A blessed Holy Week, dear readers, to you and those you love. This week, the holiest of the liturgical year and the period in which our Lenten journey culminates with the dramatic death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, appropriately began for me and for many young Catholics in our archdiocese with a pilgrimage through the...Read More

Healing, Hope, and Joy Well, here we are again, gathered together as the Archdiocesan family of faith. Gracing us with their presence are my brother priests and many priests who serve so generously in parishes and other ministries in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Dear brother priests, how much all of us want to thank you...Read More

Introduction I have a confession to make: I have a terrible sense of direction. Once, when I was in Rome, I decided to run a few errands and while I was at it I’d visit a few beautiful old churches I had wanted to see. Even though I had been in Rome many times, I...Read More

Introduction Dear friends, All day long we have been walking in truth. You who are parishioners at St. Casimir’s may have spent the day going about your weekend errands, dipping into the “job jar”, or engaging in a bit of March madness. Whatever you’ve done today, you’ve done as a disciple of Lord. With the...Read More

Introduction First, let me say what a joy it is to be here at St. Joseph’s to celebrate Mass in Spanish with all of you. I ask your pardon for my accent! I’m working on it! What I cannot say well in words, I say with a pastor’s heart: the growth and vitality of the...Read More

Earlier this week, I was at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal with the Knights of Columbus. I learned about the Fatima apparitions when I was a child. The story of Our Lady’s appearance to three Portuguese children, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco, and the three Fatima secrets captured my imagination, so much...Read More

Introduction I hope you agree this has been a great day! Let me join you in thanking all those who organized this day. Most of them have already returned to their parishes, but let’s thank the priests who so generously served as Confessors. I am also grateful to our speakers, who really opened our hearts...Read More

Introduction I am delighted to be with all of you at this Mass and for the dinner that follows in support of such a worthy cause and in memory of a wonderful priest, Father Frank McGauley. I stand before you with gratitude and admiration for all the good work that you do in providing clean...Read More