Full podcast episode on YouTube: Verso l’Alto Podcast.

This week, Bishop Wall and Fr. Burke Masters are joined by former MLB player Mike Sweeney on their latest podcast. Watch here:

With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of Father Joachim Blonski, on Saturday, October 25th, 2025. Fr. Blonski ended his earthly journey following complications from a heart attack that he suffered after Sunday Mass at his parish in September. He was 77 years old at the time of his death, having served as a priest in the Diocese of Gallup… Read more

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Announcement of the Death of Fr. Joachim Blonski (1948-2025)

He was 77 years old at the time of his death, having served as a priest in the Diocese of Gallup for nearly 33 years.

Bishop Wall has a new podcast with his good friend, Fr. Burke Masters (who also happens to be the chaplain for the Chicago Cubs). Each week, they’ll explore the Catholic Faith through Scripture, the saints, and the thrill of sports. You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or watch at the link below:

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Verso l'Alto

Welcome to Verso l'Alto, Faith on the Field Podcast. Join Fr. Burke Masters, priest of the Diocese of Joliet and chaplain to the Chicago Cubs and Bishop James Wall of the Diocese of Gallup, while they explore the Catholic Faith … Continue reading

“On the whole, as a nation, as a people, we appear to have abandoned God. And just as in nature, the spiritual realm abhors a vacuum. So, when God is rejected, other things – lesser things, created things, idolatrous things – take His place.”

Read the latest column from Bishop Wall:

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Run to Your Mother

“It falls to us, here and now, to be renewed in Christ and to assist our neighbor in doing the same.”

New podcast episode!

As a young man, Bishop Wall thought he would follow in his father’s footsteps: get married, have 6 kids, become a football coach. But God was calling him to something different.

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CC094: How To Discern Your Vocation

Bishop Wall offers advice on how to discern God’s will for your life.

Just this summer, parishioners at St. Teresa Parish in Grants were greeted with a new addition to the church – a beautiful new window depicting the Holy Family.

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“An Elevated Atmosphere of Beauty”: St. Teresa Parish Installs New Stained Glass Window

“The sanctuary of the church is our depiction of Heaven on earth. There should be a real elevated atmosphere of beauty there.”