These announcements are for parishes to use in their weekly bulletins. To submit bulletin announcements for use of all diocesan parishes, please email them.
PRAY FOR PRIESTS, SEMINARIANS AND DEACONS – Serra Monthly Calendar is available here for download (PDF) for parish bulletins.
Here is an opportunity to spend time in quiet prayer for our elected officials, for life affirming laws and conversion of hearts and minds. Our own Bishop Patrick Neary along with several other Minnesota bishops will also be there praying for these needs. It’s believed MN is the only state where our Eucharistic Lord is adored regularly INSIDE its capitol building (on the 1st Friday of each month when the Legislature is in session) though other states, inspired by what’s happening here, are looking into it as well. Begun in 2023 by the MN Catholic Conference, the practice has outgrown its original location and was moved this session to a larger room in the Capitol to accommodate more people. This May 1st session is the last until next January when the Legislature convenes again.
RSVP at: MNCATHOLIC.ORG/ADORATION
Minnesota Farm & Rural Helpline
Catholic Rural Life, a national Catholic nonprofit organization dedicated to the vitality of the American countryside, is helping to spread the message about the 24/7 confidential “Minnesota Farm & Rural Helpline” to all Catholic dioceses in Minnesota. Need help finding a confidential financial or legal adviser? Feeling alone, sad or worried and need a listening ear? Call the hotline at 833-600-2670. “Our farmers are facing hard times and this is one way we can help them. This helpline is offered by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and all calls are answered locally by trained staff and volunteers,” said Annie Huntington, Catholic Rural Life project coordinator.