Diocese of New Ulm: A People and a Place

Diocese of New Ulm - a people and a place

stablished in 1957, the Diocese of New Ulm is a community of 76 parishes and 4 oratories serving 64,720 Catholics through-out 15 counties. Minnesota's most rural diocese, home to a total population of 283,929, is an area serving some 9,863 square miles of Southwestern Minnesota prairie.

During an ecumenical prayer service on Sunday, May 3, 2009, at the Church of St. Mary, Sleepy Eye, Bishop Jon Anderson (far-right) and Bishop John LeVoir, signed a pastoral covenant between the Southwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm, as a pledge to work toward greater unity.

(Read more on page 1 in The Prairie Catholic)

Holy Father announces Year for Priests
Resources for the Year for Priests: http://www.usccb.org/yearforpriests/index.shtml

Pope Benedict XVI's Letter Proclaiming a Year For Priests

Special Indulgence for the Year for Priests

Diocesan Ministries Appeal

Fund Summary by Parish

[Last Updated 6/30/09]

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Statement by the Diocese of New Ulm:
April 30, 2009 – The “Catholic Coalition for Church Reform” is a group that has no affiliation with the Diocese of New Ulm or its parishes, nor is it approved by the diocese.