3rd Sunday of Easter St. Carlos Acutis Camping Retreat O’Dwyer Retreat House April 18, 2026   First, let me say how happy I am to be with all of you this afternoon. This retreat has gotten a lot bigger – there are 168 young people on this retreat and 145 leaders and family members. We...Read More

The recent public exchanges involving the President of the United States and Pope Leo XIV have been a source of concern for many of the faithful.  While moments of disagreement between leaders are not new, the manner in which we speak about one another – especially across such significant offices – matters greatly.Read More

We gather this evening in solidarity with Pope Leo XIV to pray for peace. Whenever armed conflict erupts, as we see now in the Middle East, a cacophony of voices rises – some in support, others in protest.Read More

Sometimes we feel close to God. We experience consolation and joy in his presence. It might be a moment of quiet prayer. Or a particularly devout reception of Holy Communion. Or the joy of being forgiven in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In such moments, we are like the Apostles who were overjoyed to see the...Read More

Even amid the world’s confusion and mischance, the Risen Lord and the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead are at work in minds and hearts, across the world and in this Archdiocese. There is an extraordinary increase of those who entered the Church this year.Read More

This night is unlike any other night in the Church’s liturgical year. For tonight we celebrate the entire arc of salvation history, from the creation of the world, to the deliverance of the Chosen People from slavery to freedom, to the prophets who foretold the coming of the Christ.Read More

An African American spiritual asks, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” What if we had been there – at Golgotha? What would we have seen? Surely, Jesus crucified summing up in his body our tormented existence.Read More

On Palm Sunday, following the lead of Pope Benedict XVI, I reflected on the extravagance of God’s love in creating and redeeming us. The God who is love expended himself in calling us into being and in saving us from our sins.Read More