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

Anniversaries are important to married couples, to priests and religious, to dioceses, and indeed to parish families like St. Ann’s, and I am delighted to take part in your 150th anniversary.Read More

Gathered in convocation, as we renew the promises made on ordination day, let us take heart from faith of those who have gone before us, let us find our joy in the Person of Christ whose heralds we are, and then let us engage those around us with gentle but persistent persuasion, not so much...Read More