Bishop Quinn testifies in support of bill to provide undocumented immigrants opportunity to become licensed drivers

Testimony of Bishop John M. Quinn Bishop of Diocese of Winona-Rochester HF 1163 (Winkler) House Transportation Committee March 9, 2021 Chair Hornstein and Members of the Committee: Good afternoon, my name is John Quinn, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese … Continue reading →

Letter in support of bill to make MinnesotaCare available to undocumented noncitizens

February 8, 2021 VIA ELECTRONIC DELIVERY Hon. Zack Stephenson Chair, Commerce Finance and Policy Committee Minnesota House of Representatives RE: Support for Section 4 of H.F. 11 (Schultz) (Citizenship Requirements of MinnesotaCare) Chair Stephenson and Members of the Committee: … Continue reading →

Minnesota Catholic Conference Speaks Up for Migrants and People Seeking Second Chances

Inside the Capitol Forming and Informing Catholics to Transform Minnesota Archbishop Hebda Testifies in Support of ‘Driver’s Licenses for All’ Archbishop Bernard Hebda spoke to the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee expressing the Minnesota Catholic Conference’s (MCC) support … Continue reading →

Archbishop Hebda testifies for bill providing undocumented immigrants opportunity to become licensed drivers

Chair Becker-Finn and Members of the Committee: Good morning, my name is Bernard Hebda, Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and I have joined the meeting today to speak on behalf of the Minnesota Catholic Conference in support of House … Continue reading →

An open letter regarding refugee resettlement

The following statement from Minnesota’s Catholic and Lutheran bishops originally ran in the Star Tribune’s Opinion Exchange on December 23rd ahead of Immigration Sunday & National Migration Week which were marked at the start of January. “I was a stranger … Continue reading →

MN Bishops Urge House Support of Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants

March 25, 2019 Dear Members: Peace be with you. We, the bishops of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, write in support of H.F. 1500, which will provide a pathway for our undocumented brothers and sisters to obtain driver’s licenses. Enacting this … Continue reading →

Letter of Testimony: Immigrant Driver’s License

Testimony of Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis HF 1500 (Winkler) House Ways and Means Committee Transportation Finance and Policy Division February 28, 2019 Dear Committee Members: Peace be with you. I write today … Continue reading →

2017 Session Recap

Session is over and a budget has been created for the next biennium. Here’s how key MCC legislation fared: Opportunity Scholarships left out. For the second year in a row, the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit program was cut from the … Continue reading →

School choice legislation fails to pass, but MCC sees ‘marriage-friendly’ welfare win at session’s end

(May 31, 2017 – The Catholic Spirit – Maria Wiering) The final omnibus bills demonstrated concessions from both major parties, but they were “geared to reach certain electoral constituencies or serving special interests,” he said, pointing the finger at both sides … Continue reading →

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