On Saturday, April 26, Augustine Carrillo and Hiep Nguyen were ordained transitional deacons at St. Meinrad Archabbey church in Southern Indiana. Both men are completing their third year of theological studies and will complete their formation next year and will be ordained to the priesthood in June, 2015. Congratulations! Augustine, Read more
Today, the Church enters into the Sacred Triduum, beginning with the celebration this evening of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. During this beautiful celebration, the Church recalls the Last Supper, in which Jesus loves his own to the end and offers his body and blood to his apostles under Read more
Please pray for the Holy Father’s prayer intentions for the month of March which are: ◦Respect for Women. That all cultures may respect the rights and dignity of women. ◦Vocations. That many young people may accept the Lord’s invitation to consecrate their lives to proclaiming the Gospel. When I read Read more
After Mass at the Cathedral Sunday morning, I headed north to Casper to film this year’s Midnight Mass. The long-held tradition is that people from the Casper parishes gather with the bishop at St. Anthony’s on the Evening of the 4th Sunday of Advent to film the Midnight Mass. The Read more
Saturday morning I got some more drive-time in as I made my way first to Casper, and from there to a remote cabin in the southern Bighorn mountains. I have been in several remote areas of Wyoming, but this cabin is only reached with four wheel drive and determination. I’m Read more
Last Saturday, I traveled to St. Anthony’s in Casper to provide the priest coverage for the weekend. I arrived in time to hear confessions from 3-5 and celebrate the 5:15 Vigil Mass. It was great to spend some time in the confessional once again. As a bishop, I do not 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
There were several significant gatherings in Casper, yesterday. The Diocesan Pastoral Council, in their role of Leadership Team for the Diocesan Pastoral Planning process along with the diocesan management team and priority task force leaders spent the afternoon together at St. Patrick. This was the first time the task forces Read more
As I’ve mentioned in some previous posts, we are currently hosting Operation Andrew Dinners in each deanery. We had our third and largest gathering thus far last night here in Cheyenne. There were ten priests present, and just over twenty young men who came to hear about seminary and priesthood. Due Read more
Diocesan Seminarians with Vocation Director, Fr. Bill Hill Today, I had the pleasure of entertaining the diocesan seminarians while they are on Christmas break. Six of our ten seminarians were in town for lunch at the Bishop’s residence with our vocation director, Fr. Bill Hill. Front Row: Hiep Nguyen, Duy Read more