Category Archives for "Catholic Education"

Mar 21

What do you see?

By From the Heart | Catholic Education

What do you see? If you haven’t had a chance to see the Lenten video-based mini-retreats hosted at https://familytogether.stcdio.org/lent, please check them out now. I have a sample embedded here for your convenience, and I’ll wait. They are the fruits of a collaborative effort of Catholics from the Diocese of Saint Cloud. The goal is […]

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Nov 07

The Catholics

By From the Heart | Catholic Education

The Catholics descended upon my household again. Actually, I call them my Leaf Angels, but my neighbors call them “The Catholics” and threaten to convert to our church… though they haven’t quite yet. With my wife in a nursing home due to radiation injury from a brain tumor, I am continually amazed by the support […]

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Oct 12

The spirit is a movin’

By From the Heart | Catholic Culture

The last five months have been a whirlwind, lots of moving. Moving from Kent to St. Cloud. Moving from parish ministry to diocesan ministry. Moving from pastoral associate to associate director of lay leadership formation. Moving from a well-established position to a brand-new position that I had no idea where it was heading. Moving. It […]

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Oct 10

Born to be Mission

By From the Heart | Catholic Culture

“Mission”… In general, one may define the word mission as a task or goal in life that is driven with conviction.  How many times have you heard people talk about “being on a mission!”?  I can get behind that, but there is also so much more!!  What mission does God call us on?  Aren’t we […]

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