Bishop’s Blog: Striving Towards Unity

Bishop’s Blog: Striving Towards Unity

  During the Tuesday of Holy Week, our diocese celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral. This celebration brings together priests, deacons, and laypeople from across the diocese with a focus on blessing the holy oils to be used for the administering of sacraments throughout

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Bishop’s Blog: Closing Lent with Important Events

Bishop’s Blog: Closing Lent with Important Events

  Installation of Lectors Seminarian Lucas da Costa, currently in the second theology class at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, was installed as Lector, along with his classmates, on Sunday, March 26. What an honor to be invited to celebrate the Mass at the Seminary and install

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Bishop’s Blog: Continuing to Pray for Ukraine

Bishop’s Blog: Continuing to Pray for Ukraine

  On February 24, 2022, the armies of the Russian Federation launched an unjust war on the people of Ukraine; sadly, this invasion continues a year later. To mark this somber anniversary, His Beatitude, Patriarch Sviatoslav, together with the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church,

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Bishop’s Blog: Lent 2023 and a Special Collection

Bishop’s Blog: Lent 2023 and a Special Collection

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It has been one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. We have seen the tremendous loss of life, property, and the unimaginable suffering inflicted upon so many innocent people in that country. More recently, we also witnessed

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Bishop’s Blog: Second Week of Lent

Bishop’s Blog: Second Week of Lent

On Wednesday, March 9th, I visited Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton to celebrate Mass and share a meal with the seminarians and faculty there. While the snow was falling and intensifying during the afternoon, I wondered if I could make it to the Seminary. The trip was

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