


Presentation of Our Lord
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Feb 2, 2022 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
Today, February 2, we celebrate the presentation of our Lord Jesus in the temple; it is the last day of the Christmas season. Today’s commemoration is recorded in these words from the gospel: “When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses,...
+ Christmas Blessings +
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 25, 2021 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
May our Lord Jesus, whose birth and coming among us we celebrate in this holy season, fill you with peace, joy, life, and light, both now and in the new year to come. +Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek “…in him was life, and the life was the light of all people” (John 1:4...
The Light that Overcomes Darkness
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 20, 2021 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
The shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere is on December 21. In the days leading up to this winter solstice, we notice the daylight hours getting shorter and shorter as the sun sets earlier and earlier. But inside our churches and our homes, something...
A Word from the Bishop
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | May 22, 2021 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
“When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place…[and]were filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:1,4). This verse from the book of Acts introduces the account of that first Pentecost, the day on which the Holy Spirit came to the disciples. On...Search
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Daily Bible Reading
- Mark 1:1-8Second Sunday of Advent1The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; 3the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his […]