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A CALL TO HELP ASSIST AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI

Click here to read a message from Bishop Wolfe calling for help for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

A PASTORAL COMMUNICATION FROM BISHOP WOLFE

Click here to read the pastoral communication issued July 18 by Bishop Dean Wolfe on the recently concluded General Convention.

BISHOP'S COLUMN

Read the most recent column in The Harvest by Bishop Dean Wolfe by clicking here.

FROM BISHOP DEAN E. WOLFE

From a sermon preached by Bishop Wolfe at the annual Chrism Mass on April 7, 2009

When I review our ordination vows, they seem to fall into a few distinct categories:

The promise to listen to others.
The promise to study and teach the old, old stories.
The promise to work collaboratively with those whom you serve.
The promise to become who and what you are.
The promise to stay in intimate relationship with God.

And because these promises are deceptively hard to keep, we need to stick together. If you are feeling alone and isolated in this diocese, it is time for you to call a fellow priest. If you feel as if no one understands you, it is time for you to call a brother or sister deacon. It is no secret that clergy who are deeply connected to one another find that to be a strong resource in times of trouble.

When you’re too busy to attend clericus, when you don’t invite one another to dinner, when you don’t come to Convocation meetings or annual retreats, when you don’t call one another up when you think there might be a problem, then you have not kept that most important commandment to look after one another; to love others as you yourself have been loved.

To read all of this sermon by the bishop, a copy of it in PDF format is available by clicking here.

BISHOP ARCHIVES

A list of items written by Bishop Wolfe are archived here.