Declaración del obispo Rickel sobre el tiroteo en la escuela primaria Robb en Uvalde, TX

English Translation Queridos míos, Doscientas dieciséis vidas. En la última década, doscientos dieciséis niños y sus maestros han fallecido en tiroteos ocurridos en escuelas. Desde 2012, se han perdido doscientas…
Bishop Rickel’s Statement on the Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX

Traducción al español Dear Ones, 216 lives. Over the past decade, 216 children and their teachers have died in school shootings. Since 2012, 216 innocent lives have been lost in…
The Crisis in Ukraine and Ways to Help

Dear Ones, As the situation in Ukraine continues to unfold, the humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of a sovereign nation becomes more dire by the day. It is so…
Bishop Rickel’s Statement on the Invasion of Ukraine

Dear Ones, Like many of you, I have been watching the news these past weeks with sickening dread as Russian forces have moved inexorably toward war and the invasion of…
Bishop Rickel’s Statement on the HBCU Bomb Threats

Dear Ones, As many of you are well aware by now, yesterday, on the first of February and the first day of Black History Month, several of our historically Black…
Declaración del señor Obispo Rickel sobre el veredicto en el caso Ahmad Arbery

English Estimados, El día de hoy, el jurado del juicio de Ahmad Arbery ha emitido su veredicto y ha declarado culpables de casi todos los cargos a los hombres responsables…
Bishop Rickel’s Statement on the Verdict in the Ahmad Arbery Case

Español Dear Ones, Today, the jury in the Ahmad Arbery trial has returned its verdict and found the men responsible for Arbery’s death guilty on nearly all counts. While this…
Declaración del Obispo Rickel sobre el veredicto en el caso de Kyle Rittenhouse

In English Amadas y amados, Me dio mucha tristeza escuchar el veredicto rendido el día de hoy en el juicio de Kyle Rittenhouse, el joven que viajó hasta Kenosha, Wisconsin…
Bishop Rickel’s Statement on the Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

En Español Dear Ones, I was saddened to learn of the verdict today in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the young man who traveled to Kenosha, WI last year and…
Lifting COVID Restrictions in the Diocese of Olympia

To all the Faithful in the Diocese of Olympia, To say this past year has been interesting hardly covers it, but indeed it was. Both pandemics of COVID and Racial…