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In conjunction with the consecration of the Bismarck Diocese to the Sacred and Immaculate hearts, individuals and families are encouraged to enthrone the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts in their homes as well.

To mark the end of the celebration of the global Year of Faith—and to energize Catholics to continue to enthusiastically live out their faith—Bismarck Bishop David Kagan will re-consecrate the Diocese of Bismarck to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and consecrate western N.D. to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the first time.

A lot can happen in a year. When midnight struck on January 1, it would have been impossible to predict the papal resignation of Benedict XVI, an election of a pope from Latin America, and an encyclical, Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith) written by both of them—all in the first six months of 2013.

My grandfather, Joseph Kurtz, turns 90 years old July 26. At 90, Grandpa Joe is still pretty spry and very sharp. He’d dig himself out of a North Dakota blizzard tomorrow if his seven children would let him.

I don’t know about you, but I feel that a “busyness” pandemic is sweeping the nation and western world with the common side effects of stress, burnout, unhappiness, restlessness, fatigue, anxiety, etc.