For some reason, my starting point of reflection on this great Solemnity of Mary’s Annunciation is God’s providential preparation for this moment through her own Immaculate Conception. God in His goodness wished to provide for our salvation not only by His Divine Power as God, but in a manner that also Read more
Yesterday, our diocesan pastoral staff made our annual retreat. We once again enjoyed the hospitality of the Benedictine Sisters at St. Walburga Abbey in Northern Colorado. We truly enjoyed the new addition to their facility of a conference room and new refectory. It was a bit windy and cool to enjoy Read more
Monday evening, the St. Barbara and St. Anthony communities gathered in Cody for Mass followed by a reception at a local restaurant. This was the fourth such gathering around the diocese in an effort to accomplish a number of things. First of all, we wish to gather for prayer with Read more
Our Development Director, Matt Potter and I continue our visit around the diocese trying to garner some early support for this year’s annual campaign, Living And Giving In Christ. We spent Saturday night in Rawlins after a wonderful Feast Day celebration at St. Joseph. There was a light snow through Read more
This Second Weekend of Lent brought me to St. Joseph parish in Rawlins, Wyoming. Even though we celebrated the 2nd Sunday of Lent, we also celebrated the parish feast day. The Saturday Evening Mass had a very full church, followed by a nice dinner and reception in the parish hall. Read more
The past few days have once again been packed. I think I am now “officially” a veteran bishop of Wyoming. Tuesday I began work on my second set of tires! Wednesday the provincial bishops met in Denver. This province includes the states of Colorado and Wyoming; four dioceses, five bishops, Read more
All of us are familiar with the story of Jonah. Called by God to go to Nineveh and preach the need for conversion, he refused, even fled to avoid such a calling. As is always the case, God eventually prevailed over Jonah…after quite a fishing expedition…and Jonah arrived for the Read more
As reported on this blog, a few weeks ago, the Leadership and Management Teams met to further define each of the priorities of our pastoral plan. We now wish to publish the summary of this plan for one more round of public feedback. Besides this blog, we will publish on Read more
Today, our parish staffing task force met in Casper. Much information has been compiled through parish surveys, parish listening sessions, and deanery clergy sessions. I am very grateful for the work of this group. This is the “second lung” of our strategic planning process. This task force is charged with Read more
On this First Friday of another Lent, as many will make the way of the cross, the world community is once again awaking to the sad news of a major earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. It is still too early to know the extent of lives lost, but we Read more