May 2025

MSP Catholic started at my dining room table after what felt like years of conversations with other local Catholic young adults. I am actively involved or have been involved in a number of Catholic young adult groups in the Twin Cities – Cathedral Young Adults, West Metro Young Adults, Vespers at Lourdes, Abria Young Adults, […]

Nick Vance: 3, 2, 1, okay here we go. I don’t know if people use Cliff Notes anymore, but can you give us the “Cliff Notes” introduction for who you are? Maybe an interesting/embarrassing fact as well? Claire Ellendson: Oh boy. Well, my name is Claire, I grew up in Faribault, MN, the third of […]

Catholic Beer Club – Twin Cities is dedicated to helping strengthen and grow the Twin Cities Catholic Community through fellowship and engaging people across the metro area. Our events are simple: Show up, meet new people, talk with people you know, and try good beer (not necissarily in that order!). Our events are every three […]

Last week, Governor Walz announced a new round of rollbacks in the almost year-long “Stay Safe MN” campaign to slow the spread of COVID-19, loosening regulations for gyms and indoor events. The official Stay Safe MN website announces at the top of the page, “We have reason for optimism!” It’s a notable shift in tone […]

This article was written by Fr. Dan Griffith, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in NE Minneapolis and the Wenger Family Faculty Fellow at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. This post was originally published on February 3rd, 2019. MSPCatholic is republishing with permission. Five years ago I began my work as Delegate for […]

If the end of the weekend has you wishing for just one more day, read on to hear how you can reclaim Sunday and be refreshed for the rest of the week. Dr. Michael Naughton, Professor and Director of the Center for Catholic Studies, and his wife, Teresa, joined me to talk about the importance […]

Location: Our Lady of Grace Come and adore the Lord with us in the adoration chapel at Our Lady of Grace in Edina. We will be there starting at 6:30 pm but still come even if for 5 minutes. At 7:30 pm we will meet outside of the chapel and we will go to a […]

Those words on the pregnancy test I had taken early that evening were all I could think of as the tears streamed down my face in the shower. Previous to getting married I was determined to make sure I didn’t allow the Catholic Church’s teachings regarding birth control to get in my way of preventing […]

Parishes Basilica of St. Mary Minneapolis Cathedral of St. Paul St. Paul Catholic Community of St. Odilia Shoreview Church of St. Mark St. Paul Church of St. Patrick Edina Church of St. Peter’s St. Paul Church of St. Vincent de Paul Brooklyn Park Holy Name of Jesus Wayzata Nativity of Our Lord St. Paul Our […]

Only when your whole attention and desire are fixed on something else—whether a distant mountain, or the past, or the gods of Asgard—does the “thrill” arise (C.S. Lewis). The third Sunday of Advent is known as “Gaudete Sunday” on account of the Introit of the Mass: Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete (“Rejoice in […]

What Is CEND? Well, the simplest answer is “The Center for Evangelization & Discipleship,” but this is a full blog post, so I’m going to go into a bit more detail. Maybe you’ve heard of us or just know about our work here at MSP Catholic, but either way, I want to use this post […]

Back in early May, I had the privilege of working on a young adult event at Nativity of Mary in Bloomington. We gathered in classic “theology on tap” style, but rather than doing a straight presentation, the pastor (Fr. Nathan LaLiberte) and myself decided to do more of a back-and-forth banter presentation of the topic. […]

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.     It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;     It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;     And all is seared with trade; bleared, […]

Location: Our Lady of Grace Come and adore the Lord with us in the adoration chapel at Our Lady of Grace in Edina. We will be there starting at 6:30 pm but still come even if for 5 minutes. At 7:30 pm we will meet outside of the chapel and we will go to a […]