Deacon Bob Yerhot serves the diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. He has dedicated his life to the service of his family and the Catholic Church. He has studied philosophy, classical humanities, theology and social work at St. Mary’s College (now University) at Winona, Minnesota, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He currently serves two parishes in southeast Minnesota, is the Assistant Director Emeritus of the Diaconate for the Diocese of Winona, and is the diocesan consultant for the Courage and Encourage Apostolate and Unbound ministry in the diocese. He offers days of reflection and retreats for diaconal communities in the United States. For over 30 years he practiced clinical social work and psychotherapy before retiring in 2015.
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Recent Posts
- Deacon Bob’s Homily for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
- Deacon Bob’s Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B
- Deacon Bob’s Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2004
- Deacon Bob’s Homily for 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle Bob
- Deacon Bob’s Homily for the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2024
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Congratulations, Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
The Holy Father today has named Bishop Paul Coakley as Archbishop of Oklahoma City. Archbishop Coakley was the bishop of Salina, Kansas since 2004. Congratulations, Archbishop Coakley!
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Discrimination of Christians in Europe
Avvenire an Italian news source for the Catholic Church, is reporting that a 40 page document will be released tomorrow in Vienna, Austria during the Meeting on Freedom of Religion held by the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in … Continue reading
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Bravo! Archbishop Sartain
The new archbishop of Seattle is J. Peter Sartain, a fellow student at the North American College when I studied there in the late 1970s. Peter, as we knew him then, is someone I always remembered as a genuinely decent, … Continue reading
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Another Opportunity to Speak Out
This past week, the Illinois legislature passed Senate Bill 1716, in which it legalized civil unions and explicitly granted these unions the same status as marriage in state law. This is yet another opportunity for all Catholics, and indeed for … Continue reading
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Congratulations, Archdiocese of St. Louis and Diocese of Trenton
The archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri has a new auxiliary bishop today, Msgr. Edward Rice. He was appointed to replace retiring auxiliary Bishop Robert J. Hermann. Bishop John M. Smith’s retirement has been accepted by the Holy Father, and Bishop … Continue reading
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50 Million Christians are Persecuted
L’Avvenire reported yesterday that over 50 million Christians are victims of persecutions, discrimination and contempt. The number was furnished by a French intellectual, René Guitton, author of “Christian-phobia” at the beginning of 2010 Report on Religious Liberty in the World. He … Continue reading
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R.I.P.
The Italian Catholic newspaper, L’Avvenire reported two days ago that Manuela Camagni died after being struck by an automobile on the Via Nomentana in Rome. She survived the incident for a short while, but died in the hospital from a … Continue reading
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The Growing Presence of the Deacon
I ran across another excellent article today about deacons in the Catholic Church. Those of us who do parish ministry as deacons understand how so many of our parishioners think of us a “mini-priests” or laymen in special clothing acting … Continue reading
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The New President of the USCCB
Congratulations to Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York in being elected the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops today. He was elected over Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, who had been the vice-president the last few years. Archbishop … Continue reading
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Statement of Agreement Between the Pontifical Council for Interreligous Dialogue and the Center for Interreligious Dialogue of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization
From November 9-11 this year, in Teheran, Iran, scholars from the Vatican and the Islamic community met and examined the theme, “Religion and Society Today: Christian and Muslim Perspectives.” At the end of the meeting, they agreed on the following … Continue reading
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Evangelization via the Internet
Bishop Ronald Herzog of the diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana delivered a message to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops today. He is a member of the USCCB Communications Committee. The USCCB website quotes him in part as follows: “Although social … Continue reading
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An Eastern Rite Catholic Archbishop’s Argument for Married Priests
(I am posting on this, not because I am promoting married priests but because I found it an interesting argument made by an archbishop of the Melkite Rite who is in full communion with the Pope and as much Catholic … Continue reading
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The USCCB’s Upcoming Meeting
The bishops of the U.S. will be meeting soon for what I believe is an annual meeting. I was surprised this morning to open Papa Luciani’s book, Illustrissimi, and find that the page that surfaced was Luciani’s letter to the … Continue reading
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New Seminary for Cuba
Cuba’s president, Raul Castro, joined by Cuba’s bishops, representatives from the Vatican, the U.S., Italy and the Bahamas, inaugurated the San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary on November 3. This is the first major church-related construction since Fidel Castro’s revolution … Continue reading
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Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for November
Pope Benedict has made his prayer intention for this month known. He asks us to pray for all those afflicted by drug addiction. I posted about Blessed Matt Talbot a few days ago, suggesting a prayer for all those in … Continue reading
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