A Holy Year A call to renewal
The rollout of the RENEW program in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings MT is the subject of Bishop Murphy’s weekly Montana Catholic Register “Reflections” column. He offers the following thought, “I believe that our involvement with RENEW as the Church…
Some radical thoughts
Bishop Murphy shares two “radical” ideas with all of the faithful that came out of his recent retreat experience with the Bishops of the Northwest in his weekly Montana Catholic Register “Reflections” column. The retreat moderator challenged him to focus…
Were called to be a Community of Disciples
In his weekly Montana Catholic Register “Reflections” column, Bishop Murphy discusses the concept “a community of disciples” which was prominently featured in Pope John Paul II’s first encyclical, “Redemptor Hominis,” issued in March of 1979. In Bishop Murphy’s view, “This…
1983 A New Year and New Challenges
With the advent of a new year, Bishop Murphy takes the time to look forward to the coming challenges and opportunities the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, MT will embrace in the coming 12 months in his weekly Montana Catholic Register…