Bishop Hying Column

Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: Advent is a time to ask how we can best get ready for the Lord to break into our lives in a new way
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: God calls us to be unique saint of our own destiny, the person he has dreamed from the beginning
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: Thanksgiving: A reminder that all received is a gift meant to be cherished, celebrated and shared
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: If grounded in the love of Christ, everything else falls into harmony, right relationship
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: Faith teaches us to surrender gracefully to the seasons of life knowing God is eternal
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: Faith versus science? Compelling questions find answers in the vast mystery of God
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: Pope John Paul II brought Catholicism to the world, lifting up Christ as redeemer of the world
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: Catholic Christians persevere in Serbia with aid from U.S. collections for Eastern Europe
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: Solitude practiced becomes the basis of intimacy with God and others
Will Threlkeld, left, and Isaac Eggerth greet passersby with a wave and a smile on a street corner in downtown Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 22, 2025. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
COLUMN: A gift of God’s presence, grace is all around and within us, an act of love