I’m delighted to return to your parish on this wonderful feast of Pentecost to install Father Ako Trevor Walker as your new pastor.Read More

In the Sacrament of Confirmation, I will call down the fullness of the Holy Spirit upon those of you who are being confirmed.Read More

I cannot conclude these reflections without thanking you with all my heart – thanking your wonderful pastor, Father Literal, and his team of co-workers, thank school leadership and the lay leadership of the parish – together with so many good-hearted and talented volunteers – not merely for what you give to this parish but for...Read More

This morning I have the joy and privilege of ordaining nine men as deacons, nine men in priestly formation who, God willing, will be ordained priests next year.Read More

This much we know is true: in every age, in every place, God calls fourth women and men through whom he desires to make himself known.Read More

As you go forth, allow me to commend you to the prayers of Bl. Michael McGivney, the parish priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, the patron of the Order.Read More

And once the peace of Christ enters our hearts, our lives change. We may stumble and fall, even repeatedly, but God’s grace will be at work in us, patiently mending our hearts, replacing vice with virtue, making us luminous with love.Read More

And once the peace of Christ enters our hearts, our lives change. We may stumble and fall, even repeatedly, but God’s grace will be at work in us, patiently mending our hearts, replacing vice with virtue, making us luminous with love.Read More