• Thursday, February 5, 2026
    Operation Andrew Dinner
    The vocation office organizes a few dinners throughout the fall and winter months for young men who are open to the priesthood. The dinners serve as an opportunity to visit with Bishop Folda and other priests and to ask questions in a relaxed and inviting setting. For young men ages 16-30.
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  • February 13, 2026 - February 15, 2026
    Vianney Discernment Weekend
    Young men, ages 16-30 are invited to Maryvale Convent in Valley City, ND for one weekend in February of each year to hear about seminary life and the priesthood. If you feel you are open to God's call but have not done anything to actively discern it, then this weekend is for you.
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  • March 13, 2026 - March 15, 2026
    Retrouvaille weekend
    Retrouvaille is a peer-run program that has helped hundreds of thousands of hurting married couples turn the tide, find new hope, and rediscover the love that initially brought them together.
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  • Saturday, March 14, 2026, 10:00 AM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes the parishes in Ashley, Medina, Steele, Tappen, Wishek and Zeeland.
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  • Sunday, March 15, 2026, 2:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes the parishes in Aneta, Cooperstown, Hope and Jessie.
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  • Friday, March 20, 2026, 7:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes the parishes in Bechyne, Drayton, Warsaw, Lankin, Minto, Oakwood, Park River, Pembina, Pisek, Veseleyville.
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  • Saturday, March 21, 2026, 10:00 AM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes the St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center.
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  • Saturday, March 21, 2026, 5:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Reynolds.
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  • Saturday, March 28, 2026, 9:30 AM
    Confirmation and First Communion
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  • Saturday, March 28, 2026, 2:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes St. Mary's in Grand Forks.
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  • Saturday, April 11, 2026, 10:00 AM
    Confirmation and First Communion
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  • Saturday, April 11, 2026, 4:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
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  • Sunday, April 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes Blessed Sacrament in West Fargo, St. Paul Newman Center in Fargo, St. William's in Argusville and St. Rose's in Hillsboro.
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  • Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 1:00 PM
    Sacramental Records & Parish Archives Workshops
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  • Thursday, April 16, 2026
    Miryam Dinner for Women Discerning Religious Life
    Bishop Folda and Fr. Kyle Metzger, the director of vocations, invite women ages 16-30 who are open to religious life to join them for an evening of prayer, dinner, and fellowship. They will be joined by consecrated religious women sharing their own vocation stories of discernment. It is typical for women to be accompanied by a consecrated religious, a friend, or their pastor.
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  • Friday, April 17, 2026, 7:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes St. Maurice's in Kindred.
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  • Saturday, April 18, 2026, 10:00 AM
    Confirmation and First Communion
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  • Sunday, April 19, 2026, 2:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
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  • Friday, April 24, 2026, 6:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes the parishes in Cayuga, Fairmont, Geneseo, Hankinson, Lidgerwood, Mantador, Milnor, Mooreton and Wyndmere.
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  • Saturday, April 25, 2026, 10:00 AM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes the parishes in Ellendale, Edgeley, Dickey, Fullerton and Nortonville.
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  • Sunday, April 26, 2026, 2:00 PM
    Confirmation and First Communion
    Includes the parishes in Enderlin, Fingal, Forman, Gwinner, Lisbon and Sheldon.
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