New tax rules bring both opportunities and challenges for faithful donors looking to give wisely and generously Briefly: The One […]
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Rooted in Scripture and Sacred Tradition, Catholic social teaching offers timeless guidance for navigating modern challenges like artificial intelligence, gender ideology and the ‘New Apostolic Age.’
More relevant than ever: Catholic social teaching for an apostolic age Read More »
The Saint Paul Seminary is set to begin the 2025-26 academic year with a milestone 106 seminarians, matching the highest enrollment since 1979. This marks a 12-year high for the institution and highlights its growing role as a regional center for priestly, diaconal and lay formation.
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Fr. Zachary Ochsenbauer, a newly ordained priest for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, speaks of his mother’s death not as a void, but as a place where Jesus made Himself known.
At age 6, Fr. Zachary Ochsenbauer lost his mother. But he met Christ. Read More »
Fr. Dennis Zehren, pastor at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, was ordained in 2004 after attending The Saint Paul Seminary. Nothing could have prepared him, though, for what would unfold at Annunciation the morning of Aug. 27, 2025.
Every Catholic priest has a chalice. And every chalice has a story. Newly ordained priests Fr. Nathaniel Daubner (Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota), Fr. Timothy Welch (Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota), Fr. Randall Skeate (Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis) and Fr. Benjamin Peters (Diocese of Winona-Rochester) share theirs.
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Catholic worship is about more than rituals — it’s the faithful offering themselves fully to God through reverent and active participation in the liturgy.
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Fr. Mitch Kendrioski shares his remarkable journey of faith, from a career in engineering to answering the call to the priesthood.
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A statement from Saint Paul Seminary Rector Fr. Joseph Taphorn on the shooting that occurred the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 27 at Annunciation Church and Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Either by sheer providence or something in the water, several Saint Paul Seminary seminarians have twin siblings. Some of them, including Deacon (now Fr.) Randall Skeate, and his twin brother Brian, a St. Paul police officer, recently took in a Twins game together. This video includes their story, and a lighthearted game of trivia to see which brother knows more about the priesthood, the police force and local professional baseball history.
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