When Deacon Francis “Frankie” Floeder became Fr. Frankie in May, he followed in the footsteps of his uncle Fr. John, director of human formation and the propaedeutic stage program at The Saint Paul Seminary, and older brother Fr. Louie, a fellow seminary alumnus and pastor of the Church of St. Dominic in Northfield, Minnesota.
Continue ReadingThere’s an enthusiastic peace about the newest priest for the Diocese of Des Moines. Cabrera says this was always the plan.
Continue ReadingThe son of a United States Army officer, Fr. Josh Miller always thought he might end up in the military himself someday. Maybe not quite like this, though.
Continue ReadingA priest of 44 years brought a trove of experience to his role as the seminary’s director of pastoral formation the past five years. Fr. Michael Skluzáček called it a fitting final stop of his career, though he’s quick to point out he’s “not retiring from being a priest.”
Continue ReadingSeventeen seminarians or former seminarians from The Saint Paul Seminary will be ordained priests this spring and summer.
Continue ReadingMore than 7,000 Catholic laymen and women, bishops, priests, seminarians and religious from the Upper Midwest and beyond joined The Saint Paul Seminary, the National Eucharistic Revival and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis for the “Source and Summit” Eucharistic procession down Summit Avenue on Monday, May 27.
Continue ReadingFive Catholic bishops will ordain 13 Saint Paul Seminary seminarians as transitional deacons this spring and summer.
Continue ReadingSeminarian Deacon Frankie Floeder, his brother Fr. Louie Floeder, and their uncle Fr. John Floeder, sit down to talk family, vocation and food.
Continue ReadingEvery Catholic priest has a chalice. And every chalice has a story. Seminarians becoming priests in 2024 share theirs.
Continue ReadingSaint Paul Seminary Vice Rector Fr. Scott Carl first met Maria Carmen Morra during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Her smile radiates,” Carl recently recalled to the Star Tribune. “The mask could not hide her joy.”
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