Featuring Bishop Joseph Williams

Saturday, June 15, 2024

Our Lady of Grace is excited to be holding our 13th Annual Widows’ Day of Reflection once again this summer!

This Day of Reflection is for all widows; both recent and longtime widows will experience the Church’s concern for them as they navigate a status in life they did not choose. The cost for this retreat is $30 and includes breakfast and lunch.

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Do you know someone who would benefit from attending our Widows’ Day of Reflection? Gifting a registration to a friend or fellow widow is a great blessing to someone in need. To provide the gift of registration to another widow in need, increase your registration quantity to reflect however many you chose to give and add their contact information in the comment section. You will be asked to make payment after you have added them to the basket.

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About Bishop Joseph Williams

Bishop Joseph A. Williams was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in 2002 and his episcopal ordination took place January 25, 2022, the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. Prior to his role as auxiliary bishop and current assignment as moderator and priest-in-solidum of the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Saint Paul, he served as pastor of Saint Stephen in Minneapolis (2008-2022) and parochial administrator of Holy Rosary in Minneapolis (2020-2022), ministered as a parochial vicar of the Cathedral of Saint Paul in St. Paul (2002-2004) and Divine Mercy in Faribault (2004-2005), and was pastor of Saint Mathias in Hampton and Saint Mary in New Trier (2005-2008). He has also served as coordinator of the Archdiocesan Outreach to Persons with Disabilities (2003-2005).

Bishop Williams is known for his longtime ministry to Latino and Spanish-speaking Catholics in the Archdiocese, beginning in Faribault, where he and other parish leaders worked to bring healing to a Latino community that had been affected by drug raids. Members of both of his most recent parishes are predominantly Latino, and he has worked to change negative cultural perceptions of undocumented immigrants and he has led neighborhood-based evangelization efforts, which include knocking on doors and inviting people to Mass and faith formation.