Nordeast Catholic Underground

Adoration | Reconciliation | Arts | Fellowship

UPCOMING NORDEAST CATHOLIC UNDERGROUNDS

  • His Name is Michael

    Sautrday, September 26th | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | St. Clement Catholic Church

    Holy Cross Parishioner, Jeromy Darling, returns for his third Nordeast Catholic Underground. He has previously done theater and musical performances. This time, he will be sharing about his new movie, His Name is Michael.

    Jeromy's Website

  • Alec Collins

    Saturday, October 24th | 6:30PM - 9:00PM | St. Clement Catholic Church

    Alec is a Twin Cities singer-songwriter, with heartfelt storytelling, raw emotion, and infectious folk melodies. His writing is inspired from everyday experiences, relationships, and the strange beauty of growing up; turning personal stories into songs that feel intimate and relatable. He calls his style, "Narrative Indie Folk"

    Alec's Website

  • Poetry Open Mic

    Saturday, November 28th | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | St. Clement Catholic Church

    Join us for our second Poetry night at Nordeast Catholic Underground. The talent for this night will be you! If you have a poem, selected work, excerpt, or anything of the sort and you want to share it, please let Grant O’Neil know.

    Submit Poem/Selected Work

  • Alex Schindler

    Saturday, March 20th | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | St. Clement Catholic Church

    Alex Schindler is a Catholic worship leader, liturgical musician and singer-songwriter from Kentucky who currently resides in the Twin Cities. She returns for her second Nordeast Catholic Underground.

    Alex's Website

  • Maddy Orsinger

    Saturday, April 24th | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | St. Clement Catholic Church

    Maddy Orsinger is a Twin Cities based artist and the founder of Sacramental Vision Ministries. Her aim is restoring our inner spiritual sight, so that we may become more deeply aware of God's presence in our lives.

    Maddy's Website

  • To Be Confirmed

    Saturday, May 29th | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | St. Clement Catholic Church

    Details forthcoming. We are in active talks with multiple acts.

What is a Catholic Underground?

The Catholic Underground was founded in New York City by the Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and is a direct response to a call that began with Pope St. John Paul II and was continued by Popes Benedict and Francis. Pope St. John Paul II said that “because the Gospel lives in conversation with culture, and if the Church holds back from the culture, the Gospel itself falls silent. Therefore, we must be fearless in crossing the cultural threshold of the communication and information revolution now taking place.”

Our Nordeast Catholic Underground seeks to bring Catholic culture to the forefront of our society by promoting Catholic artists in and around the Twin Cities. At the campuses of Holy Cross, St. Clement, and St. Hedwig, we aim to embody the Way of Beauty; to emphasize the arts in our liturgies and events.

There are two parts of Nordeast Catholic Underground: Exposition & Presentation

Exposition (6:30PM-7:30PM) will be a time of Eucharistic Adoration, with Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, prayerful music, times of silence, and the availability of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Presentation (7:30PM-8:30PM) is the second half of the evening. This will consist of an artistic performance of some kind: either music, theater, film, art, poetry, dance, or some other form of cultural presentation. This is not a time for traditional catechesis or a talk. The Underground presentation will never challenge or undermine the teachings of the Catholic Church. The time of presentation will end with Night Prayer, the  St. Michael the Archangel Prayer, and a hymn to Our Lady.

These evenings are alcohol-free. N/A beverages will be provided. Feel free to bring other beverages to share.

If you - or someone you know - may be interested in participating in the Presentation portion of a Nordeast Catholic Underground, please fill out the form below. In the ‘Message’ section, give a brief explanation of what your artistic presentation is.

Inquire here about performing at a Nordeast Catholic Underground