July 2025
The
COURIER
Official Newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester, MN | dowr.org
More Are Called Diocese Gains Three Priests and Three Deacons This Year
'Your Home as Long as You Want'
Bravo Zulu House Opens in Winnebago By NICK RELLER
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he Diocese of Winona-Rochester is one of roughly 100 “Patriot Partners” supporting Bravo Zulu House, a sober living facility for military veterans battling both chemical addiction and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which celebrated its grand opening in rural Winnebago on May 28. The project has been organized by Servant Leader Tim Murray, CEO of Trinity Sober Homes,
(L to R) Vocations Director Fr. Jason Kern, Fr. Benjamin Peters, Fr. Jordan Danielson, Fr. Timothy Welch, Bishop Robert Barron, Deacon Adam Worm, Deacon Cullen Gallagher and Deacon Riley Becher stand in the Basilica of St. Stanislaus Kostka in Winona after the May 30 ordination of our three newest priests. The three new deacons were ordained May 24 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona.
�n Friday, May 30, at the Basilica of St. Stanislaus
Kostka in Winona, Bishop Barron ordained three new priests for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester. Father Jordan Danielson is a Dover native who entered seminary formation from his home parish of Holy Redeemer in Eyota. Father Danielson spent
the past year serving as a transitional deacon in the parishes of Holy Spirit in Rochester, St. Felix in Wabasha and St. Agnes in Kellogg. His first priestly appointment is as Parochial Vicar of St. Mary Parish in Worthington, effective June 15, 2025.
More Are Called, cont'd on pg. 6
Bravo Zulu House, cont'd on pg. 7
INSIDE this issue
The Diocesan Synod Is Coming
Mama's Heart page 8
Final Graduation page 10
page 12