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