This pilgrimage will include the major basilicas – walking through the Holy Doors, Wednesday audience with the Holy Father, tour of the catacombs, Sistine Chapel, day trip to Assisi and visiting many churches to venerate the tombs of saints.
The annual Memorial Day Mass this year is being held at Holy Cross Cemetery North in Fargo at 9:00 a.m. It is being sponsored by Nativity Parish. Bring along a lawn chair to sit on and some warm blankets if there is a chill in the air. In case of inclement weather, the Mass will be held at the Church of the Nativity, 1825 11th St. So. in Fargo.
“We are in our new home!” In his emotional closing remarks, Father Phil Ackerman, pastor of Holy Cross Church in West Fargo, addressed the congregation at the end of the Mass of Dedication for their new church. “It’s a great day for our parish and for our diocese, and for the Church at large,” he said.
- Benton Schmidt | Director of Music at St. Paul’s Newman Center, Fargo
Benton Schmidt, the Director of Music at St. Paul’s Newman Center, Fargo, gives a reflection on how a mystery helped him to accept the Church's teaching on the right to life.
- Patti Armstrong | Author, Journalist, TV Talk Show Host
Where are the blessings when your father abandons your mother and eleven siblings, and you get put into an orphanage? On the surface, it appears to be a hard luck life, but for Sal DiLeo who lived it, seeing the blessings and developing an attitude of gratitude opened his eyes to a life full of blessings.