 |
British author Nick Bantock wrote, “Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helter-skelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts.” In an age of tweeting, texting and emailing, the art of letter writing is fast becoming an endangered species. [Read more]... |
 |
Selected articles from The Montana Catholic newspaper are published online each month. This month's issue covers Martin Luther King Jr. day at Carroll College, the Living Stones parish input phase, a Guatemala Mission success story, and more. [Read this month's issue]... |
 |
Montana Catholic staff members choose their favorite multimedia stories from 2011. [Watch the video]... |
 |
The weekend of Jan. 14-15, parishes announced that the six deanery planning groups have proposed plans for the Living Stones process. A parish input meeting will be scheduled in each parish in the coming weeks, with parishioners’ input due back to the parish by Feb. 8, 2012. The deanery plans and videos about the Living Stones process are available here. |
 |
Montana Catholic reporter Eric Connolly takes you to Indianapolis for the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conference in this installment of Behind the Story. [Watch the video]... |
 |
Three new photos albums have been added to our multimedia section, covering events and parishes in the Diocese of Helena. View the photo albums by clicking on their titles: Good Samaritan Ministries' 2011 Style show | Junior High Rally 2011 | Where we gather: Churches of the Diocese of Helena. |
 |
On November 5, over 300 middle-schoolers gathered in Kalispell to revel in their faith. The 2011 Junior High Rally featured keynote speakers, formation, a worship band, Mass and the concluding dance. [Watch the video]... |
 |
This installment of Behind the Story features a look at some of the musical changes coming this Advent with the New Roman Missal with Sister Mary Jo Quinn, SCL. [Watch the video]... |
 |
This installment of Behind the Story features the blessing of the new parish center at Holy Family Parish in Three Forks, Montana. [Watch the video]... |
 |
A two-day conference at the Civic Center in Helena featured national speakers with insights about identifying the most vulnerable among us, and ways to create and support a culture of life for all, from conception to natural death. [View the photo album]... |
 |
Parents who engage in the faith formation of their children strengthen themselves as well as their sons and daughters, Robert McCarty said at the “Strong Catholic Families: Strong Catholic Youth” workshop held Oct. 8 at the Cathedral of St. Helena’s Brondel Center. [Watch the video]... |
 |
More than 300 people attended the sixth annual Son Light gala, benefitting youth and young adult ministry and Legendary Lodge. [View the photo album]... |
 |
The Diocese of Helena’s chancery building was recently featured as part of KTVH’s Big Sky Chronicles series. Find out more about the various purposes served by the building prior to housing Chancery Services. [Link]... |
|
"Our faithful donors have served the common good by embracing the needs of their neighbors near and far through their support of the Annual Catholic Appeal... The ACA is how you and I join together to use our resources for the most critical needs of our Church and world, through over 67 programs and ministries. We do this to serve the common good." — Bishop George Leo Thomas
[Watch the video]... |
 |
The Annual Catholic Appeal funds many important programs and ministries. As the 2011 campaign kicks off, we are highlighting various areas of ministry supported by your generous sacrificial gifts. Did you know that 10% of the ACA funds Aid to the Needy, Supportive Aid to Birthmothers & Guatemala Mission? |
 |
In advance of the 2012 elections, the U.S. bishops reaffirmed their 2007 document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, in this coming election cycle and beyond, as the “continuing teaching of our Bishops’ Conference and our guidance for Catholics in the exercise of their rights and duties as participants in our democracy.” The document has been updated with a new introductory note identifying six “current and fundamental problems”...
[Read more at www.usccb.org]... |
 |
The Diocese of Helena received information this morning that another complaint against the Diocese had been filed. The initial reading of the complaint reveals difficulty in clearly identifying some of the defendants, but it appears the majority were members of religious orders or congregations, rather than the Diocese of Helena. [Read more]... |
 |
From Feb. 22 to March 1, 2011, Montana Catholic reporter Eric Connolly traveled to the diocesan mission at Santo Tomas la Union in Guatemala. His assignment: to find a way to tell the story of what the diocesan Guatemala Mission is all about. This Behind the Story installment shares what he found. [Watch the video]... |
 |
"I am aware of the ways in which charity has been and continues to be misconstrued and emptied of meaning, with the consequent risk of being misinterpreted, detached from ethical living and, in any event, undervalued..." [Read more]... |
