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The Catholic Review A Wake Up Call, Part 1     Awake Yet? Meeting the spiritual needs of the Catholic people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore In the face of an aging and dwindling presbyterate was the challenge I laid before you in last week’s column. To recap: 72 of our 153 active duty priests will become eligible […]

The Catholic Review My Dear People of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Last week, our priests gathered over three days to pray and to discuss issues of common concern facing the presbyterate, our parishes and the Church in Baltimore. The issue that loomed largest in our conversations was that of the shortage of priests—both today and […]

The Catholic Review Last week, I had the privilege and honor of preaching the homily at the Mass to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Parish of the Most Holy Trinity in Augusta, Georgia.   Though I had ties to the community dating back to the 1970s, I was asked to preach […]