A Purgatorial Society is an association of Catholic lay people, religious, and/or priests who work together to assist the poor souls in purgatory through prayers and Masses for the dead.

“I did not want to give up my Thanksgiving with my family, but I’m glad that I did as I came home a different person than when I left."

Regional listening sessions will begin in mid-January and take place at 15 locations throughout the diocese.

There are whole books written on the Ghent Altarpiece with its fascinating details and interesting yet tragic history.

A conference or retreat is often the antidote to shake us from our environment and routine that can convince us we are stuck with our sins.

My involvement in pro-life work began in 1978 when my pastor asked me to attend a meeting to form a Right to Life Chapter.

When you work with small children, as I do, there’s never a shortage of opportunities to grow in self-knowledge.

There have been many graces bestowed upon me these past few months, like growing in my prayer life and delving into my studies, but the most rewarding of them all has been growing in fraternity with my brother seminarians.

The full Friends of Chimbote Board of Directors was able to visit our mission in Chimbote, Peru in October for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Vietnamese community at St. Anthony’s Church in Fargo gathered for Mass in Vietnamese and to celebrate the placing of the newly dedicated statue of Our Lady of La Vang.

Each new life shows us that “God hasn’t given up on us yet.”

This painting of St. Clare of Assisi tells the story of the famous miracle that occurred in 1240 in which the Saracen soldiers stormed the convent cloister of San Damiano in Assisi where St. Clare and her sisters lived.

There is no better way to show thanks to God than attending Mass and receiving Holy Communion.

As our Lord tells us in the Gospel, the laity are to be a leaven in the world, making the Kingdom of God present in their own specific ways.

Abortion does strange things to us. It drives those who choose it to illogical places.

The goal is to offer these toddlers a safe, warm, prayerful environment.

Some of the greatest saints have acknowledged bewilderment at the seeming slowness or lack of response to particular requests.

The miracle that involved Pope Francis

I am happy to share with you the news that the Sisters have offered Maryvale, their home, to the good people of our diocese.

Each of us is called to engage in this battle for the lives of the innocent, to support mothers, and to transform this culture of death into a culture of life.