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Latest News & Updates from the Diocese |
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Selected articles from The Montana Catholic newspaper are published online each month. This month's issue covers Justice Outreach Project 2010, CYC Leadership Camp, CRS relief efforts in Haiti, Women Religious jubilees, Aid to the Needy grants, and more! [Read this month's issue]... |
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"Have we made the Church a place of warmth and welcome for 18- to 35-year-olds? Following the Diocesan Pastoral Council process, diocesan leadership is taking on a new and exciting initiative to engage, in the life of the Church, this highly diverse group of young adults..." [Read more]... |
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See and hear the youth of our diocese speak about Leadership Camp at Legendary Lodge. During the week-long camp, new youth leaders for the Catholic Youth Coalition board are prayerfully discerned. All of those at Leadership Camp learn about discipleship and how to take their camp experience to their home parish community. [Watch the video]... |
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Father Bud Strom passed away early in the morning of July 12 in Whitefish. The vigil will be Wednesday, July 14 at 7 p.m. at St. Charles Church in Whitefish. The funeral liturgy will be Thursday, July 15, at 11 a.m., also at St. Charles Church. A reception and luncheon will follow at St. Charles Parish Center. [Read about Father Strom]... |
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During the week of June 27 - July 2, youth and young adults from the Diocese of Helena volunteered their time and talent on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, MT, helping with construction and other projects. Through service and solidarity, these volunteers dug deep into the core of Catholic Social Teaching and celebrated the culture of the Blackfeet people in the breathtaking landscape of northwest Montana. [Watch the video]... |
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The Montana Catholic presents the second installment of faith(lived), an exclusive, event-based multimedia series documenting the perspectives of those who have lived the event. In this installment we interviewed 12 of the 58 young people who gathered at Legendary Lodge for CYC Leadership Camp 2010. Hear their firsthand accounts of the experience. [Watch the presentation]... |
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Following consultation with the Vicar for Clergy, Father Gary W. Reller, and the Diocesan Personnel Board, Bishop George Leo Thomas has made the following pastoral appointments, effective July 1, 2010, unless otherwise indicated. [Read more]... |
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The Son Light Celebration raffle is underway! First prize is a 2011 Ford Fiesta SE sedan, and second prize is two tickets to see the Seattle Seahawks at Qwest Field. Tickets are $25 each or $100 for five. A maximum of 5,000 tickets will be sold. Proceeds from the raffle benefit Legendary Lodge. Tickets are available at all parishes, Legendary Lodge, Catholic schools, Catholic Social Services of Montana, the Montana Catholic Conference, and the Chancery in Helena. [Read more]... |
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Bishops George Thomas and Michael Warfel announced in November 2009 that they would not support CI-102, the personhood amendment. Their joint statement details why they reached this decision. [Read their full statement]... |
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Take a deeper look into the CYC Convention in the first installment of faith(lived). This event-based multimedia feature presents the perspective of those who have lived the event. Last week's CYC Convention has garnered rave reviews...and now you can hear firsthand accounts of the experience. [Watch the presentation]... |
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"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]... |
Last updated on July 21, 2010.
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