesota, where Reed and Sarah Heidelberger pray Day 8 of the novena with their children. To learn more about the life of St. Cloud and for the full text of the novena, visit http://stcdio.org/about/saint-cloud-saint/.

Steve and Wendy Gessell pray together under the arch outside the Diocesan Pastoral Center in St. Cloud which Steve built and tends. Steve and Wendy are both staff members of the Diocese of St. Cloud. Join them in praying Day 7 of the Novena in honor of St. Cloud.  

Today, Mayuli Bales, director of the diocesan Office of Multicultural Ministries and Venezuelan Father Oswaldo Roche pray Day 6 of the Novena in honor of St. Cloud. They pray today in Spanish. If Spanish is not your native tongue, we encourage you to follow along with the English text below and enjoy the beauty of […]