DIOCESE OF CROOKSTON (MINNESOTA) PART ONE

FROM THE SNOWY NORTH TO THE SUNNY SOUTH
I'll Go Anywhere I Am Wanted 

The Spring Study Days are scheduled to begin today - Monday. I am happy to present a brief report and some photos from our three day meeting over the next couple of days. 


DIOCESE OF CROOKSTON

 The Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, borders on 
North Dakota on the west and Canada on the north. 

Aerial view of Crookston, Minnesota, with the Red Lake River twisting through the town

Crookston is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Polk County. The population was 7,891 at the 2010 census. It is part of the "Grand Forks, ND–MN Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "Greater Grand Forks".

Crookston is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston. Since Crookston is close to the larger city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, many people who live in Crookston commute to jobs in the Grand Forks area.

We are meeting outside the city of Crookston in the lake town of Bemidji. 




DIOCESE OF CROOKSTON
Priest Spring Study Days
April 16-18, 2018 

Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner

Msgr. Michael Foltz, my contact person for the convocation



SOME OF MY OLD STUDENTS FROM SAINT MEINRAD SEMINARY DAYS
I was their taxi driver to the airport and parking lot for their cars.  I still am for Deacon Nate Bruun. 




Very Rev. Raul Perez-Cobo (originally from Columbia) 

Rev. Matt Schmitz




Deacon Nate Brunn



Father Matt Schmitz's Ordination to Priesthood Mass. After taking him to the Louisville airport and picking him up on his way back to the seminary for years, now it's Father Schmitz's turn to pick me up at the Bemidji Airport. 



2018 Chrism Mass with some of the local presbyterate on the left. 



Bishop Hoeppner and his seminarians.