Here at Archbishop Spalding you have the opportunity to develop your talents. It’s a place where they don’t just hand you a fish, they teach you how to fish. You are challenged, taught, and formed to develop your God-given talents and to put them to the test – in the classroom, in this auditorium, on...Read More

Paul tells us that when we look upon the Crucifix, we must undergo a profound change of mind and heart. Self-giving love isn’t merely a nice idea that we easily adopt. It requires of us resolve not to conform ourselves with this age – not to go along to get along,  but rather to transformed...Read More

At heart, Jesus accuses the scribes and Pharisees of insincerity and hypocrisy. They are using religion as a means of puffing themselves up, as a means of attaining authority, respect, and prosperity. In the process, they are perverting the understanding of the law – the Torah – which is not merely an interminable list of...Read More

As you recall, that reading pertains to the last leg of the Israelites’ journey out of Egypt, through the desert, and into the promised land, that land flowing with milk and honey. We see how once again God parted the waters so that the Ark of the Covenant, borne by the priests, could precede the...Read More

And all of us who are part of the family of the Knights of Columbus carry in our hearts the living memory of the founder of our beloved Order, the Venerable Servant of God, Father Michael J. McGivney. Etched in our hearts is the example of this devoted parish priest who poured out his life...Read More

I hope you’ll agree – it’s been a wonderful Convention. And it has been a special pleasure for us to be here in St. Louis, a city with such deep Catholic roots, a local church with a strong missionary spirit, an Archdiocese that is the Church’s ‘gateway to the West’.Read More

If the quality of our inner soil is poor, then we must take remedial action first and foremost by making good use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation by which weeds of sin, the thorns of daily cares, & the stones of hatred are removed. In this Sacrament we “give God permission” to remove from our...Read More

The Society of San Sulpice is blessed with a living charism and heritage well-suited for the times that are unfolding before us. Father Olier bequeathed to you and to the whole Church a beautiful vision of priestly formation & spirituality, as relevant today as it was then.Read More