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Exciting News!!!
The Diocese of Crookston Retreat Center is being renamed to the Nazareth Retreat House– a simple name, yet profoundly rich in meaning. The quiet village where the Holy Family lived and where Jesus spent most of His earthly life. Jesus grew “in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man” (Luke 2:52).
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Lend Us Your Heart
Finding Peace in a Troubled World: A Prayerful Response
Do you ever find yourself feeling angry, afraid, or sad after reading the news? I certainly experience these emotions when I read about the war in Gaza, hear reports from Ukraine, or learn about the lesser-covered crises in Nigeria or other places of the world.
It’s easy to feel defeated in the face of so much evil and destruction in our world. What can I do? I know many people who experience these emotions after seeing the news. When it is bad this anger, fear or sadness can cause me to live in internal agitation, lashing out at others because I feel powerless. Or to write angry letters because I feel something is not being addressed. This can even explain some of the riots we sometimes see when issues boil over into people’s real pain. Sometimes writing letters and even public demonstrations can be an appropriate response to evil, but it is good to consider how a Christian should respond to this struggle of evil in our world. Read more: Northland Catholic
New Life through the Tender Compassion of our God
The Eucharist as the Source and Summit of Evangelization
Evangelize by inviting others to discover new life in Jesus Christ and his Church. We need to educate ourselves on the mission we have. We need to learn practical skills. But most of all, we need to learn how to surrender our lives to the Holy Spirit. If we can teach Catholics to activate the gifts of their Confirmation to help them spread and defend the faith in our world today, then we will ssee many conversions to the faith. God will not disappoint us if we surrender our lives to him with generosity.
“The fruit of strong families who live the faith will be an increase in vocations. The question of vocation is central to every person’s life.”
Bishop Cozzens featured on the Faith & Reason Podcast with Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR, about his reaction to the new pope, his vocation story, his love of the Eucharist and the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress.
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Mission Centered Parishes Northland Catholic
Parishes that have strong liturgical and sacramental life, have evangelizing catechesis, are schools of prayer and are robustly living life in Christ. Parishes enable people to live out their charisms focused toward evangelizing. It involves parishes equipping the laity to be evangelizers in addition to providing sacraments and catechesis. This means good sacramental preparation, offering opportunities to study scripture and Church teaching, encouraging small faith-sharing groups to build people’s prayer lives, referent participation in Eucharist, availability of the sacrament of Reconciliation, and helping people learn to pray and discern the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
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Decree for Intro. to Natural Family Planning (NFP) in Marriage Formation
NFP in the Diocese of Crookston is a resource for married and engaged couples. It offers an understanding of the Church’s teaching on marriage, the unique marital bond of the sexual act between husband and wife, and the blessing that they may receive when they “cooperate with God” in the creation of new life.
All couples to be married in the Diocese of Crookston or that prepare the Diocese for a wedding to take place in another diocese will complete a one-hour NFP intro. Session at no cost online. A full course is also offered which can take place in lieu of. Effective January 1, 2024.
Register on the Diocese of Crookston website.