The Season of Creation runs from September 1 to October 4 and is an ecumenical celebration of the gift of our earth. It is also a time to reflect, pray and take action to care for our common home. Our Catholic social teaching calls us to respond to the urgent Read more…
Sunday evening I had a delightful experience attending and addressing the Salmon Peoples at the International Indigenous Salmon Seas Symposium at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. This was a gathering of Native peoples from the Salish Sea, Alaska, and Russian Far East. This was a concluding event of a symposium Read more…
For the second time in just a few days, we read from two different moments in the Acts of the Apostles (2:42-47; 4:32-37) how members of the early Christian Church offered their personal possessions to meet the needs of others. Charity is at the heart and core of the mission of the Read more…
As this year’s One Bread One Body annual appeal picks up steam, I wish to draw your attention to the prayer that is included in this year’s materials. For your convenience, the prayer can be easily removed and kept wherever you will be reminded to pray this prayer. We ask Read more…
Months before I was named the Eighth Bishop of Cheyenne, I was appointed by Archbishop Buechlein as the Pastor of my home parish, St. Paul in Tell City. Prior to my departure for Cheyenne, one of the last Masses I celebrated with my home parish was their 150th anniversary. Archbishop Read more…
Yesterday, pastoral leaders from around the Archdiocese of Anchorage gathered to learn more about stewardship, not as a program, but as a spirituality, a way of life. The theme for the day was: “Be Not Afraid: Making a Gift of Self.” Our guest speaker for the day was Deacon David Read more…
Last week, the clergy and pastoral leaders of the Diocese of Cheyenne gathered in Laramie for a two day work shop to study the spirituality of stewardship. We brought in a group of known and proven speakers from Catholic Stewardship Consultants who shared with us their experience as pastors and parish Read more…
Who does not know the experience of fear? It is a fundamental emotion which plays an appropriate role in the preservation of life. Fear alerts all of our senses to potential, perceived or genuine threats, allowing the individual to perform at a high level for the preservation of one’s own life or the Read more…
This Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) reminds us that we are stewards of many gifts in this life. Just as the steward of the rich man in today’s Gospel (Luke 16:1-13) was eventually called upon by his master to give an accounting of his stewardship, so each Read more…
As I write, I’m sitting once again in the Denver airport on layover in route to San Diego for this week’s Bishops’ meeting. I was sitting here just a few days ago on a return trip from St. Paul back to Cheyenne. A few weeks ago, I was invited to Read more…