MARCH 2023
MARCH 21
• Diocesan Presbyteral Council meeting, Chancery
MARCH 22
• Minnesota Catholic Conference board meeting, St. Paul
MARCH 23
• MCC legislative visits, State Capitol, St. Paul
MARCH 24
• Visits with priests, TBD
MARCH 25
• Castaway supper and Mass, Detroit Lakes
MARCH 26
• Confirmation at Eden Valley for Assumption, Eden Valley; St. Anthony, Watkins
MARCH 29
• USCCB orientation, online
• Hispanic ministry meeting, St. Mary, Melrose
MARCH 30
• Advisory team meeting, Chancery
• Chrism Mass, Cathedral of St. Mary, St. Cloud
MARCH 31
• Visits with priests, TBD
• “Journey with Jesus to Calvary,” St. Francis of Assisi, St. Francis
APRIL 2023
APRIL 1
• Diaconate community gathering, St. Francis Xavier, Sartell
• St. John’s Prep “Footloose” performance, Paramount, St. Cloud
APRIL 2
• Palm Sunday Mass and breakfast with RCIA candidates, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud
APRIL 4
• Lenten reconciliation services, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud
APRIL 5
• Diocesan staff Mass, Pastoral Center
• Culture Development Team meeting, Pastoral Center
• Seder meal with students, St. Francis Xavier, Sartell
• Holy Thursday Mass, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud
APRIL 7
• Good Friday services, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud
• Way of the Cross procession, Lake George, St. Cloud
• Tenebrae, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud
APRIL 8
• Easter Vigil, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud
APRIL 10
• Bishop-elect Iten vespers service, Stillwater
APRIL 11
• Bishop-elect Iten ordination, Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul
APRIL 1 3
• Bishop’s advisory council meeting, Chancery
• Mission Office board of directors, Mission Office, St. Cloud
• Minnesota bishops’ conference call, Zoom
APRIL 1 4
• Bishops and rectors dinner, Rochester
APRIL 15
• Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting, St. Joseph, Pierz
APRIL 1 6
• Confirmation at Pierz for St. Michael, Buckman; Holy Cross, Harding; St. Rita, Hillman; St. John Nepomuk, Lastrup; Holy Cross, Onamia; St. Joseph, Pierz; St. Therese, Little Flower Mission, Vineland; Sacred Heart, Wahkon
APRIL 18
• Homa Bay delegates visit, Chancery
• Vocation meetings with prospective seminarians
APRIL 1 9
• Volunteer appreciation Mass, blessing and meal, St. Benedict’s Center, St. Cloud
• Mental health ministry meeting, Pastoral Center
• Confirmation at Glenwood for Sacred Heart, Glenwood; St. John Nepomuk, Lake Reno; St. Bartholomew, Villard
APRIL 20
• Area Catholic Community Care Teams, Pastoral Center
• Diocesan Planning Council, Pastoral Center
• Knights of Columbus appreciation dinner, St. Joseph
APRIL 2 1
• Friday individual meet and greet with pastors
APRIL 2 2
• Benedictine sisters’ 60th and 75th jubilees, St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph
APRIL 23
• Confirmation at Richmond for St. Boniface, Cold Spring; St. James, Jacobs Prairie; Sts. Peter and Paul, Richmond; Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Rockville
• Student Mass, St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville
APRIL 25
• Spring Mission Rally, Staples
• Record TV Mass for Pentecost
APRIL 26
• Vocation meeting with prospective seminarians
APRIL 27
• Student Mass, Cathedral High School, St. Cloud
• Seminary visits, St. Paul
• Catholic Community Foundation 30th anniversary, Minneapolis
APRIL 2 8
• Seminary visit, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Winona
APRIL 2 9
• Secular Franciscans’ 100 anniversary, Sacred Heart Chapel, Little Falls
• St. John’s Prep Tour of Nations, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph
APRIL 30
• Confirmation at Princeton/Zimmerman