From the plains of North Dakota to pioneer leadership in urban ministry, Rev. Robert Polk’s journey is one of faith, resilience and transformative leadership. Polk, 97, a former Minot YMCA youth director in the 1950s, will be returning this month to revist former congregations and take part ...

Minot’s Congregational Church at 430 N. Broadway, will hold its annual church rummage sale on Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Almost everything will be free-will offering, with proceeds going to church missions.

I came home from a meeting one evening in the middle of March, hung up my coat and headed across the dark living room when suddenly I faceplanted. As I got off the floor and headed to get some ice, I felt something trickle down my cheek. I touched my face and found blood. I grabbed some paper ...

ROME – Two Minot students at the University of Mary participated in one of the most significant events of the Catholic Church on Thursday as they joined the thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Rome to witness the announcement of the election of a new pope. Jordn Wolsky, a ...

The Rev. Todd Kreitinger, of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Minot, said he wasn’t free to follow the proceedings as Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the next pope of the Roman Catholic Church as he was busy with his ministries. In fact, he hadn’t even learned the name of the ...

Sister Mary Ellen Backes, one of 12 Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph of Maple Mount, Kentucky, is celebrating her 60th anniversary of religious profession in 2025. The Minot native was born Jeanne Ellen Backes to the late Joe and Ellen Backes. Sister Mary Ellen was an Ursuline Sister ...