You are invited to the N.D. March for Life

Moving heaven and earth: St. Mary Sister break ground.

Two St. Mary Sisters respond to God’s call with their first vows.

Education foundation supports Catholic learning in Bismarck area

Christopher Dodson continues serving North Dakota while fighting cancer.

The Catholic Church is unequivocal in its condemnation of abortion as a grave moral evil.

The month of September is anything but routine for us.

Click on the title to see a listing of the fall dinners, suppers and festivals at our parishes around the diocese.

Search for Christian Maturity is a weekend retreat experience which provides youth an opportunity to think, talk, question and dive deeper into their faith. The weekends are for any high school or college age person at least 15 years old. The program is both rooted in the Catholic faith and open to young people of any denomination or creed. Search weekends are held five times throughout the year at the Badlands Ministries Camp just south of Medora. Cost for the weekend is $75. Partial scholarships are available. Weekends for the 2025-26 season are: Nov. 14-16; Jan. 16-18; Mar. 6-8; and Apr. 17-19. Find more information at bismarckdiocese.com/search1.

This Q&A session is meant to honor his service and help the faithful transition to a new chapter in the life of the diocese.

Sister Marena makes perpetual monastic profession as a Benedictine Sister of Annunciation Monastery.

New book offers a compilation of Michelle Duppong’s writings and talks.

University of Mary launches groundbreaking diocesan Chapter of National Association of Catholic Nurses.

North Dakota’s oldest church has a connection to one of the Church’s newest saints.

The Church emphasizes that seemingly contradictory truths can be held together in harmony, revealing a more complete understanding of the truth on any given issue.

Might be your question getting answered this month.

Celebrate this great event in the life of the Blessed Mother and in the life of the Church for whom she is Mother.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, administration within the Bismarck Diocese has decided to cancel the 2025 Thirst Eucharistic Conference scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at the Bismarck Event Center. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

If you or someone you know feels called to become an NFP instructor for the Bismarck Diocese, we’d love to hear from you. The process includes a background check and other questions, to determine the applicant’s suitability. Following a screening process, the applicant may be able to obtain certification to teach a USCCB approved method of NFP through the method’s specific training. Please contact Amanda or Katie at the Bismarck Diocese at 701-222-3035.

Our hope and gratitude continue as the papacy of Pope Leo XIV unfolds.