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…
The prophet Joel gives us our mission for the next 40 days: Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God. (Joel 2:12-18) We are called to firmly Read more…
We know and believe the Word of God, Sacred Scripture, is inspired by God. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work. (2 Read more…