This 6th Sunday of Easter, Jesus calls us again to the Truth (reality) that He is from the Father and the Life and Love He shares with the Father, He shares with us through His Holy Spirit. This is the cause of our hope. (1 Peter 3:15-18) If we love Read more
With the help of my good friend, Mark Seabrook, yesterday we completed an 1,800 mile, 11 day tour of the diocese. Thursday, we headed from Jackson to Pinedale. We had lunch with the affable pastor, Fr. Lucas Simango, then I spend the larger part of the afternoon catching up on Read more
Wednesday, a long held dream took a big step toward reality. For nine years or more, the Catholic people at Holy Family in Afton have been dreaming of a new church. Their present church is a small building, built years ago as one of the “cookie cutter” churches designed and Read more
This Spring 2011 Confirmation is in the home stretch. Last night, we were in St. Patrick, and even though so many people refer to St. Patrick as in Kemmerer, it is actually in Diamondville. Kemmerer was the original location of St. Patrick, but when the new church was built in Read more
Though it was a bit cool and breezy, a great crowd gathered in Evanston Monday evening for Confirmation. We had 35 students, including ten from Ft. Bridger, confirmed. St. Mary Magdalen is a beautiful, old stone church, well cared for, and houses a strong, faith-filled community. This is another part Read more
This final Confirmation tour is just about midway. This Good Shepherd Sunday morning found us in Green River at Immaculate Conception parish. Eighteen students were ready to receive the sacrament, along with their families and the parish community. This parish is blessed with a great choir and faith-filled community, so Read more
After a full morning in Lander with the Wyoming Catholic College Community, Mark and I made our way over the South Pass to the Holy Spirit Catholic Community in Rock Springs. The trip over South Pass was uneventful, but the cloud cover was very low with occasional snow and rain. Read more
It has been quite an emotional, historic weekend in Lander, Wyoming, as the Wyoming Catholic College celebrated its first graduation. What began as a dream and entailed much faith, hard work, courage and hope in the future reached a dramatic result today. Those who came in the Fall of 2007 Read more
Wyoming Catholic College Baccalaureate Mass My dear friends, for many reasons, it is good to be here! Knowing that we are here to celebrate a rather historic moment in the life of this Wyoming Catholic College, and more specifically, the lives of our graduates, I cannot help but wonder where Read more
After a full morning in Cody, we had a beautiful day to drive to Riverton. We arrived in time for a brief visit with the pastor, Fr. Tony Blount, SOLT. The local priests from St. Margaret, St. Joseph and Holy Rosary along with Fr. Ray from Worland arrived for a Read more