This year’s special collection for this fundraising appeal takes place January 25th and 26th. Your generous financial support of the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund will be part of our action plan moving forward to support various initiatives for healing and reconciliation involving our Indigenous brothers and sisters. See Bishop Christian Riesbeck, CC’s Letter here, and see…
Diocesan Signs of Hope
On this, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we give thanks for the many signs of hope across our diocese in the year 2024. May we enter this Jubilee Year firmly rooted in Jesus ready to take up our baptismal call as Pilgrims of Hope to go and make disciples of all nations!…
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The 2025 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is from 18 January to 25 January 2025, on the theme of ‘Do you believe this?’ from the Gospel of John (11:26). See prayerful resources for observing this week of Christian Unity, on this 1,700th anniversary of the ecumenical Council of Nicea, here. And, see resources from…
Pastoral Letter for the Jubilee Year
‘In this Jubilee Year may we, as Pilgrims of Hope guided by the Holy Spirit, truly recognize the spark of hope that dwells in the heart of each person we encounter, that desire for and expectation of good things and happiness. May we, Pilgrims of Hope, enkindle and fan into flame that hope with our…
Winter weather and Mass Attendance
With another winter upon us, we recall that daily Mass is salutary, but not obligatory, as explained in our Catechism (§ 1389).
Sundays and Solemnities are ordinarily obligatory. However, some of our parish churches are on distant roads and highways, and if road conditions imperil our or others’ lives, our faithful and our priests need to remain in the safety of our homes …