News RSS Feed

Is your heart thirsting for God? Ladies, the Bismarck Diocese has planned a day just for you at the THIRST 2018 Women’s Conference. It’s Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Bismarck Event Center. Don’t miss this day of inspirational presentations, confessions, Eucharistic adoration, music, a Vigil Mass with Bishop Kagan. Registration is free. For a full schedule and registration, go to bismarckdiocese.com/thirst2018.

Save the date for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul 4th annual 5K Walk-Run on Sunday, September 30 at Sertoma Park. Go to svdpbismarck.org to register to walk at the event or to make a donation. Come enjoy the beautiful fall foliage at Sertoma Park...and help to raise funds for those in need! The Society would like to thank all sponsors for their support, especially GOLD sponsors ($500+): Dakota Eye Institute and NISC.

Search for Christian Maturity is a weekend retreat experience sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Bismarck. The weekends are for anyone of high school or college age (at least 15 years old). Search weekends are held at the Badlands Ministries Camp just south of Medora. Upcoming weekends for 2018-19 are: Oct. 12-14; Nov. 30-Dec. 2; Jan. 11-13; March 8-10; and April 26-28. More information can be found at www.bismarckdiocese.com/search1.

St. John Parish in Lansford officially becomes part of Bismarck Diocese.

Serra Club of North Central ND held their barbecue cook-off fundraiser in Minot

Wearing a chapel veil is more about the heart than the head

Local author, Dr. Leroy Huizenga, pens book about the saint’s account of Jesus.

New stained-glass windows at St. Mary's in South Heart depict parish’s patron.

The North Dakota Catholic Conference has urged Catholics of the state to support the rules, not only because they are morally right, but also because they would allow North Dakota to once again enforce its own laws.

The reality behind medical marijuana is far from the rosy view painted by advocates.

May this sacramental always help us to live as followers of Christ whom we promised to obey when we were baptized.

After 108 years, the boundaries of both dioceses have been officially altered by the Holy See.

The USCCB is initiating a “Novena for the Legal Protection of Human Life”. We would like to promote participation in this nine-week novena. Participants will receive information about the Roe v. Wade decision as well as weekly updates and reminders from the USSCCB to promote prayer and fasting. Cardinal Dolan has encouraged all people “of good will” to participate in this novena effort of prayer and education. You can register for this event at www.usccb.org/pray. The novena begins Friday, August 3 and concludes on Friday, September 28.

As we conclude Natural Family Planning Awareness Week and have celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae, per Bishop Kagan’s request, we urge you to spend some time reading the encyclical letter Humanae Vitae. The document can be found on line at: http://w2.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae.html. If you have further questions about the document or feel called to gift your marriage with a full course of Natural Family Planning, please contact Tara Brooke at the Diocese of Bismarck, tbrooke@bismarckdiocese.com or 701-204-7209

Ladies, mark your calendars for the THIRST 2018 Women’s Conference sponsored by the Diocese of Bismarck and held at the Bismarck Event Center on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Treat yourself to a wonderful day of uplifting presentations, confessions, Eucharistic adoration, music, and a Vigil Mass with Bishop Kagan. And remember, registration is FREE! Visit bismarckdiocese.com/thirst2018 for more information and registration. Click the title above to get the PDF of the poster.

The Home on the Range 62nd Annual Champions Ride Saddle Bronc Match will be held Saturday, Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. MDT near Sentinel Butte. Admission is charged at the gate and concessions are available on site. Bleacher seating is limited with plenty of hillside seating so bring a chair or blanket. Take Exit 7 on I-94 16 miles west of Medora. For information or tickets, call 701-872-3745 or go to www.hotrnd.com.

The diocese is sponsoring a retreat for couples wanting to grow in holiness while growing closer to one another. The retreat weekend is Sept. 14-16 at the Assumption Abbey in Richardton. Enjoy silence together in prayer while Fr. William Ruelle leads you through “Marriage and the Spiritual Exercise of St. Ignatius of Loyola.” Register at bismarckdiocese.com/marriageretreat. Cost is $200/couple. Contact Tara Brooke at tbrooke@bismarckdiocese.com or 701-204-7209 with questions.

Dakota Hope Clinic, a life-affirming pregnancy help center in Minot, is holding their 5th Anniversary Fundraising Banquet on Monday, Sept. 17 at the State Fair Center. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The keynote speaker is abortion survivor Melissa Ohden. For information on attending the banquet, call 701-852-4675 or reserve your seat online at www.dakotahope.org.

View a special diocese-produced video commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the release of Humanae Vitae. This encyclical, written by Pope Paul VI and dated July 25, 1968 centered around the Church’s teaching about married love, responsible parenthood and the continued rejection of unnatural forms of birth control. The video features Bishop Kagan, a Williston couple, Anthony and Kara Benson and Christopher Collins, Chair of the Theology Program at the University of Mary.

Williston couple offers their journey from the brink of divorce to acceptance of God’s plan.