New Bishop for Western Canada

This morning, on the Feast of St. Luke, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Father Paul Terrio, from the Archdiocese of Edmonton, as Bishop of St. Paul Alberta.

Father Terrio was a priest on the formation team of St. Joseph Seminary where I studied as a seminarian.

I found him to be a man who was personally pious and had a strong devotion to our Lord in his own personal and public prayer.

Numerous times, Bishop-Elect Terrio was present to me for my own struggles in formation and possesses a strong love for the priesthood of Jesus Christ.

Join me in keeping him in prayer as he begins to shepherd his flock in the Diocese of St. Paul.

This being said, our archdiocese is still awaiting word on a new bishop for ourselves. Let us hope the "gears" of progress our working in our favour and we receive word of a new shepherd soon.

In keeping with the tradition of this Pope we are still appointing men who are known for upholding the tradition of this papacy. Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will call for innovation and renewal within her Church as we begin to seek out contemporary responses to contemporary culture within which our Church must live. We can no longer afford to rest on pre-1960 thinking to address 2012 reality.