July 27, 2026
“I invite all of the baptized to step forward with courage into this new season of renewal." - Bishop Bruce
Three Pathways, One Mission is Bishop Bruce’s invitation to the whole Diocese of Providence to enter a season of renewal, not a passing program but an ongoing process of personal, pastoral, and missionary conversion, rooted in the pattern of Christ's own life: the Incarnation, the Cross, and the Eucharist. From that pattern flow three pathways that unfold together.
Planning for Mission gathers pastors and parishioners in designated planning areas to ask together what God is calling them to look like for mission.
Forming for Mission builds a shared vision and common language, beginning with pastors, staff, and core teams and reaching the whole parish, as it forms leaders for today and tomorrow and walks with parishes that want support.
Living the Mission is the parish living out its baptismal call, gathered by Christ and sent to witness in homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods, moving beyond maintaining activity to a missionary culture in which all the baptized, not the clergy alone, discern and act together.
Much of this pathway early on will take shape through the Parish Assemblies this fall and the Diocesan Assembly on November 14 at La Salle Academy. The OLM Parish Assembly is scheduled for October 1, 2026.
The goal is clear: that every parish, school, and ministry become a place where people encounter Jesus Christ, grow as disciples, and are sent on mission.
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