I am delighted – even after all these months – officially to install Father John Martinez as Pastor here at St. Francis de Sales and at Prince of Peace, and to do so on this Solemnity of Christ the KingRead More

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that your travels were safe and pleasant.Read More

Charles Borromeo proved himself a truly good shepherd who used every moment of his relatively short life to revitalize the Church at Milan.Read More

Today’s Gospel parable is about what we do “in the meantime” – on ordinary days, in between the important events in our lives … let’s review it.Read More

In his book, The Grammer of Assent, St. John Henry Newman speaks about “the apostolate of personal influence” as a way of spreading the Gospel.Read More

Pope Francis often says that ours is a God of surprises … but if we imagine failure to be inevitable, we make it harder for God to sneak up on us.Read More

Our investiture weekend takes place against the backdrop of the heartbreaking violence and terrorism in the Holy Land. We mourn for those who lost their lives and for those held hostage, and with Pope Francis and the Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pizzaballa, we have observed a day of prayer for peace in the Middle East.Read More

It is a pleasure to be with all of you this morning here at the Church of the Nativity for our annual Pastoral Staff Day.Read More