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Thoughts from the Reunion
I am writing to you from Custer, SD. This week I am on vacation and sending thoughts along the way. We are just winding up a Charron...
JBeal
Jun 19, 20233 min read
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Point for Meditation
As we enter into the Parish Year of Eucharistic Revival, let us meditate upon this passage from the Preface to Eucharistic Prayer for...
JBeal
Jun 14, 20231 min read
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Novena for our Diocesan Eucharistic Congress
On May 1-3, delegations from each of the parishes in the Diocese will gather at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart to pray, discuss, and...
JBeal
Apr 11, 20233 min read
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The Examination of Conscience: Keeping Watch over our Spiritual Clocks
There’s a piece of advice in St. Francis de Sales’ Introduction to the Devout Life that reminds me of my grandfather’s old Timex with its...
JBeal
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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Lenten Journey For Life
Through this holy season of Lent, we call to mind the needs for the conversion of society to Respect for Life. During the Lenten season...
JBeal
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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A Renewal of Formation in Doctrine and the Sacraments
The Fourth of Five Diocesan Synodal Goals Leading to Our Eucharistic Revival: On this Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, we recall the...
JBeal
Dec 20, 20223 min read
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Merry Christmas!
Christmas is here. Preparations are done, the tree is lit, and now it is time to pause and wonder. How may this Christmas be...
JBeal
Dec 20, 20222 min read
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Enhanced Spiritual Formation in the Holy Spirit
The First of Five Diocesan Synodal Goals Leading to Our Eucharistic Revival: Over the course of the past year, we have seen the Holy...
JBeal
Oct 30, 20223 min read
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Brothers and Sisters, Greetings in the Lord!
First off, a brief travelogue and then some news. Earlier this month my travels were to Montana for my mother’s 97th birthday, and a...
JBeal
Sep 29, 20224 min read
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How to Pray a Church
Recently, I was in one of our parish churches praying the church. I was paying particular attention to the stained glass windows and was...
JBeal
Sep 14, 20223 min read
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Join the diocesan-wide Novena – Happening NOW!
AN INVITATION FROM BISHOP BERG NOVENA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY On Tuesday, March 15, it was announced that on March 25, during the...
JBeal
Mar 18, 20221 min read
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Gazing in Prayer
The contemplative community of the Capuchin Poor Clares put forth such a service in prayer for the whole church...
JBeal
Dec 15, 20213 min read
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