“In Everything, Give Thanks, A History of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis” includes 13 chapters tracing the archdiocese’s earliest beginnings to the present day; 386 pages devoted to each of the 189 parishes in the archdiocese, eight pages on Catholic universities and regional schools, 14 pages honoring convents and monasteries, seven pages on service organizations, and a comprehensive index.

The 35-page graphic novel — plus a three-page timeline — courses through the archdiocese’s history and is titled “Catholics in the Northland, The History or the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.” Anniversaries are privileged opportunities for counting blessings,” Archbishop Bernard Hebda writes in the introduction to the 529-page book.