Edward J Friel, Sr Memorial – 2024

Fr. Bryce Lungren was blessed to grow up in a family with deep Wyoming roots. After graduating high school in Worland, WY in 1998, he moved to Montana where he worked in the world and grew in his Catholic faith. In 2008 he entered seminary, earning a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy at Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, OR, followed by a Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Sacred Theology at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, CO. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cheyenne on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 2018, and is currently the Associate Pastor of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church and surrounding missions in Gillette, WY. Fr. Bryce is also the Author of The Catholic Cowboy Way.

Ken Johnston and his wife of 34 years, Susan, have 4 children and two grandchildren. Ken has been a member of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Glenside, PA since 1988. To make ends meet Ken had worked in the IT field for 40 years before serving full-time in addiction ministry.  He is past-President and current Board Member of The Calix Society, an international organization for Catholics in recovery from addiction, after bringing Calix to Philadelphia in 2007. He has been active in the retreat movement at Malvern Retreat House, in Malvern, PA for 30 years.  For the last ten years, he has served as the Captain of his annual weekend.   Most recently, he became Executive Director of Our House Ministries founded by Fr. Douglas McKay after serving as Chairman.

Fr. McKay is a nationally-recognized retreat director, author and evangelist. He became a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1982, and later founded Our House Ministries, a recovery-based ministry group located in Grays Ferry, Philadelphia. The Ministry is dedicated to helping those who are dependent on alcohol or drugs, who are depressed, or who have turned to crime. He has previously served as Chaplain for Holy Family Home and worked with Little Sisters of the Poor. Fr. McKay was awarded the St. Rita Peace Award in 2015.