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 Catholics throughout 15 counties in Minnesota: Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Swift, and Yellow Medicine. The Diocese of New Ulm is Minnesota's most rural diocese, home to a total population of 281,802 with a Catholic population of 63,011 according to the 2011 Official Catholic Directory. It is an area serving some 9,863 square miles of Southwestern Minnesota prairie.

Breaking ground for a new Pastoral Center

Bishop John M. LeVoir, fourth from left, leads a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Pastoral Center on Friday, April 19. The new building will be located about 100 yards from the old Pastoral Center off the corner of 5th Street North and North Highland Avenue in New Ulm. Construction will start at the beginning of May and is expected to take a year.

See special coverage on the groundbreaking ceremony in the May "Prairie Catholic," pages 6-7.

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Stay Informed on What's Going on at the Minnesota Legislature

Debates are happening at the Minnesota Capitol on a number of issues. Click on this link to stay informed about legislative developments and to learn the Church's positions on these issues. You can also receive e-mail updates from the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) on these issues. Click here to sign up.

For more information, contact Sr. Candace Fier, 507-359-2966.

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Tune In to Bishop John M. LeVoir's

Radio Messages for Easter

Bishop John M. LeVoir's Lenten messages will be broadcast daily beginning Feb. 17 on the following radio stations:

KNUJ-AM 860, New Ulm, at approximately 7:30 a.m.
SAM-FM 107.3, Sleepy Eye, at approximately 7:30 a.m.
KDUZ-AM 1260, Hutchinson, at approximately 8:05 a.m. (Sundays at 9:05 a.m.)

These messages are funded in part by a grant from the National Catholic Society of Foresters (www.ncsf.com) and the Catholic Communications Grant.

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Parish Festivals 2013

Updated May 6, 2013

Click here for list of parish festivals in the Diocese of New Ulm for 2013.

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Year of Faith

Oct. 11, 2012 - Nov. 24, 2013

Check out the Year of Faith Web page for a calendar of diocesan and parish events. Sponsored events include the following:

Opening and closing Masses with Bishop John M. LeVoir
Presentations on the Second Vatican Council and on how to invite fallen-away Catholics back to the Church
Missions held at parishes and area faith communities throughout the diocese
Much more!

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Pilgrimage to Fatima, Spain, and Lourdes

with Bishop John M. LeVoir

Sept. 3, 2013 - Sept. 13, 2013

Click on the brochure below for a complete itinerary and registration information.

For more information, contact Magi Travel at 952-949-0065.

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Visit the Campaign's official site

http://dnucampaign.steiergroup.net

(Continually updated with campaign totals.)

Why a "Christ our Life" Capital Campaign?

For more than fifty years, no place has been more associated with diocesan leadership than the Pastoral Center in New Ulm. But due to the deterioration of the building, the original diocesan home needs to be replaced.

The current diocesan Pastoral Center was originally designed as a private residence for the Diocese of New Ulm’s first bishop, the Most Reverend Alphonse J. Schladweiler. Over the years, the structure slowly transitioned from a residence to office space. Today, it is no longer home to the bishop or other clergy; it houses the diocese’s main ministries, operations, and the bishop’s staff. The diocese has regularly maintained the building. However, no major and necessary updating of the heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical systems is possible without extensive demolition because the pipes and conduit that serve these systems are encased in the cement wall of the building. "From the outside the building looks good and solid," said Bishop LeVoir. "But they put all the utilities and everything in poured concrete. Now they're decayed and decaying, causing real problems. The building is deteriorating."

"Christ Our Life" Campaign coverage

The Prairie Catholic, March 2013 (page 3)

The Prairie Catholic, July 2012 (page 8)

The Prairie Catholic, February 2012 (page 3)

The Prairie Catholic, January 2012 (page 7)

The Prairie Catholic, December 2011 (page 3)

The Prairie Catholic, November 2011 (page 3)

The Prairie Catholic, October 2011 (page 3)

The Prairie Catholic, September 2011 (page 3)

The Prairie Catholic, June 2011 (page 4)

The Prairie Catholic, May 2011 (page 1)

The Prairie Catholic, March 2011 (page 5)