Bishop’s Blog: Parish Leader Convocation

Bishop’s Blog: Parish Leader Convocation

  2023 Parish Leader Convocation Saturday, I was blessed to address the over 160 participants of this year’s Parish Leader Convocation, along with featured speaker Katie Prejean McGrady. My remarks began with a reminder to all that through our baptism—we must be instruments of God’s Word, message,

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Bishop’s Blog: New Beginnings for School and NCCW

Bishop’s Blog: New Beginnings for School and NCCW

Welcome Back to Diocesan Catholic Schools Yesterday, August 29th, marked the first day of school for many of our Catholic schools in the Diocese. To all members of our school communities -students, teachers, staff, and administrators: Know of my prayers for each of you as you embark

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Bishop’s Blog: Eucharistic Revival Update

Bishop’s Blog: Eucharistic Revival Update

  National Eucharistic Revival On June 11, 2023, the National Eucharistic Revival moved from the Year of Diocesan Revival to a focus within our parishes for the Year of Parish Revival. The purpose of this year is to discern how we might “heal, form, convert, unify, and

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Bishop’s Blog: 2023 World Youth Day

Bishop’s Blog: 2023 World Youth Day

  If I had to choose one adjective to express my experiences at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, last week, it would be contagious. The positive, enthusiastic, joyful energy of the 1.5 million people in attendance could be felt throughout my entire visit. It is not

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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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