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The Catholic Spirit: Switching sexes? Transgender ideology and the Church

Under pressure from the parents of a newly enrolled kindergarten student who claimed to be “gender nonconforming,” the grade school principal announced that Nova would be “taking steps to support [the new student]” by introducing transgender ideology into the classroom.

Posted by Jonathan Liedl on September 26, 2017

Gender ideology: colonizing — not cultivating — student minds

Our schools should be places where children are trained to pursue the true, the good and the beautiful — or, at the very least, equipped ...

Posted by Jason Adkins on August 22, 2017

The Catholic Spirit: 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 w...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on May 31, 2017

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...

Posted by Minnesota Catholic Conference on May 31, 2017

A Mother's View: Senta Leff on MFIP

Senta Leff, executive director of the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless and mother of Lucia and Elliott Anne, reflects on the importan...

Posted by Katherine Szepieniec on March 13, 2017

Letter on Working Family Tax Credit to Members of the Senate Taxes Committee

Dear Senate Taxes Committee Members: The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, writ...

Posted by Shawn Peterson on February 20, 2017

Letter from Mr. Shawn Peterson to Senate Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee Members regarding the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP)

Dear Senate Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee Members:The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the ...

Posted by Shawn Peterson on February 01, 2017

Failure of all-or-nothing politics

Even someone as accustomed to political victory as Otto von Bismarck said that “[p]olitics is the art of the possible, the attainable — t...

Posted by Shawn Peterson on March 02, 2016

Culture of relativism harming families, individuals, society

As people from around the world gather in Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families, it is important to take stock of one of the dee...

Posted by Jason Adkins on September 24, 2015

Bishop John Quinn’s response to Supreme Court ruling on marriage

To the Faithful of the Diocese of Winona: Commit to Faith in Christ Jesus and Our Daily Relationships Last week on June 26, 2015 the Supr...

Posted by Most Rev. John Quinn on July 01, 2015