We are living in a missionary time. Our real call to mission is grounded in growing numbers of people who do not know, care, or believe in the person of Jesus, much less anything about him as our Lord and Savior. Fewer and fewer people make any connection between the Church as the Body of Christ and Jesus himself.
Mission. Mission. Mission. We are living in a missionary time. There are 452,000 people living in our diocese. Of those 452,000 people living in our diocese, 41,500 are registered Catholics in our 71 Catholic parishes. Of those 41,500 registered Catholics in our 71 Catholic parishes, about 35% attend Sunday Mass regularly, and of that 35% about 7% are actively engaged in the parish, which equates to about 1,000 parishioners for the entire diocese.
Read more from Bishop Felton's message from 11/1/2023 "Believe In Good News" by clicking here. .