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
The final Confirmation “run” of the season is underway. Once again, a good friend from Indiana has come out to spend some time and help with the driving. We left Cheyenne on Tuesday, and will be on the road until next Friday. Yesterday morning, I had a nice visit with Read more
Last weekend, we began our annual diocesan appeal, renamed this year, Living and Giving in Christ; Unity Through Diocesan Ministries. We felt a change of name was necessary to more appropriately capture the nature of the appeal, namely, to fund the ministries provided by the Diocese of Cheyenne. Our Development Read more
To all the mom’s this Mother’s Day, may God bless you bunches! I was struck by today’s Gospel, the famous Road to Emmaus story of the similarity between the Church and mothers. We see the two disciples walking along after the Resurrection, “looking downcast”, when the Risen Jesus approaches. After Read more
This weekend our permanent deacon candidates are in Casper for their monthly formation program. Today, they took the next formal step in their journey towards ordination as permanent deacons next May. Today, they were formally installed as lectors. The Holy Scriptures play a foundational role in our life as Catholics. Read more