Catholic dating in Minnesota
Catholic dating in Minnesota: the state where the groups say their age, from the Twin Cities to St Cloud, Duluth and Bemidji. Free, no subscription.
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Minnesota is the state where the groups say their age. The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis publishes its young adult communities by region, and most of the entries carry a number: eighteen to thirty-nine at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, at St Joseph's in West St Paul, at St Mary of the Lake in White Bear Lake, at St Peter's in Forest Lake, at All Saints in Lakeville and at Vigilate Mecum in Loretto; eighteen to thirty-five in Ham Lake, New Brighton and Wright County; twenty-one to forty in the west metro; twenties and thirties at the Basilica of Saint Mary, at Holy Family in St Louis Park and at St John Neumann in Eagan; twenty-one to thirty-five for the monthly Live at OLG in Edina. The Diocese of Saint Cloud says eighteen to thirty-five for the whole diocese, single and married, and lists its groups with days and addresses: every Tuesday evening at St Mary's Lighthouse in Alexandria, third Mondays in St Cloud, third Thursdays in Sauk Centre. Duluth sends its young adults to the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where Mass and a meal are every Thursday in the semester. Twenty-five places have addresses on this page; the groups that gave no address are named in the text.
What the page could not read is named too. The Diocese of Winona-Rochester's young adult section says it is under construction; New Ulm and Crookston publish no young adult page; the Latin Mass directory lists a Sunday Mass in Mankato and in Winona, and the page names them without a pin.
This page belongs to cana.love, which is free, made for people who want marriage rather than a match, and built on a form that asks what an age on a list cannot: how many Sundays a month you are at Mass, which parish, what you do about fasting, whether marriage is the aim. It is not a Catholic-only site; a section below says so plainly.
Catholics in Minnesota
The archdiocese's list is arranged by region and written by the groups themselves. Archdiocesan-wide come the Cathedral Young Adults, for singles or couples in their twenties and thirties by the cathedral's own page and eighteen to thirty-nine by the archdiocese's, with spiritual, social and service events every week and St Thérèse of Lisieux as patron; St Joseph's Young Adults in West St Paul, eighteen to thirty-nine, with events in three areas, spiritual, service and social; St Mark's in St Paul, whose small groups of eight to ten meet every other week for a season, autumn from September to January and spring from February to June; a rosary group at St Francis de Sales; and Emmaus, the young adult community of a covenant community. In Minneapolis the Basilica Young Adults are single and married people in their twenties and thirties gathering for social events, learning and service; the Nordeast Catholic Underground at Holy Cross keeps evenings of adoration with evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, music, silence and confession, and promotes Catholic artists; the St Lawrence Newman Center serves the University of Minnesota and sends a weekly newsletter to anyone eighteen to twenty-four.
West of the city the list goes on: Holy Family in St Louis Park for people in their twenties and thirties; Our Lady of Grace Young Professionals in Edina, with small groups, large events, a learning series and retreats, and Live at OLG, a monthly conversation series for ages twenty-one to thirty-five; Northwest Catholic Young Adults in Wright County, eighteen to thirty-five; West Metro Young Adults, twenty-one to forty, with a monthly holy hour called Serenity on the last Sunday at a quarter past six at St Bartholomew in Wayzata; and Vigilate Mecum at Ss Peter and Paul in Loretto, eighteen to thirty-nine, with a weekly Wednesday study from half past six and a Second Saturday Swing. South are All Saints in Lakeville, eighteen to thirty-nine, and St John Neumann in Eagan, twenties and thirties. North are St Paul in Ham Lake, eighteen to thirty-five; St Mary of the Lake in White Bear Lake, eighteen to thirty-nine, with small groups in Advent, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time; St John the Baptist in New Brighton, eighteen to thirty-five, with a monthly community dinner at a parishioner's home followed by games; and St Peter's in Forest Lake, eighteen to thirty-nine. By interest the archdiocese lists a Catholic Softball Group with coed and men's leagues in summer and autumn and volleyball in winter, a monthly Young Professionals Holy Hour, Ale Mary's at local breweries once a month, the SEEK conference and a pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Seoul in the summer of 2027.
