Minnesota Catholic Podcasts is a series of conversations which covers three areas of interest. The “Heart of Mercy” minute, is a series of podcasts with St. Cloud Bishop Donald Kettler. “Hands of Justice” is a series of podcasts featuring local speakers discussing social issues impacting Catholic culture today. And “Voices of Hope” features guests from across the globe to our own backyard, who bring with them stories of hope, inspiration and wisdom. This show is made possible through the Bis ...
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All Things New: Honoring the past, inspiring the future
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Barb Simon-Johnson talks with Brenda Kresky, director of planning for the Diocese of St. Cloud and Mike Laughery from Emmaus Partners about the history behind the planning process and some of the challenges facing the diocese now and in the future.
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Attune Your Soul: The Sacred Art of Listening for Ministry
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Amber Walling of the diocesan communications office talks with Dr. Antonio Ramirez, associate professor of Theology and Pastoral Ministry at the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio, Texas and Donelle Poling, Director of Conversatio: Creating a Culture of Encounter at Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary about the upcoming progr…
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“Together in Solidarity: How CCHD helps fund the work of Fe y Justicia and the Greater Minnesota Worker Center.”
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“Together in Solidarity: How CCHD helps fund the work of Fei y Justicia and the Greater Minnesota Worker Center.”
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Rural Immersion Part 3: Reaction from students
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Program participants Camille Piper from San Antonio, Texas, and Luke Waltman from Little Falls, share what they learned from the Rural Immersion Program and how this will impact their ministry going forward.
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Rural Immersion Part 2: Rural Life Communities
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Christine Luna-Munger, director of the Episcopal House of Prayer and new farmer, and Deacon Leo Wehseler, who both presented to the students, discuss life in small towns and on the farm, what it means to know your neighbor and how life in rural community yields more than sellable goods.
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Rural Immersion Part 1: An introduction to Rural Immersion Program
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Ben Durheim, assistant professor of theology, and Daniella Zupan-Jerome, assistant professor of pastoral theology and director of the Sustained Encuentro program, both from Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary, discuss the origins of the Rural Immersion Program, the school's partnership with the Mexican American Catholic College, the proces…
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Choosing mission: How mission work is changing and how there's hope for the future
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Bill Vos, a priest of the Diocese of St. Cloud, moderates a discussion about how mission work is changing and how we can encourage young people to choose to go into mission. Guests are Father Rodrigo Ulloa-Chavarry and Greg Darr, both from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, a Catholic foreign mission society based in New York.…
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What would a real table with Jesus have looked like? — A Conversation with Father Ed Foley
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Amber Walling from the Central Minnesota Catholic staff and Kevin LaNave, peace and justice coordinator at Christ church Newman Center in St. Cloud talk with Father Ed Foley. Father Foley is the Duns Scotus Professor Emeritus of Spirituality and Retired Professor of Liturgy and Music at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Father Foley is current…
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World Day of the Poor - A conversation about poverty in the St. Cloud area
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Dianne Towalski, digital media manager for the Diocese of St. Cloud talks with Molly Weyrens. Molly is a pastoral associate at Christ Our Light Parish in Princeton/Zimmerman and is passionate about working with people on the margins, especially those experiencing poverty. She also works with Central Minnesota Catholic Worker.…
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‘Bleacher Brothers’ to visit all 30 MLB stadiums on evangelization tour
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Fathers Casey Cole and Roberto “Tito” Serrano, both Franciscan friars, have set out on an 11-week pilgrimage. Between May 19 and Aug. 3, they plan to visit all 30 Major League Baseball ballparks, traveling more than 17,000 miles to meet people where they are and preach the Good News of Jesus Christ.
