Catholic Cowboy Way

Finding Peace and Purpose on the Bronc Called Life

By Fr. Bryce Lungren

In the west the cowboy way is a code of living. It is a mode of determination and perseverance that won't quit until the job is done. It is also a lighthearted way of having fun even through life's ups and downs.

The Catholic Cowboy Way takes these same virtues and incorporates them into our walk with Christ. Following Jesus takes grit. By going all in with Him, Jesus teaches us how to fulfill the Father's will with passion and zeal. By learning from our Lord, we can also develop a childlike heart that can find peace and joy in the midst of the craziness of life in the twenty-first century.

Incorporating two thousand years of Christian Tradition, The Catholic Cowboy Way seeks to help cowboys practice the Catholic Faith and Catholics discover their inner cowboy. Catholicism is about being fully human. The rawness and realness of the cowboy way can help Catholics discover God in depths never imaginable. The Catholic Faith can help cowboys complete their ultimate quest for Heaven on earth.

The world needs more Catholic Cowboys. If you're interested in fully becoming the person God created you to be, then saddle up. The Catholic Cowboy Way is an adventure of a lifetime!

About the Author:

Fr. Bryce Lungren was blessed to grow up in a family with deep Wyoming roots. After graduating from high school in Worland, Wyoming, in 1998, he moved to Montana, where he worked in the world and grew in his Catholic Faith.

In 2008, he entered the seminary, earning a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy at Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon, and a Master of Divinity and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cheyenne on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 2018 and is the associate pastor of St. Matthew's Catholic Church and surrounding missions in Gillette, Wyoming.