Office of Communications & Media

Mission Statement

The Office of Communications and Media exists to harness new and traditional media arts to inform and evangelize the people of Eastern Washington about Jesus Christ and his Church in accord with the mission of the Diocese of Spokane.  

The Office of Communications and Media manages and oversees Diocesan websites, social media platforms, journalism, email newsletters, photography and video production. 

🔥 Dante's Inferno with Sr. Christiana Marie of the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church, drops tonight on YouTube. Get ready!! 🔥
🔥🔥🔥"Dante's Inferno" interviews drop next week for National Vocations Week. Get Ready.🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations to our seminarian Sean Crepin on being admitted as a Candidate for Holy Orders at Mt. Angel Mount Angel Abbey & Seminary! Fr. Ratuiste was present for the Mass, with Archbishop Sample of Portland as the main celebrant.
Happy Feast of St. John Paul the Great! Photo: Father James Peak (Pastor, Pend Oreille County Parishes) greets St. John Paul II at the Vatican. (📷: L'Osservatore Romano)
Seminarians at our local Bishop White Seminary (@bishopwhitesem) celebrated the Welcome Mass on Sunday, welcoming them all to a new year of seminary formation. Please pray for all the men from our diocese and others who are in formation at the semina
Congrats to seminarians Joshua Haxton and Colby Ricahrds, who received their Addmitance to Candidacy a few weeks ago at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, CA. Candidacy is a formal and public declaration of the man's intention to advance toward or
It's October, and that means it's Respect Life Month in the Catholic Church. We kicked off the month with our annual Memorial for the Pre-Born on Saturday, which was hosted at St. Mary in Spokane Valley. Thank you for all who came to adore our Lord i
Yesterday, our very own Sr. Mary Tracy, SNJM, celebrated her golden jubilee at Mass, renewing her vows and marking 50 years of consecrated life with the Sisters of the Holy Names! Sister serves as our director of the Catholic Foundation of Eastern Wa
🎃 October is tomorrow! Here are some events happening around the diocese in October! All of these and more can be found online at dioceseofspokane.org, link in bio.
🎉 Happy Ordination Anniversary, Father Patrick Baraza! We are grateful for your "yes" in answering Jesus' call to the holy priesthood. He was ordained on 9/25/1982
On this day, 69 years ago Bishop Charles White passed away. Bishop White was the second bishop of Spokane and lead the diocese from February 24, 1927 to September 25, 1955. He was known for his strong support of Catholic education and our local col
The Ordinary Time 2024 issue of Inland Catholic on Catholic Education is arriving to parishes and mailboxes this week! Make sure to snag a copy at your local parish church!

Contact Us

  • Grant Whitty

    Director of Communications & Media

    (509) 358-7344