The Knights of Columbus will be having a mass on Memorial Day, May 31st, at 9:30 AM, at the Grotto of the Blessed Mother in the Hillcrest Cemetery. All are welcome to attend.

Sacred Heart Cathedral would like to invite all the faithful of the Diocese of Gallup to our Parish Mission.
March 7th – 10th.  Bishop James S. Wall will be our Mission Presenter.  His Theme is:  “Love, Hope and Truth in the Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI.”

Bishop Wall will speak at all the weekend Masses to begin his Mission than the First Conference will begin Sunday March 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the Cathedral.
He will speak at 7:00 p.m. each evening of Monday-Wednesday.  He will also be celebrating Mass at 8:00 a.m. each weekday Monday, 8th-Wednesday 10th  and will then present a synopsis of the previous night’s teaching in the lounge of the Family Center.  A simple continental breakfast will be served.  On the last day of the Mission Wednesday, March 10th, we will continue with our tradition of a “Potluck Dessert” social following that evenings presentation.  On the last night, we will also be taking up a “love offering” for the St. John Vianney House of Discernment for priestly vocations.

Everyone is welcome!  What a blessing to have our own Bishop James S. Wall as presenter at this years Lenten Mission.

Gallup (Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009) – The Diocese of Gallup was informed today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that preliminary results from an autopsy conducted on Sister Marguerite Bartz, SBS, showed no signs of sexual assault or that she, or the Catholic Church, were specific targets of the suspect(s) involved in her murder.
After receiving the preliminary autopsy results, Bishop James S. Wall made the following statement:

“I’m extremely saddened by the tragic death of Sister Marguerite Bartz, SBS. She was a woman of great faith committed to following Jesus Christ, which was expressed throughout her four decades of community life as a Sister of the Blessed Sacrament.

Sister Marguerite served a people she loved very much by sharing her faith in Jesus Christ-most especially through her works of charity.

She would want us to live out our faith as she did so well by seeking peace and not violence, love and not hatred, forgiveness and not vengeance. As we mourn the sudden loss of our sister, we are called to look to the compassionate Christ, who by his passion, death, and resurrection opened for us the way to eternal life.

My prayers and thoughts go out to the family of Sister Marguerite, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and the parish communities she served so faithfully.
May the God of all consolation reassure us of His eternal love and grant our sister eternal rest, light, and peace.”

The house of discernment will provide an experience of prayer, Spiritual direction, and conversation about priestly life and ministry to  help men who are open to the call of God discern whether the Lord is calling them to enter Seminary and pursue the Ministerial Priesthood.  God’s gift to us of this amazing facility certainly gives us great assurance that He will also send us many men who will actively discern their call there and, with His grace, follow through to the Priesthood.

We apologize for the lack of updates recently. We are going through a transition phase with people in new positions. By next month we expect to have regular updates again, plus some exciting new features.

“ESTOTE FACTORES VERBI”  -  “BE DOERS OF THE WORD”

Bishop James S. Wall has chosen his episcopal motto, taken from the Letter of James in the New Testament (cf., Ja. 1.22).  Saint James reminds us that it is not enough merely to hear God’s Word.  We must also strive to put it into practice in our daily lives

The Diocese of Gallup has a new Bishop!

Bishop-Elect James S. Wall will be ordained as the Bishop of Gallup in April; please, keep him in your prayers (See below for a Prayer for Our Bishop Elect James S. Wall).

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