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Regional Ministry Gathering 2 - Our Impact on the Synod
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Our Impact on the Synod: Why does it matter locally? After hearing about the heart of the synod in the first session, Philip Shefveland and Barbara Sutton, both members of the diocesan synod team, talk with Joe Towalski about how the information we share through the synod process will have a lasting effect right here in our diocese.…
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Regional Ministry Gathering 1 - The Heart of the Synod
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The Heart of the Synod: What is a synod and why are we having one now? Local professor and theologian Kristin Colberg, the sole U.S. member of the synod’s international theological commission, talks with Joe Towalski about her experience in working with the global synod team and helps us understand the long-term value of the synodal process.…
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Two local experts talk about upcoming synod on synodality
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Joe Towalski, director of communications and development for the Diocese of St. Cloud talks with Kristin Colberg, associate professor of theology at St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville and David Fremo, director of Catholic Education Ministries and coordinator of the local synod consultation process here in the Diocese of St. …
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Palliative care: Improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesss
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As part of Respect Life Month, we feature a conversation with Dr. Merryn Jolkovsky, palliative care specialist at CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital. Jolkovsky explains how palliative care provides patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of serious illness and improves their quality of life.…
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A visit with missioner Father Fred Timp
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Father Bill Vos visits with Father Fred Timp SVD, who is currently serving in Ghana. They talk about his work and reflect on this year’s World Mission Sunday Theme: “We cannot but speak about what we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:20)
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DMD speaker Cindy Liliana Gonzalez talks about hospitality, multiculturality and welcoming all as Christ
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Kristi Bivens, associate director of lay leadership formation for the Diocese of St. Cloud and one of two co-chairs for Diocesan Ministry Day visits with the day's keynote speaker, Cindy Liliana Gonzalez.
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Two local priests look back on their experiences in New York on 9/11
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In this episode, Dianne Towalski, multimedia journalist for The Central Minnesota Catholic magazine, talks with Father Jeff Ethen and Father Peter Kirchner as they reflect on their experience being in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Drought, COVID, mental health among today's rural challenges
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A conversation with local farmers and the head of Catholic Rural Life.
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Barb Simon-Johnson talks with Father Doug Liebsch, diocesan director of vocations, and seminarian Kevin Soenneker.
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An interview with Olympic gymnast Grace McCallum
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Dianne Towalski visited with Grace McCallum at her gym shortly before she left for Tokyo to compete in the Olympics.
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Three men of faith share wisdom, humor in 'Strange Catholics' podcast
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Deacon Terry Jancik, Deacon Phil Henneman and Bob Walquist host a weekly show, which began last May.
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What's it like to be a funeral director?
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Guest: Deb Dingmann, funeral director, mortician and owner of Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Homes Dingmann talks with Joe Towalski about her work with grieving families in need of healing and how serving as a funeral director has influenced her own perspective on life and death.
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How our Religious Communities Pray: Poor Clare Sisters of Sauk Rapids
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Last in a five-part series on how the religious communities in the Diocese of St. Cloud pray, why prayer is important and how their prayers have changed during Advent and now Christmas season. This episode features Poor Clare Sister Mary Matthew Tomsyck.
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How our Religious Communities Pray: Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls
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Fourth in a five-part series on how the religious communities in the Diocese of St. Cloud pray, why prayer is important and how their prayers change during Advent/Christmas. This episode features Sister Rose Mae Rausch from the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls.
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How our Religious Communities Pray:Crosier Fathers and Brothers
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Third in a five-part series on how the religious communities in the Diocese of St. Cloud pray, why prayer is important and how their prayers change during Advent/Christmas. This episode features Father Kermit Holl from the Crosier Fathers and Brothers in Onamia.
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How our Religious Communities Pray: Sisters of St. Benedict
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Second in a five-part series on how the religious communities in the Diocese of St. Cloud pray, why prayer is important and how their prayers change during Advent/Christmas. This episode features Sister Katherine Howard of the Sisters of St. Benedict in St. Joseph.
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How our Religious Communities Pray: St. John's Abbey
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First in a five-part series on how the religious communities in the Diocese of St. Cloud pray, why prayer is important and how their prayers change during Advent/Christmas. This episode features Father John Meoska from St. John's Abbey.
