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A Rosa Moment

The Catholic Review My earliest days of priesthood found me assigned (very happily) to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. For almost five years, I served as civilian chaplain to the cadets, military families and support troops there. Most Holy Trinity Chapel and the adjoining rectory are beautifully located on a bluff overlooking a […]

A Rosa moment

My earliest days of priesthood found me assigned – very happily – to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. For almost five years, I served as civilian chaplain to the cadets, military families and support troops there.

Commencement

  It would be a privilege on any Spring day to be invited to deliver the commencement address at this historic and prestigious university. How especially significant the honor to do so for Mt. St. Mary’s Bicentennial Class, and on Pentecost Sunday and Mother’s Day. I am grateful to President Thomas Powell and to the […]

Diaconate

  Friends and brothers in Christ, Gonzalo, Marc, Hector and Edward, you have come to this Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to receive the Church’s call to serve. Each of you will be empowered by God’s grace to pattern your life after the example of Christ, the servant – diaconos. While […]

Once Upon a Sweatshirt

The Catholic Review A sweatshirt was generously given to me some months ago by a well-meaning individual during one of my parish visits with a logo on the front that reads: The Cardinal Ratzinger Fan Club: Putting the Crackdown on Heresy since 1981 Now that the former Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, has had […]

Historical Stone Chapel offers a holy, spiritually enriching atmosphere

Brimming with history, the Stone Chapel at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, has welcomed worshipers since 1866. Once a mission of St. Ignatius in Hickory, this quaint and authentic stone structure served area Catholics for 98 years before St. Francis de Sales became a parish in 1964. In 1992, with more than 3,500 parishioners, St. Francis de Sales observed the community’s 125th anniversary and opened the doors to a new house of worship.

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