Rebecca Omastiak

Minneapolis-St.Paul

News Editor at The Catholic Spirit

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More than $5 billion annually: Researchers estimate Church’s economic benefits to Minnesota

1 week ago | thecatholicspirit.com | Rebecca Omastiak

The “Fruits of the Vine: The Economic Impact of the Catholic Church in Minnesota” report was commissioned by the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) and sponsored by the Institute for Policy Research at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and the Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul.
Holy Thursday Chrism Mass to feature new clergy vestments

1 week ago | thecatholicspirit.com | Dave Hrbacek |Rebecca Omastiak |Josh McGovern

Deacon Larry Lawinger, director of the diaconate, came up with the idea in 2024 of getting matching vestments for all priests (chasubles) and deacons (dalmatics). After Archbishop Hebda approved, the diaconate office then provided funding and bought 732 vestments for the clergy of the archdiocese.
Pope's visit to basilica is sign of improved health, press office says

1 week ago | thecatholicspirit.com | Rebecca Omastiak

The 88-year-old pope, pushed in a wheelchair by his nurse and using a nasal cannula to deliver supplemental oxygen, entered the basilica just before 1 p.m. April 10. Vatican News said he went to the basilica to pray at the tomb of St. Pius X. The Vatican press office said April 11 that the pope had asked his assistants to take him to the basilica to pray, and they did so. “He was happy to pray in the basilica and to encounter people,” the press office said.
Martyrs of Damascus relic, icon pilgrimage a chance to reflect on Christian hope

2 months ago | thecatholicspirit.com | Rebecca Omastiak

The roughly six-month Martyrs of Damascus relic and icon pilgrimage among local parishes includes the opportunity to pray with a first-class relic as well as an icon of three of the Martyrs of Damascus, a group of men who were canonized in Rome this past October.
Catholic Charities Twin Cities names Bloomington city manager as next president, CEO

Dec 6, 2024 | thecatholicspirit.com | Rebecca Omastiak

As Bloomington city manager for the past nine years, Verbrugge has managed the city’s daily operations and has led initiatives such as the “Bloomington Tomorrow Together” strategic plan. Prior to his work in Bloomington, Verbrugge served as Brooklyn Park city manager for nearly seven years and as Rosemount city administrator for five years. He also held positions within the cities of Eagan and Richfield, according to Catholic Charities.
Father Koop named Henri de Lubac award recipient for doctoral dissertation

Dec 3, 2024 | thecatholicspirit.com | Rebecca Omastiak

Father Koop — a formator and assistant professor of dogmatic theology with The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul — received the Henri de Lubac award for his dissertation titled “Per Gemitum Columbae — The Virgin Mary’s ‘Bridal Cooperation’ in the Redemptive Sacrifice of the Cross, in the Mariology of Matthias Joseph Scheeben and His Patristic Sources.” In his dissertation, Father Koop considers Mary’s specific role and her cooperation in Jesus’ redemptive suffering, exploring also how early...
Gathering aims to foster understanding of Native American boarding school harms

Nov 18, 2024 | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Rebecca Omastiak

With tears in her eyes, Marcy Mears recalled the kindness extended to her and her family growing up in poverty near the Red Lake Nation reservation in northern Minnesota. "I remember one time my dad was unemployed and was sick and my mom wasn't working, and we didn't have any food," Mears said. A member of the Red Lake Nation "came and brought us a deer, venison, and kept us alive. And if not for the grace of him and sharing with us, I don't know where we would be.
Gathering aims to foster understanding of Native American boarding school harms

Nov 17, 2024 | catholicreview.org | Rebecca Omastiak

MINNEAPOLIS (OSV News) — With tears in her eyes, Marcy Mears recalled the kindness extended to her and her family growing up in poverty near the Red Lake Nation reservation in northern Minnesota. “I remember one time my dad was unemployed and was sick and my mom wasn’t working, and we didn’t have any food,” Mears said. A member of the Red Lake Nation “came and brought us a deer, venison, and kept us alive. And if not for the grace of him and sharing with us, I don’t know where we would be.
Bishop Kenney’s ministry ‘touched the hearts and the lives’ of many

Nov 7, 2024 | thecatholicspirit.com | Rebecca Omastiak

He speaks “from the heart,” said Jeff Schultz, parishioner of Divine Mercy in Faribault. He has “a missionary heart,” said Mary Kennedy, parish administrator at St. Olaf in Minneapolis; meanwhile, seminarian Sam Mishler recognized the bishop’s “pastoral heart.” “His heart is very easy to touch,” observed Estela Villagrán Manancero, director of the archdiocesan Office of Latino Ministry.
Bishop Kenney’s ministry has ‘touched the hearts and the lives’ of many

Nov 7, 2024 | thecatholicspirit.com | Rebecca Omastiak

He speaks “from the heart,” said Jeff Schultz, parishioner of Divine Mercy in Faribault. He has “a missionary heart,” said Mary Kennedy, parish administrator at St. Olaf in Minneapolis; meanwhile, seminarian Sam Mishler recognized the bishop’s “pastoral heart.” “His heart is very easy to touch,” observed Estela Villagrán Manancero, director of the archdiocesan Office of Latino Ministry.