SJB Young Adults is built on 4 pillars:  Community – Christian friendship and involvement in the community Spirituality – Prayer and a deeper spiritual and sacramental life Formation – Learning about our faith including vocation, mission and apologetics Discipleship – Leadership and service in the community

Yesterday my husband walked into our house after getting the mail. As I waited for him to say the probable “just junk mail,” instead he said, “we got our first Christmas card!” My heart filled with joy. It’s one of those yearly traditions I love. Starting the day after Thanksgiving, there are almost always a […]

Location: Nativity of Mary (Bloomington) No RSVP necessary. Location: Nativity of Mary (Bloomington); meet in the fields behind the church.  Hosted by Southwest Deanery Parishes. Contact: Emily Dalsky ([email protected])

Be sure to check your local parish’s website and/or bulletin for information about daily Mass and confession during the week of June 21-25. While our priests and bishops are meeting, these sacraments will be in shorter supply. Note: Our team called a handful of parishes that we thought may have the flexibility to offer the […]

If you’ve ever looked at our events calendar, you’ll notice a trend…what’s up with Wednesdays? During the school year, Wednesday nights are often left blank, with no events to attend. Now before you go being an awesome Catholic instigator and host an event on Wednesday nights, it’s important to note that for most groups, especially […]

  If you still haven’t heard, there’s a Synod going on.¹ For an overview of what a Synod is and why we’re having one here in the Archdiocese, check out the official Archdiocesan Synod info page.   For my part, I want to talk about three “types” of Catholics who should definitely participate in the […]

Sign up by 3/1 for an evening of slow dating (in New Hope on Saturday, April 6th) with Twin Cities Catholic Singles! Like speed dating, but more intentional (versus random) and time enough to go deeper than the fast facts. More event information is contained within the sign up form. Space is limited. We hope you’ll join […]

With the Christmas season having come to an end—the period between the Baptism of the Lord and the Presentation (Candlemas) on 2 February serving as an “afterglow” of Christmastide—I think it important to reflect upon what has just happened, what the whole of Christmas means not simply for faithful Christians of any culture around the […]

When you’re not attending an event, meeting with a group, or going to your parish, are you still persuing your faith?  The Catholic Church is blessed with many resources (podcasts, blogs, news sources, videos) to keep growing, learning, and sharing in your Catholic faith.  We picked out our favorites and encourage you to try them […]

New Year’s Resolutions may be notorious for their attrition rates, but that should not stop Christians from making them. The changing over of the calendar year is a great opportunity for disciples of Jesus to assess where He might be calling us to grow and to make a firm decision to follow Him more closely.  […]

“Something quite remote from anything the builders intended has come out of their work, and out of the fierce little human tragedy in which I played; something none of us thought about at the time: a small red flame…” This line from the last page of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited (1944) interprets the movement of […]

Question“Besides Confession, how do you forgive yourself and move on personally from previous sins?” Answer Let’s establish one thing real quick… this is hard. It’s not easy to forgive yourself, especially for a sin that you have been struggling with for many years. And this is not a “take this pill and you’ll be healed” […]

Confession time: I probably spend a little bit too much time listening to music, especially for someone who talks a lot about the importance of silence. I’m all over the place when it comes to tastes; there’s just so much good stuff out there!   In the midst of all this music, I always find […]

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