At our Mass of Chrism, on Monday of Holy Week, I announced that beginning on Pentecost Sunday, June 9, 2019, and lasting until the next Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2020, we will observe a special Year of Prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on our diocese as we seek to be “a mission-oriented Church that forms disciples of Jesus”. This initiative was recommended by Equipping the Saints: The Diocesan Commission on the Families of Parishes.

During the Year of Prayer, we are inviting all parishioners, and our Catholic partners, to join in prayer that each of us, the lay and the ordained, our parishes and our entire diocese recommit ourselves to growing in and living the mission of Jesus, that is, to be “a mission-oriented Church that forms disciples of Jesus”.