Over the past 150 years this school has yielded tremendous fruit in the women who are proud to call NDP their alma mater.

Over the past 150 years this school has yielded tremendous fruit in the women who are proud to call NDP their alma mater.

So as we take to heart today’s Scripture readings and rejoice and give thanks to bless and dedicate the Visitor’s Center and Museum, let us resolve that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton become better known, that the way she lived the vocation of marriage and family and religious life be a model for married couples and to all those in consecrated life, as also those of us who are bishops and priests.

These are women and men who have encountered the Lord and who have committed themselves to advancing the mission of the Church, especially the mission of bringing the Good News of Salvation to young and old alike, to peers and co-workers, to the unchurched, the perplexed, the poor and vulnerable.

National Migration Week – created by the Holy See a century ago and observed this year by Catholics across the globe from Sept. 18 to 24 – presents the opportunity to reflect on the challenges and contributions of our brothers and sisters who find themselves as migrants or refugees.

La Semana Nacional de la Migración, creada por la Santa Sede hace un siglo y observada este año por católicos de todo el mundo del 18 al 24 de septiembre, nos presenta la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre los desafíos y contribuciones de nuestros hermanos y hermanas que se encuentran como migrantes o refugiados.

La primavera pasada, la Asamblea General de Maryland aprobó una nueva ley que permite a las víctimas de abuso sexual infantil presentar demandas civiles independientemente de cuánto tiempo haya transcurrido desde que ocurrió el abuso. Esta legislación tiene el potencial de tener consecuencias financieras devastadoras, no sólo para todos los sistemas de escuelas públicas del estado de Maryland sino también para muchas otras instituciones y organizaciones, incluidos los ministerios de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore.

All around us are the fonts of mercy – the confessional, the altar, ministries of mercy.

So just as these widows reflect the light of Christ, so too may we, as individuals and as a church community, reflect ever more brightly, the glory of God shining on the face of Christ, to the glory of God’s Name and for the salvation of souls.

Just as my Mom taught me the value of correction, so too does Mother Church teach us the value and importance of correction – the correction to which each of us, myself included, must submit ourselves, but also the fraternal correction which should be practiced in the Church’s life.

We pray that Mom is reunited with Dad and Frankie and her parents and loved ones, but most of all that she beholds her Vindicator face to face in the halls of heaven.

As the spiritual leader of this Archdiocese, it is incumbent upon me to meet the needs both for healing for those who have suffered tremendous harm by the actions of some ministers of the church, as well as the needs of those who currently rely upon the Church’s ministries.

The work of formation is ongoing and demanding, yet it is always an adventure of grace.
