Saint Peter's 

Catholic Church

Dear Friends in Christ,

As I said at my ordination and installation as your bishop, Pope Saint John XXIII was fond of saying that a bishop is not given a diocese but rather he is given to a diocese.  At that time, I stated that this paraphrase was how I would approach my ministry as your bishop.  It is hard to believe that almost five years have passed since the day of my ordination as your bishop, and each day of that period I have spent in gratitude for the service that Christ has entrusted me to offer you with leadership in teaching, overseeing, and sanctifying. ...

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"O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all your necessities.  Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity."

~Saint Basil the Great