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A Statement from Archbishop Sample on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict.

Registration for the 2023 Rite of Election is due February 10, 2023. Please click on this link for the Informational memo with the schedule and fillable registration form.

Scheduled dates for the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2023 around our Archdiocese. Check for updates on a regular basis.

Pope Francis has appointed Father Patrick Neary, C.S.C. as the next Bishop of St. Cloud in Minnesota. Please read Archbishop Sample's congratulatory statement here.

Gov. Brown has commuted the death penalty sentences of all 17 death row inmates in Oregon, calling it "immoral".

This Advent, all clergy are preaching on the basic gospel message (or Kerygma).  Our personal journey towards the love of Jesus Christ is foundational in four central movements of the Kerygma:  Created, Captured, Rescued, Response.