Most Rev. Roger J. Foys, D.D.

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A message from Bishop Foys

November 2019

My dear Friends,

National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 3–9, is an annual weeklong celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and encouragement for those who are discerning one of these particular vocations.

Now, perhaps more than ever in our history in the United States, we are in need of good, holy, dedicated and committed priests, deacons and consecrated men and women. The vocations are there — God still calls — but there are so many voices contrary to the Lord’s that sometimes His voice is not heard.

One of my greatest privileges as your Bishop for the past 17 years has been to ordain men to the priesthood and diaconate and to send them forth to do God’s work throughout our Diocese and to minister to our faithful. The Lord promised that He will provide shepherds and we rely on His word (cf. Jer 3:15) But, we must also do our part by praying for vocations and encouraging those we think might be called to listen to and answer the Lord’s call.

During this National Vocations Awareness Week I ask that you pray for vocations to priesthood, to diaconate, to consecrated life. Pray that those who are being called will have the courage to answer that call, to accept that challenge, to give their lives freely to the Lord, to His Church and to His people.

May God bless you and those you love!

Yours devotedly in the Lord,

Most Rev. Roger J. Foys, D.D.
Bishop of Covington

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Letter from Bishop Foys to Covington Catholic High School families

11 February 2019

My dear Covington Catholic High School Parents,

I am pleased to inform you that my hope and expectation expressed in my letter to you of 25 January that the results of our inquiry into the events of 18 January at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. would “exonerate our students so that they can move forward with their lives” has been realized. Our inquiry, conducted by a third party firm that has no connection with Covington Catholic High School or the Diocese of Covington, has demonstrated that our students did not instigate the incident that occurred at the Lincoln Memorial.

In these past several weeks since the original video went viral two well-worn and oft-used adages have come to mind: Seeing is believing and Perception is reality. The immediate world-wide reaction to the initial video led almost everyone to believe that our students had initiated the incident and the perception of those few minutes of video became reality.

In truth, taking everything into account, our students were placed in a situation that was at once bizarre and even threatening. Their reaction to the situation was, given the circumstances, expected and one might even say laudatory. These students had come to Washington, D.C. to support life. They marched peacefully with hundreds of thousands of others – young and old and in-between – to further the cause of life. These young high school students could never have expected what they experienced on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial while waiting for the busses to take them home. Their stance there was surely a pro-life stance. I commend them.

I thank our students and their parents for their patience while the inquiry we ordered was completed. The final investigative report is available at www.covdio.org. Once again I affirm my complete trust and confidence in our Principal of Covington Catholic, Mr. Robert Rowe. Under his guidance these past 11 years great strides have been made at CovCath in every area from curriculum to Catholic identity. He joins me in the sentiments expressed in this letter. I also affirm my confidence in our CovCath students. As for the future, we trust in God and in the spirit of CovCath, a spirit that will not die!

Yours devotedly in the Lord,
Most Reverend Roger J. Foys, D.D.
Bishop of Covington

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