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"Have we made the Church a place of warmth and welcome for 18- to 35-year-olds? Following the Diocesan Pastoral Council process, diocesan leadership is taking on a new and exciting initiative to engage, in the life of the Church, this highly diverse group of young adults..." [Read more]... |
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You can use many words to describe the Diocese of Helena’s Justice Outreach Project on the Blackfeet Reservation, but if you want just a couple, consider these: solidarity and immersion. Sixty-five youth and young adults from several areas of the diocese were on the reservation for a week, beginning June 27... [Read more]... |
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Thirty-plus parish nurses and health ministers gathered for a retreat with the theme “Restoring Our Souls.” The retreat May 14-16 at Christ the King gave these care providers an opportunity to coalesce following the recent cessation of the Carroll College parish nurse program, which had been a catalyst for many of them... [Read more]... |
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Father Bud Strom, a musically gifted priest who joined the clergy after a military career spanning 24 years, died July 12 at a senior-living facility in Whitefish. He was 95... [Read more]... |
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The huge outpouring of support from Catholics and others of good faith in the U.S. has enabled CRS to bring lifegiving aid to hundreds of thousands of people over the last six months. But if we are to build back a better Haiti, much more needs to be done... [Read more]... |
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The diocesan Aid to the Needy committee finalized its recommendations for grant recipients for FY 2010-11. A total of $35,200 was granted to 26 organizations across the Diocese of Helena. All six deaneries have organizations that received grants... [Read more]... |
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About 70 teenagers sit in a large circle on a concrete floor, eyes closed, minds and hearts listening and praying for direction. When they are moved to do so, the youths call out the name of one of their peers, nominations that are declarations of faith in that person’s ability to lead... [Read more]... |
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A Colorado man who recalled being photographed for a newspaper one summer day in 1956, when he lived at St. Joseph’s Orphans’ Home in Helena, recently saw that picture and others with help received at the Diocese of Helena Chancery... [Read more]... |
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Living your vocation as a priest for 25 years is an achievement to commemorate. For Father Robert Hall, it was only fitting the celebration be in his hometown of Butte, where he serves Butte Catholic Community North... [Read more]... |
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“Feel free to get your hands dirty,” says the announcement in the weekly bulletin at Holy Spirit Parish in Butte. Paula Boroni does just that as a user of the parish greenhouse erected about five years ago... [Read more]... |
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When rosaries crafted by members of Hamilton’s St. Francis of Assisi Parish go to distant parts of the world, it’s often with help of a retired flight attendant who lives in Florida and runs an informal courier service tied to her globe-trotting network of contacts... [Read more]... |
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Seminary has been outstanding... This year involves fasting from media and communications, light studies, a month-long immersion into poverty (I lived in a homeless shelter), lots of time to pray and a 30-day, silent retreat at the end of the year. I am so thankful... [Read more]... |
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It was Sept. 24, 1841, when Jesuit Fathers Pierre Jean DeSmet, Gregory Mengarini and Nicolas Point, along with three Jesuit brothers, arrived in what is today known as southwestern Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. They established a pioneer settlement immediately west of the present town of Stevensville. The new mission was named St. Mary’s... [Read more]... |
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Three sisters of Charity of Leavenworth celebrate their Golden Jubilees this month. One Guatemala Mission Sister and one Sister of Providence also celebrate 50 years of religious life... [Read more]... |
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People from three states gathered at the Cathedral of St. Helena’s Brondel Center this summer for classes to strengthen competencies in youth ministry... [Read more]... |
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A snapshot look at the current status of the from Age to Age capital campaign in the Diocese of Helena... [Read more]... |
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Selected video, book and internet recommendations from Kathy Ward, Manager of the Diocesan Resource Center, published monthly in The Montana Catholic... [Read more]... |
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Upcoming and ongoing events in and around the Diocese of Helena... [Read more]... |
