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If you’re looking to do some meaningful travel this summer, consider Minnesota.  Pope Benedict XVI and the U.S. Conference of Cathoilc Bishops just designated  the Cathedral of St. Paul in Minnesota as a shrine. Now known as the National Shrine of the Apostle Paul, the title recognizes the cathedral’s national importance. The archdiocese’s mother church [...]

I would be remiss if I didn’t repost this video after watching Bishop James S. Wall’s ordination on TV. We put this out a couple weeks back. It’s a farewell to Bishop Wall from his coworkers at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Phoenix. His family showed up and The Catholic Sun made sure to interview [...]

  It’s been an unusual week or so around here when it comes to Catholic media and social networking. Here are some highlights: On the same day (April 17) that CatholicTV sent me a press release about how the 50-year-old full-time television station — the first in the world to air 24/7 — uses Twitter [...]

While there’s lots of talk these days about there being a lack of money for a host of businesses, families, activities and every day necessities, as a diocese, we’re seeing more green in another way. I attended our annual Trip Reduction Program today to fill out a survey on how many miles I commute to [...]

I was fascinated by something I learned in our staff meeting this morning. The top of our agenda — which we all take turns creating — had a brief bio of St. Jerome. I knew his feast day (today) was coming up after recently researching some stuff on the St. Jerome Parish Web site, but didn’t [...]