Seminarians in Theology – A National Profile: A Commentary
Bishop Murphy offers a detailed overview of the encouragement and recruitment of vocations to the priesthood in this essay. Many references/citations to the book “Seminarians in Theology: A National Profile” are made throughout this document. He begins by identifying and…
Open Letter to the Billings Central Catholic High School Community
Bishop Murphy wrote this letter on the gift of life for the January 1986 edition of The Rampage – the newspaper of Billings Central Catholic High School. With the coming of a new year, he reminds all young people to…
Frederic Ozanam – A Witness for Today
In an essay on Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Bishop Murphy comments on the similarities between the focal points of a recent Synodal document summarizing the state of the church 20 years after Vatican…
What Time Is It?
Bishop Murphy offers his thoughts and perspectives on the challenges facing the diocese at the present time and the current economic hardships experienced by many members of the Church of Eastern Montana in his ‘Reflections” column for the January 1986…