Bishop's Blog



Response to a Question

Saturday, September 21, 2024
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: In regards to the letter I released on September 20, 2024, I received this comment: “You quoted Pope Pius IX, who, in Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemned the proposition that ‘every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider... Read More

Lord by Thy Holy Cross

Friday, September 20, 2024
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “We adore Thee, O Christ. and we praise Thee, because by Thy Holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world.” This familiar prayer offered as part of the Stations of the Cross is familiar to Catholics, and well it should be. It succinctly expresses our faith, and the unique reality of Jesus Christ—God’s Divine Son—as the one Savior... Read More

My Sacred Pause

Tuesday, September 03, 2024
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a letter I wrote on June 5, 2024, I spoke about A Sacred Pause. In that letter I stated that there was a storm coming – “the likes of which has never been seen upon the Earth” – and that the Church was in such a... Read More

Open your Eyes

Friday, August 23, 2024
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am once again compelled to write and to encourage you to seek life more deeply rooted in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ. By the time this is posted, it will be one year since my first letter was written which was posted on August 22, 2023, the Queenship of Mary.... Read More

Betrayers and Pillars

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
BETRAYERS AND HERETICS / SAINTS AND MARTYRS   “Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith! We will be true to thee till death.” This hymn, written in honor of Catholics martyred during the time of Henry VIII in England, reminds us that we must continue to stand strong on the firm foundation of our... Read More

Upon this Rock I will build my Church

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Letter from July 1, Upon this Rock I will build my Church.  This is also available drectly on my substack, bishopjosephstricklandhttps://bishopjosephstrickland.substack.com/p/upon-this-rock-i-will-build-my-church?utm_medium=ios

Betrayers

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Betrayers!Letter from July 18This is also available drectly on my substackbishopjosephstricklandhttps://bishopjosephstrickland.substack.com/p/betrayers?utm_medium=ios

A Sacred Pause

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
A SACRED PAUSE Psalm 33:11 – “But the plan of the Lord stands forever, the designs of his heart through all generations.” There is a storm coming – the likes of which has never been seen upon the Earth. The Church, the Brideof Christ, has weathered quite a few squalls and gales, and although many of these... Read More

A statement on Sedevacantism

Thursday, May 09, 2024
Statement from Bishop Joseph E. Strickland Recently, as I have endeavored to faithfully defend the Catholic Church and uphold the Sacred Deposit of Faith, a small number of people have begun to falsely label me as a sedevacantist. Let me be clear that sedevacantism is a claim within the Catholic... Read More

Just Folllowing Orders

Saturday, May 04, 2024
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “Roma locuta; causa finita est!” “Rome has spoken; the matter is finished!”  In these pastoral letters that I have been publishing, I have been writing about many issues that we are facing in what is an ever-growing crisis in the Church and in the world. As a Catholic bishop, my... Read More
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