Minnesota’s Most Rural Diocese Diocese of New Ulm Vol. 38 No. 2 October/November 2023
(Photo by Tamara Klawitter)
Catholic Home Missions marks a presence in the Diocese of New Ulm
NEW ULM – Bishop Chad Zielinski, a member of the USCCB subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions (CHM), hosted a visit to New Ulm from five of the eight fellow CHM subcommittee members on Oct. 3-5, 2023. CHM is a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops grant-making agency that offers financial support to mission dioceses such as New Ulm. The visiting bishops, along with CHM grant specialist Ken Ong and director Kevin Day, learned about the work of the bishop’s staff and toured portions of the diocese. The bishops concelebrated Mass with Bishop Zielinski on Oct. 11 during a New Ulm Area Catholic Schools Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Pictured on the front steps of the cathedral are left, Kevin Day, Bishop Michael Warfel, Great Falls-Billings, Mont., Bishop James Tamayo, Laredo, Texas, Bishop Steven Raica, Birmingham, Ala., Bishop Zielinski, Bishop Bohdan Danylo, Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma, Bishop Shawn McKnight, Jefferson City, (Read more about the CHM visit on page 5.) Mo., and Ken Ong.