The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston has received word that our former Bishop, Michael Bransfield, passed away peacefully today. As it is the tradition in our Church to pray for the dead as well as for the [...]
https://youtu.be/FeNGWW35Kho WHEELING—The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Most Reverend Mark E. Brennan from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and has appointed as Bishop of [...]
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As we celebrate our 175th year as a diocese, we also celebrate 175 years of putting our faith into action as a united Church. In a recent homily on Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, [...]
The first bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling, Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan, was a shining example of how to guard your faith, just as St. Paul wrote to his friend Timothy (2 Timothy 1:6-8, [...]
Master carpenter Ray Smith, a member of St. James the Greater in Charles Town, is painstakingly securing the foundation, tediously inspecting trusses, and stabilizing the St. Joseph side of the sanctuary of the historic [...]
Faith and history are still celebrated in Sweet Springs. Each summer on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, faithful Catholics and visitors of Monroe County get together to honor Mary, local history, and [...]
Bishop Thomas J. McDonnell had a deep devotion to the Rosary and like the leader of the national Family Rosary Crusade of the 1940s, Fr. Patrick Peyton CSC, McDonnell believed wholeheartedly in the Peyton’s [...]
For the Catholic faithful of Wheeling, Mount Calvary Cemetery is far more than hallowed ground—it is a visual and reverent testament to generations who lived, served, suffered, and hoped in Christ. Before the Diocese [...]
Resurrection Chapel Mausoleum at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling was the first community mausoleum in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. On Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, the diocese celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the dedication of [...]