by Communications Director | Apr 13, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Featured News
Dear Friends in Christ, We have just come through our second Easter in this pandemic. Surely, this is not what any of us expected a year ago… or even 6 months ago. Some of you may have received the vaccine to protect you from the serious illness of COVID-19, and I...
by Communications Director | Apr 4, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
“….[Mary] turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him,”Sir, if you have carried him away,...
by Communications Director | Mar 27, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
Dear friends in Christ,It was the 1970’s and I was gathered around the television with my parents and sister to watch ABC’s Wide World of Sports. The theme music began and Jim McKay’s voice introduced the program. His unique style of intonation and emphasis made the...
by Communications Director | Mar 24, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Clergy News, Featured News
Dear clergy, wardens and lay leaders, It is time for you to take a break. It is time to stop and step back for a spell. After much listening, and reflecting on my conversations with you, it is abundantly clear that you have been working “full-tilt-boogie” for a...
by Communications Director | Mar 18, 2021 | Bishop's Message, Blog, Featured News
En Español “Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.” —Elie Wiesel In 2009, I made my vows and became an oblate of a Benedictine monastery in Middleton, Wisconsin. At the center of the Benedictine spiritual practice is praying the Psalms. Before I knew about the...
