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: March Announcements

Bishop’s Blog: March Announcements

Annunciation of the Lord Exactly nine months before we celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, we celebrate the Annunciation of the Lord on March 25th. Luke’s Gospel gives an account of the Angel Gabriel’s visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary to announce the Good News, “the

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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: Upcoming Winter Events

Bishop’s Blog: Upcoming Winter Events

  The Peak: Planning Summit In the Diocese’s ongoing plan to provide quality faith formation, national speaker Everett Fritz, from Andrew Ministries, presented on One-to-One Discipleship at the January 7th, The Peak Planning Summit. Those in attendance received inspiring and helpful training on how to build lifelong

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Bishop’s Blog: Some Highlights from 2022

  My 2022 Visit to Brazil Last year my visit home to Brazil included work for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee for the Church in Latin America. I shared highlights from my meetings; it was such a joy to pray with them, spend time

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