From the dioceses' and the groups' own pages, opened 20 September 2026
The Diocese of Saint Cloud writes for young adults aged eighteen to thirty-five, single and married, and its list is one of places and evenings. In Alexandria the Come to the Water young adults meet every Tuesday from half past six at St Mary's Lighthouse on Irving Street, with swing dancing every other month; in Sauk Rapids the One in Christ group began with Theology on Draft and keeps it monthly, with Bible studies and Mass and a Meal; in Sauk Centre the Parishes on the Prairie group, Breaking Bread, meets on the third Thursday; in St Cloud the Metro Young Adults keep Oasis, adoration with praise and worship, on the third Monday from half past six; in Milaca and Mora the 4 Pillars in Faith group holds monthly fellowship nights and monthly Oasis nights. The campuses are Christ Church Newman Center for St Cloud State, with weekly group events on Thursdays and Tuesday Bible studies, and Saint John's University in Collegeville, with a nine o'clock student Mass each week. In Duluth the diocese's young adult page points to the Newman Center at UMD on West St Marie Street, with Mass and a meal every Thursday at half past five in the semester and three Voyage evenings in June with Mass, a barbecue, a talk and a game at Park Point.
The Latin Mass in Minnesota, by the directory, is at the Church of All Saints in Northeast Minneapolis, a Fraternity of St Peter parish where only the traditional Mass is offered, on Sundays at eight, half past nine and eleven and every weekday; at St Agnes in St Paul, low Mass at eight and sung Mass at half past ten on Sundays and a Tuesday evening Mass; at St Benedict in Duluth, a sung Mass on Sundays at one; and at the Church of St Paul in St Cloud on Sundays at half past eleven. St Augustine in South St Paul, Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale, the Loyola Chapel in Mankato and the Chapel of St Mary of the Angels in Winona are on the directory as well and named here without a pin. No Eastern Catholic parish is on this page: the one the page found is an entry on a map, on no list it read, and a map entry is not a source.
Where the community gathers
Minnesota's practising Catholic singles gather, on this page, in three places: St Paul with the east and north metro, Minneapolis with the west metro, and Greater Minnesota from St Cloud and Alexandria to Duluth.
St Paul, the east and north metro
St Paul and its side of the metro hold ten of the twenty-five places: the Cathedral on Selby Avenue, St Mark's on Dayton Avenue, St Joseph's in West St Paul, St Agnes on Lafond Avenue, and around them St Mary of the Lake in White Bear Lake, St John the Baptist in New Brighton, St Peter's in Forest Lake, St Paul in Ham Lake, St John Neumann in Eagan and All Saints in Lakeville.
Minneapolis and the west metro
Minneapolis and the west are seven: the Basilica on Hennepin Avenue, Holy Cross and All Saints in Northeast, the Newman Center by the university, Holy Family in St Louis Park, Our Lady of Grace in Edina and Ss Peter and Paul in Loretto.
St Cloud, Alexandria and Duluth
Greater Minnesota is eight: the diocesan office, the Newman Center and the Church of St Paul in St Cloud, Saint John's in Collegeville, St Mary's Lighthouse in Alexandria, and in Duluth the diocesan office, the Newman Center and St Benedict.
Meeting places worth knowing
The National Shrine of the Apostle Paul since 2009, and a young adult group for singles or couples in their twenties and thirties, eighteen to thirty-nine by the archdiocese's list, with events every week.
239 Selby AvenueSt Paul
MN 55102
Small groups of eight to ten that meet every other week for a season, choosing their own study.
2001 Dayton AvenueSt Paul
MN 55104
A community aged eighteen to thirty-nine with events in three areas, spiritual, service and social.
1130 Seminole AvenueWest St Paul
MN 55118
Low Mass at eight and sung Mass at half past ten on Sundays, and a low Mass on Tuesday evenings.
548 Lafond Avenue WestSt Paul
MN 55103
Ages eighteen to thirty-nine; small groups of six to twelve in Advent, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time, at the parish, in homes or online.
4741 Bald Eagle AvenueWhite Bear Lake
MN 55110
Ages eighteen to thirty-five; a monthly community dinner at a parishioner's home followed by games, and one or two other events a month.
835 2nd Avenue NWNew Brighton
MN 55112
Ages eighteen to thirty-nine; prayer, study, service and low-key game nights.
1250 South Shore DriveForest Lake
MN 55025
For disciples aged eighteen to thirty-five, through scripture, prayer and community.
1740 Bunker Lake Boulevard NEHam Lake
MN 55304
Community for people in their twenties and thirties facing the questions of young Catholic life.
4030 Pilot Knob RoadEagan
MN 55122
Ages eighteen to thirty-nine; conversation, prayer and events through the year.
19795 Holyoke AvenueLakeville
MN 55044
Single and married people in their twenties and thirties, gathering for social events, learning and service.
1600 Hennepin AvenueMinneapolis
MN 55403
Adoration with evening prayer, music, silence and confession, and a stage for Catholic artists.
1621 University Avenue NEMinneapolis
MN 55413
The Catholic center of the University of Minnesota; its weekly newsletter is for anyone eighteen to twenty-four.
1203 Fifth Street SEMinneapolis
MN 55414
A Fraternity of St Peter parish where only the traditional Mass is offered: Sundays at eight, half past nine and eleven, and every weekday.
