Holy Name Catholic Church

Welcome to Holy Name

260 East Loucks Street
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
307-672-2848

Holy Name Catholic School

Holy Name Catholic School has been an important part of our Parish for more than 100 years. Visit the school website and find out more about the excellent educational opportunities offered at our school.

Our Mission Parishes

Our Lady of the Pines is located in Story, Wyoming. The Big Horn Mountains provides a stunning backdrop to this small log chapel. Our Lady of the Pines

St. Edmund's Parish is located in Ranchester, Wyoming. This quaint parish serves the Ranchester, Dayton, and Parkman areas in western Sheridan County. St. Edmund's

San Benito Monastery

Dayton, Wyoming is the location for the Benedictine Sisters' Monastery. The Sisters host retreats, prayer, and a small shop where they sell hand-made goods. Learn more

May 21, 2013

Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 342

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The Greatest among you shall be your Servant

“If anyone wishes to be first,
he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”
Taking a child, he placed it in their midst,
and putting his arms around it, he said to them,
“Whoever receives one child such as this

in my name, receives me;
and whoever receives me,receives not me

but the One who sent me.”

-Mark 9:30-37

"I am innocent and I die innocent. I forgive with all my heart those responsible

for my death, and I ask God that the shedding of my blood

serve the peace of our divided Mexico."

-Saint Christopher Magallanes

Thank You Catechists!

“I am particularly grateful to all the men and women, mostly volunteers, who serve as catechists. One of the greatest responsibilities of the Church is to pass on the faith from one generation to the next, and without such dedicated catechists, this would not happen. A special thanks also to all the parents who fulfill their responsibility to raise their children in the faith. I pray all of our families rededicate themselves to an active participation in the sacramental life of the Church.” Bishop Paul Etienne 5-10-13 [Emphasis added]

A Pope to Shepherd the Flock

Pope Francis’ homily takes its starting point from the passage in the Acts of the Apostles, in which Paul exhorts the elders of the Church of Ephesus to watch over themselves and all the flock, to be attentive shepherds, and guard against the “ravenous wolves” that would feed on the fold. “One of the most beautiful pages of the New Testament.” According to Pope Francis, “It is full of tenderness, of pastoral love, and the beautiful relationship of the bishop with his people.” Bishops and priests, he explained, are at the service of others, to preserve, build and defend the people of God. Theirs is, “a relationship of protection and love between God and the pastor and the pastor and the people. A bishop or a priest is not a bishop or priest for himself. He is for the people: to serve them, to nurture them, to shepherd them--in order to defend them from the wolves. It is beautiful to think this! When the bishop does this, there is a good relationship with the people, such as Paul the bishop did with his people. And when the priest [builds] that good relationship with the people, it gives us a love: a love [unites] them, a true love, and the Church becomes united.”

Pope Francis went on to describe the relationship of the bishop and the priest with the people as a existential and sacramental. “We need your prayers,” he said, “for, even the bishop and the priest may be tempted.” Bishops and priests should pray much, proclaim Jesus Christ Risen, and “boldly preach the message of salvation.” However, he said, “We are men and we are sinners,” and, “we are tempted.”

Text from the Vatican Radio website

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