I am happy to join with you and with our new Supreme Knight as he conducts his first State Deputies Meeting. I have known and worked with our new Supreme Knight for many years and I am grateful for the fidelity, vision, and energy he brings to his new and demanding responsibilities.Read More

‘It’s been said many times, many ways’ that the pandemic has disrupted our lives, and has changed forever how we live and work.Read More

If we wholeheartedly believe that, at every Mass, we truly partake in the Lord’s sacrifice of love on Calvary, share in the victory of his Resurrection, and consume his true Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity … then the Eucharist moves from the periphery of our life to the center.Read More

Quisiera aprovechar la oportunidad para expresarles mi más sincero agradecimiento a ustedes, los fieles, por su constante perseverancia frente a los muchos y muy singulares desafíos que esta pandemia ha planteado en nuestras vidas. La paciencia duradera y la flexibilidad de los fieles mientras navegamos estos tiempos sin precedentes han sido invaluables para ayudarnos en...Read More

John Carroll knew that his new diocese would need a spiritual center, a cathedral, and so he invited his people to contribute what they could to its design and construction.Read More

It’s been far too long since I have joined you here at St. Andrew’s for Sunday Mass, so I am especially happy to be with you today, and to join with you in thanking Fr. Andrew De Fusco for his leadership of your parish family.Read More

In these days when the Church ministers in an increasingly secular and hostile world, we do well to attend to the activity of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in our Church.Read More

Over these past few days, I have had the joy and privilege of visiting with you, dear brothers, and with your wives, as we prepared for this Ordination.Read More