435 4th Street NEMinneapolis
MN 55413
A group for people in their twenties and thirties seeking authentic Catholic community.
5900 Zarthan Avenue SouthSt Louis Park
MN 55416
Small groups, large events, a learning series and retreats; Live at OLG once a month for ages twenty-one to thirty-five.
5071 Eden AvenueEdina
MN 55436
Ages eighteen to thirty-nine; a weekly Wednesday study from half past six and a Second Saturday Swing.
150 Railway Street EastLoretto
MN 55357
The diocese's young adult ministry for ages eighteen to thirty-five, single and married, with the groups below on its page.
214 Third Avenue SouthSt Cloud
MN 56301
The parish and student community for St Cloud State and the technical college: weekly group events on Thursdays, Tuesday Bible studies, a coffeehouse.
396 1st Avenue SouthSt Cloud
MN 56301
The Latin Mass on Sundays at half past eleven, at one of the churches of Mother Teresa parish.
1125 11th Avenue NorthSt Cloud
MN 56303
The Benedictine university's ministry, with a nine o'clock student Mass each week.
Mary Hall 100Collegeville
MN 56321
Every Tuesday from half past six to half past nine, with swing dancing every other month.
420 Irving StreetAlexandria
MN 56308
The office whose young adult page sends the diocese's young adults to the Newman Center's Masses and June evenings.
2830 East 4th StreetDuluth
MN 55812
Mass and a meal every Thursday at half past five in the semester; the Voyage evenings in June.
421 West St Marie StreetDuluth
MN 55811
Distances that decide everything
A schematic, not a map. Driving times as given in the text.
The two cities are one metro with a river in it. Selby Avenue and Hennepin Avenue are twenty minutes apart on Interstate 94; White Bear Lake, New Brighton, St Louis Park and Edina are twenty to thirty minutes from either, Forest Lake, Ham Lake, Lakeville and Loretto forty to fifty. A young adult who keeps the Cathedral on Sundays and a Wednesday study in Loretto is not unusual; the archdiocese's list assumes it.
St Cloud is an hour and a quarter northwest on Interstate 94, Collegeville fifteen minutes beyond it, Alexandria another hour; Duluth is two and a half hours north on Interstate 35, and its Catholic young adult life is its own, gathered on a Thursday at the Newman Center. Nobody drives between Duluth and the Cities for an evening.
The Catholic year in Minnesota
Every week
Wednesdays in Loretto from half past six, Tuesdays in Alexandria, Thursdays at the Newman Centers in Duluth and St Cloud, the nine o'clock student Mass at Saint John's, the Cathedral's events, the Tuesday evening Latin Mass at St Agnes.
Every other week
St Mark's small groups in St Paul, for a season at a time.
Once a month
Live at OLG in Edina, the Young Professionals Holy Hour, Ale Mary's at a brewery, the community dinner in New Brighton, Theology on Draft in Sauk Rapids, Oasis on the third Monday in St Cloud, Breaking Bread on the third Thursday in Sauk Centre, Serenity on the last Sunday in Wayzata, the Second Saturday Swing.
Sundays
The Latin Masses at All Saints, St Agnes, St Benedict and the Church of St Paul; the Cathedral's five Masses.
The seasons
Small groups at St Mary of the Lake in Advent, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time; St Mark's autumn and spring seasons; softball in summer and autumn and volleyball in winter; the Voyage in June.
The year
The SEEK conference, the Catholic Softball Group's annual retreat, and the archdiocese's pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Seoul in July and August 2027.
Dating as a practising Catholic in Minnesota
An age on a list, which is what the archdiocese publishes better than any other on this site, tells you whether you may come. The cana.love form asks what the age cannot, in four questions.
An age on a list; an answer on a form
The list says eighteen to thirty-nine; the form asks how often you attend church services, with five answers from every Sunday to rarely, and you decide who sees your answer. It is the first thing people on the Catholic forums say they wish they had known before the first coffee.
The list says single or married; the form asks your parish
The list says single or married, as the Cathedral and the Basilica both do; the form asks which parish you attend, in your own words, and what you do for a living and what the meaning of life is for you, all free text, so that St Joseph's or Holy Family has been said before anyone has to ask.
The list says nothing of fasting; the form asks
The list says nothing of fasting; the form asks your attitude to it, from strict to learning, and how often you read Scripture, beside the question of faith itself, where Catholic is one answer alongside Orthodox Christian, Protestant and others, and where the list of Orthodox jurisdictions further down is for Orthodox members and a Catholic leaves it blank.
