MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
Elizabeth Mohr
emohr@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 01/13/2016
Seven months after embattled Archbishop John Nienstedt announced his resignation from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, a church in Michigan has announced he will be joining them as an assistant pastor on a temporary basis.
The announcement came Sunday, on Page 2 of the weekly bulletin for St. Philip Roman Catholic Church in Battle Creek, Mich.
The church’s pastor, Fr. John Fleckenstein, noted Nienstedt’s move midway through a memo written for parishioners, saying he’s known Nienstedt for about 20 years and that Nienstedt “will be joining us to assist in various pastoral ministries during this time.”
Fleckenstein said Nienstedt will remain in the St. Philip parish for about six months because the pastor needs help while he navigates health issues and while he takes time to “complete a couple of major projects for the Diocese in my role as Episcopal Vicar for Education.”
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