What a difference a year makes! I write on the eve of my anniversary, after celebrating a beautiful Mass on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. My heart is filled with gratitude for the many graces received in this first year as bishop. I am particularly grateful for the Read more…
The summer before I entered the seminary, 1984, I built a grotto in the backyard. I got the idea from my uncle, Fr. Bernie Voges, who built a shrine for the Blessed Mother in my Grandmother’s backyard. I planted two small evergreens next to the grotto. Today, the trees are Read more…
Today, I began early to make my way over wintry roads to St. Anthony parish in Casper. There were two very important groups waiting for me. The first group, above, is the permanent deacon class of 2012. This group of men meet once a month in Casper for formation. They Read more…
Thursday’s Gospel from Matthew clarifies again for us the common and continual focus of the Christian journey: Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. These words of Jesus call us Read more…
Since communication is one of the age-old challenges of the human experience, especially as Church, I wish to speak to the two-fold nature of the present strategic planning efforts currently underway in the diocese. The better known phase of the strategic planning is just that, we are currently working hard Read more…