The Winton Wyoming Pastoral Region is searching for a highly skilled individual to serve as the Director of Development. Our candidate will collaborate with the pastor and regional staff to establish short (12 months) and long (3 years+) range goals and objectives. The Director of Development will head up all diocesan and regional programs and coordinate a consistent and organized approach to fund raising by ensuring effective communication with all regional parishioners and local civic / business organizations. CLICK ON TITLE TO SEE MORE

The Winton Wyoming Pastoral Region is searching for a highly skilled individual to serve as the Scheduling Coordinator. The responsibilities of the Scheduling Coordinator will include but not be limited to maintaining the online ministry schedules, facility access schedules, calendar and resource schedules, sign and marquee schedules as well as clergy and Mass schedules. CLICK ON TITLE TO SEE MORE

On Saturday, September 29, following the 4:30 pm Mass, St. Matthias will hold its annual Oktoberfest with food, music featuring Sound Body Jazz Orchestra, Split the Pot and Prize Baskets that are bigger and better than ever!

Of all the consistent themes and motifs that run throughout the Gospels, one of my favorites has to be “one of the disciples totally misses the point and says or does something really dumb. It gives us regular folks hope that we might turn out alright in the end. After all, if the saints unto whom Our Lord trusted the responsibility of building up His Church in the beginning were constant screw-ups, perhaps we might make it after all. At different points throughout the Gospel they try to send away the children (and are rebuked by Jesus), they try to stop others from driving out demons (and are rebuked by Jesus), they offer to call down lightning on their enemies (and are rebuked by Jesus), and they bicker about which of them is the best… and are rebuked by Jesus. PLEASE CLICK TITLE TO READ MORE

Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage Experience TM Saturday, September 22 at OLR Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitality North American Volunteers will present a two-hour Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage Experience at Our Lady of the Rosary Church at 7:00 pm on Saturday, September 22. Come and encounter the healing grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ through His Immaculate Mother. Invite your family, children and friends. Our Lady extends her invitation to all! The next best thing to visiting Lourdes itself is a pilgrimage journey without the travel!

The September Marian Celebration will celebrate Our Lady of La Salette. There will be a dinner at 5:00 pm followed by a movie. Please join us on Wednesday, September 19, at St. Matthias.

The entire life of the Christian is symbolized and contained within the rite of baptism, and it is good for us to revisit it frequently and remember the promises which were made on our behalf on the day of our baptism as we ask God for the grace to live out these promises with fidelity. Today’s account of Jesus’ healing of the man who was deaf and mute gives us the opportunity to see how this relates to our own lives. After he was healed, those who were present to witness it couldn’t help but spread the news of this miracle, even when they were told to keep it secret for the time being. The fact that the Church places the memorial of this event at the conclusion of the rite is no accident, as everything that is done to make us disciples in the first place is geared toward our mission of going out and proclaiming the Gospel to all those we meet. PLEASE CLICK TITLE TO READ MORE