Josh Diedrich

You are cordially invited to view the livestream of our Diocesan Rite of Ordination.  We are blessed to have two men join the priesthood this year.  Click here to view the livestream or visit www.gbdioc.org/livestream.  This year due to COVID-19 the number of people being able to attend these ordination Masses is much less. Deacon Ben […]

The 2020 Bishop’s Appeal has raised more than $5,780,000 from 27,265 families and individuals.  Thank you to everyone who has supported the Appeal this year! The theme to this years’ Bishop’s Appeal is Rising in Faith.  The Appeal builds up modern day disciples, like our religious educators in our parishes and Catholic schools who share

Click here to help your parish today! Giving Tuesday Now is a global day of giving to help non-profits around the world.  Please consider helping your parish by making your gift today. Your gift supports our parish ministries that reach out to so many families.  Thank you for your continued support. #GIVINGTUESDAYNOW

Thank you for enriching your Lenten journey and making a difference in the lives of others by participating in CRS Rice Bowl. As Masses have been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be collecting Rice Bowls this year at the Easter Masses.  Please mail a check for the amount you collected in

As missionary disciples, we are called to follow the Gospel’s call to love others!  On November 8, 2020, the World’s Poor and Home Missions Collection provides us that opportunity.  These collections encompass a multitude of agencies working against poverty and promoting human dignity in the name of the Catholic Church. Please give generously using a

During these uncertain times due to COVID-19, please know all of us here at the Catholic Foundation pray you remain healthy and filled with the peace and hope of our Lord. As a Church know we will continue to reach out to families and individuals in need and be Christ’s love for our neighbors during

Thanks to your generosity through the annual Missionary Cooperation Appeal many children received much needed medical care for such conditions as cleft lips and palates.  Thirty eight mission groups each received $10,038 to make an impact in more than 19 countries.  Thank you for making a difference in the lives of these children and families!

He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also.  For this purpose have I come.”  Mark 1:38 Jesus came to us with a purpose from the beginning.  In a short time he taught, healed and preached.  He built up disciples to carry forth his mission. Today there

Paying It Forward to Help our Seminarians “I pray for vocations every day,” shared Mary Ann Parie before she passed away last fall.  “We need priests.  I don’t want money to be the barrier for them to enter the seminary.” Mary Ann created the Msgr. Joseph Marx and Rev. Henry J. Arens Endowment for Seminarians. 

“The world needs the full embrace of God’s love now more than ever.  Rising in Faith we can welcome, heal and educate!  It’s our opportunity to lift one another up and help one another see the real purpose and meaning of life,” said Bishop Ricken in his Bishop’s Corner article in The Compass. To read