Bishop Hicks’ Monthly Column

October 2024 – A prayer answered: Our new Auxiliary Bishop Sometimes I get the impression that many people view the Diocese of Joliet as a “small” diocese. Perhaps this is because we border the mammoth Archdiocese of Chicago. However, to refer to us as “small” is rather misleading and inaccurate. The Joliet Diocese serves over half a million Catholics in a geographic area of 4,218 square miles throughout DuPage, Kankakee, Will, Grundy, Ford, Iroquois, and Kendall counties. We are blessed with 117 parishes, 7 missions, 43 grade schools, 8 high schools, and 3 universities within our diocesan boundaries. To put the geographical size and scope into perspective, when I worked… Read More

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