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The Rev. Patrick Beretta speaks during the new Carroll College president announcement ceremony May 1, 2025, in the lower ...
Carroll College has announced a leadership change as Dr. William Ruud will not assume the presidency on July 1, 2025, due to personal reasons.
Bishop Austin Vetter, the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Helena, visited the Missoula deanery on Tuesday to meet parishioners from across western Montana. Ordained on Nov. 20, he is ...
Bishop Austin Vetter of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena is sharing his thoughts on the new pope, Leo XIV. KPAX Missoula, MT Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 12, 2025 ...
Helena Bishop Austin Anthony Vetter speaks during a press conference on Friday, May 9, 2025. Credit: JoVonne Wagner / MTFP “ I think, as Americans, we have a somewhat of a responsibility for our ...
Bishop Vetter at last year’s Rector’s dinner for the Pontifical North American College with Bishop ... May 9, at 7:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Helena to pray for the new pope. Bishop Vetter ...
Bishop Vetter had the opportunity to meet Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Prevost, in September 2023 during the Formation for New Bishops’ Program. Reflecting on this, Bishop Vetter invited the ...
HELENA, Mont. – Catholics throughout Montana are celebrating the election of the first-ever American pope today after the election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena ...
In Montana, a spokesman for Bishop Austin Vetter of Helena said the diocese has not independently verified the Stop the Harm database’s findings that two Catholic hospitals in the diocese ...
HELENA, Mont. — What do churches and breweries have in common? In Western Montana, it's a beer, Bishop Vetter's Golden Austin Ale. “People have said, you know, is this appropriate for a Bishop ...
He is very close with Bishop James Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, who was rector at the college, and Bishop Austin Vetter of Helena, Montana, who was director of spiritual formation there.