Annual Catholic Appeal The Annual Catholic appeal will officially begin on May 3, 2023. I wish to share with you in today’s blog my thoughts on this year’s theme and share with you the introductory video beautifully produced by the Catholic Foundation. The theme of our 82nd
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During the Tuesday of Holy Week, our diocese celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral. This celebration brings together priests, deacons, and laypeople from across the diocese with a focus on blessing the holy oils to be used for the administering of sacraments throughout
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“Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” (Romans 5:5) As every dark night is followed by a new day and as calm follows the storm, so there
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Installation of Lectors Seminarian Lucas da Costa, currently in the second theology class at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, was installed as Lector, along with his classmates, on Sunday, March 26. What an honor to be invited to celebrate the Mass at the Seminary and install
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Annunciation of the Lord Exactly nine months before we celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, we celebrate the Annunciation of the Lord on March 25th. Luke’s Gospel gives an account of the Angel Gabriel’s visit to the Blessed Virgin Mary to announce the Good News, “the
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Women and Men’s Conference Recap Being at the Conference Saturday with so many men and women from our Diocese renewed a great sense of hope in me. We had been praying for this day, not only for the event to come together, as it did so
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