The list welcomes; the site verifies
The list welcomes; the site verifies: registration has one purpose, looking for marriage; profiles and photographs are reviewed before they are shown, and a doubtful one goes to a person; asking another member for money is a permanent ban; there is no subscription and no paid tier; and sign-in is a one-time link to your email, with no password to keep.
What cana.love is and is not
cana.love is not a Catholic-only platform.
Orthodox Christians, Protestants and people without a confession who want the same kind of marriage are members as well, and each member's filters decide whom they see. In a state whose diocesan lists say single and married on the same line, a promise of a Catholic-only room would be a smaller promise than the parishes themselves make. The promise the site makes is exact: faith, practice and intention are questions on the form, and everyone you meet has answered them, as you did. The company behind it is Cana SpA of Santiago, Chile; the About page says the rest.
Meeting safely
- Meet first where there are other people, a community dinner in New Brighton or a Thursday at a Newman Center, and let a friend know where; keep the conversation on the site until you, rather than the other person, decide to move it.
- No money changes hands before you have met in person; on cana.love the asking is grounds for a report, and the asker is removed for good.
The guidelines page explains reviews, reports and appeals.
Common questions
Is cana.love available in Minnesota?
It is, from International Falls to Rochester: adults join from anywhere, and the site opens in the browser of a phone or a computer with nothing to install, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German or Russian.
I am over 35. Is there anything on this page for me?
Yes, to thirty-nine in most of the archdiocese's groups, the Cathedral, West St Paul, White Bear Lake, Forest Lake, Lakeville and Loretto among them, and to forty in the west metro; the Basilica, Holy Family and St John Neumann say twenties and thirties, which is the same thing said differently. Ham Lake, New Brighton, Wright County and the whole Diocese of Saint Cloud stop at thirty-five, and Live at OLG at thirty-five as well. The Latin Mass at All Saints, St Agnes, St Benedict and St Paul has no age.
The group I found stops at thirty-five or thirty-nine. Then what?
The archdiocese's holy hours, brewery evenings and softball, which the list files by interest and not by age; the Latin Mass parishes; and a profile on cana.love, where the question is how many Sundays a month you are at Mass, and nobody asks the year you were born.
Where is the Traditional Latin Mass in Minnesota?
By the directory: every day at All Saints in Northeast Minneapolis, a Fraternity of St Peter parish; Sundays and Tuesdays at St Agnes in St Paul; Sundays at St Benedict in Duluth and at the Church of St Paul in St Cloud; and, named here without a pin, St Augustine in South St Paul, Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale, the Loyola Chapel in Mankato and St Mary of the Angels in Winona.
Are there Eastern Catholic parishes in Minnesota?
None is on this page. The page found one Byzantine Catholic church in Northeast Minneapolis on a map and on no list it read; a map is not a source, so there is no card.
Which groups say what age they are for?
Eighteen to thirty-nine: the Cathedral, St Joseph's, St Mary of the Lake, St Peter's, All Saints Lakeville, Vigilate Mecum. Eighteen to thirty-five: Ham Lake, New Brighton, Northwest Catholic and the Diocese of Saint Cloud. Twenty-one to forty: West Metro. Twenties and thirties: the Basilica, Holy Family, St John Neumann and the Cathedral's own page. Twenty-one to thirty-five: Live at OLG. Duluth says young adults without a number, and this page quotes them exactly.
Why is southern Minnesota so short here?
Because the Diocese of Winona-Rochester's young adult section says it is under construction and New Ulm publishes none; the Latin Mass in Mankato and Winona is in the directory and in the text. Rochester and Mankato have parishes, and the page does not pretend to know their groups.
How far should I search in Minnesota?
The whole metro as one region, forty minutes end to end on a weeknight; St Cloud as its own, reaching Collegeville and Alexandria; Duluth as its own. Say on your profile which of the three you live in; the drive between them is the reason.
Where can I find every Catholic parish in Minnesota?
On the six diocesan sites, each with a parish finder, and on the archdiocese's and Saint Cloud's young adult pages for the groups; this page lists meeting places with an age and an evening, not parishes, and says so.
Next steps
Go to the Cathedral's five o'clock Mass on Sunday, or the Wednesday study in Loretto, or Mass and a meal at a Newman Center on Thursday, and stay for what comes after. Then, if you would rather know how many Sundays a month someone is at Mass before you know their face, create a profile on cana.love: it is free, and the form asks the questions this page cannot.
Reviewed on September 20, 2026.
Photographs, all Wikimedia Commons: The Cathedral of Saint Paul on Selby Avenue, St Paul — Nheyob, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Basilica of Saint Mary on Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis — Alex Begin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Church of Saint Agnes on Lafond Avenue, St Paul — Genferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Our Lady of Grace Church in Edina — Gephart, CC BY-SA 3.0