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Guest: Mark Hart, executive vice president for Life Teen International and co-host of “The Catholic Guy Show” on SiriusXM radio Mark addresses everything a novice Bible reader needs to know, including tips for purchasing one, reading it properly and making the Bible an integral part of your daily prayer life.…
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Stewardship Week 2020: 'The Four Pillars in Your Community'
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Take a walk with Fr. Greg. He will be leading us, not on the road to Emmaus, but through a Stewardship Way of Life. Is hospitality more than having greeters? How can we measure prayer? Who should be the focus of our stewardship formation? Is service really that important? Listen to learn some ways to incorporate the four pillars of stewardship in p…
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Stewardship Week 2020: 'The Spirituality of Stewardship'
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Father Tom Knoblach, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Sauk Rapids and Annunciation Parish in Mayhew Lake, talks about the spirituality of stewardship in his presentation Aug. 25 during the diocese's online Stewardship Week conference Aug. 25-27.
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‘Hobby astronomer’ priest keeps his eye on the heavens
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Guest: Father James Kurzynski, pastor of St. Olaf in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is an amateur astronomer who contributes to the Vatican Observatory Foundation’s “Sacred Space Astronomy” blog Father Kurzynski discusses his priesthood vocation, how he became interested in astronomy and his views on the relationship between faith and science.…
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Planning a Catholic Wedding: What every couple should know
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Patrick Flynn and Janet Dusek from the Office of Marriage and Family discuss how to keep God, your faith and love at the center of your big day.
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How to have a positive school experience
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The threat of physician-assisted suicide
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Heart of Mercy Minute - Looking ahead
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Bishop Donald Kettler talks about reaching retirement age and his upcoming ad limina visit to the Vatican.
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Voices of Hope - The Francis Impact
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Bailey Ziegler, human resources director for the Diocese of St. Cloud, and Kristi Bivens, associate director of lay leadership for the diocese talk with Sebastian Gomes. Gomes previously worked with Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation to create the movie, the Francis Impact. Gomes is an alum of St. John's University and the School of Theology …
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Voices of Hope - Laura Kelly Fanucci keynote from Diocesan Ministry Day
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Laura Kelly Fanucci addresses Diocesan Ministry Day participants at St. John's Abbey Church Sept. 30. Serve, Speak, Lead: Our Baptismal Call to Be Priest, Prophet, and King At our baptism, we were anointed to follow Christ as “priest, prophet, and king.” But what does this call mean for us in our ordinary lives and work? While some of us are priest…
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Voices of Hope- A Conversation with astronaut Mark Vande Hei
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In this episode of Voices of Hope, diocesan director of communications, Joe Towalski, talks with astronaut Mark Vande Hei. Vande Hei, a graduate of St. John's University in Collegeville, spent five-and-a-half months on the International Space Station.
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Heart of Mercy Minute — Back to school message for students from Bishop Donald Kettler
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Voices of Hope: A conversation with Laura Kelly Fanucci
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In this episode, Laura Kelly Fanucci speaks with Kristi Bivens, the Diocese of St. Cloud's associate director of lay leadership formation, about our baptismal call to ministry, service and leadership in the Church. Fanucci will be the keynote speaker at Diocesan Ministry Day Sept. 30 at St. John's University in Collegeville. She is an author and di…
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Voices of Hope: A Journey to New Frontiers
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Writer Nikki Rajala talks with Franciscan Sister Elise Saggau, author of “A Journey to New Frontiers, 1950-2018,” a new history of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls.
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Heart of Mercy Minute: Pentecost message from Bishop Donald Kettler
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Heart of Mercy Minute: Holy Week message from Bishop Donald Kettler
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Voices of Hope: Doing and Being Mission
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Father Bill Vos, local director of Catholic Relief Services and former director of the St. Cloud Mission Office, talks with Dr. Donald McCrabb, executive director of the United States Catholic Mission Association.
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Voices of Hope: Journey to World Youth Day
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Molly Powers, a local wife and mom who also has experience in education and campus ministry, talks about her experiences guiding a group of pilgrims to World Youth Day in Panama.
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