The Compass

Bishop Ricken

This year the retreat house is celebrating 60 years of hosting retreats and I realized what a special gift this place is — not only in natural beauty and in ideal surroundings for retreat, but I recognized this as truly a holy place where many people experience the Lord and spiritual realities, perhaps for the first time. This holy place provides a respite on the journey of life for weary travelers. It is a place to experience the traces of God's presence in the book of nature. God also manifests his presence in those he brings together for a weekend or retreat experience, seeking to grow closer to Christ and to the church.

Bishop Ricken

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This fall and throughout the coming year everyone in the Diocese of Green Bay is invited to participate in a Diocesan Visioning Process that will help the Church of Green Bay to reflect on its strengths, set priorities and create new plans for our future. In your parish bulletins your pastor has explained part of the planning process that will invite all of us all to look at what we truly appreciate about our parish, our diocese and what we think might still need some improvement.

Bishop Ricken

Surely the work of Catholic Charities over the past 92 years has exemplified the ministry of charity in serving the needs of countless individuals here in our diocese. We join with them and the national Catholic Charities programs in their centennial year of service to God's poor and disenfranchised.