Our Lady of the Prairie by Damien Walker A Bishop on the Prairie In 2022, Bishop Chad Zielinski arrived in the Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota, and did what bishops once did as a matter of course: he drove to the four corners of his territory to see the land and the people entrusted to him. He found 9,000 square miles of Midwestern prairie: wheat fields stretching to the horizon, silos and barns and small town parishes scattered along the Minnesota River. He saw in that flatnes

Inspired by a sacred painting by Damien Walker, the Diocese of New Ulm has launched a powerful eight-day pilgrimage across twenty communities - uniting faith, healing, and devotion to Our Lady of the Prairie.