My dear friends, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! As we celebrate another Thanksgiving, I want to bring to you my best wishes and blessings for a very happy …

This week, I have been in Baltimore, Maryland, for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual General Assembly. On Saturday and Sunday, I participated in two committee meetings. I am …

  National Vocation Awareness Week is an annual celebration to promote vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life. The focus of this initiative is the fostering of vocations through prayer, …

    Mental Health Awareness The month of October, which just ended yesterday with the celebration of Halloween, reminds us also of a serious crisis affecting millions of people in …

  On October 21, 2019, I published my first Building Faith blog entry. The blog began as a recommendation from the Rebuilding in Faith and Hope initiative and continues to …

Annual Red Mass Celebration The Church has a long history of offering a Mass to invoke divine guidance and strength on those who work in the areas of law and …

Rooted in Peace Monday night, I participated in the 48th Rosary Procession and Mass for Peace in Fall River. We were blessed to have among us some people who attended …

Synod: Universal Phase The General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality begins in Rome today, following a two-year process that started in September 2021 when the Vatican released a preparatory …

Journeying Together Last Friday, on what was the 7th anniversary of my installation as Bishop of Fall River, I released a new Pastoral Letter, “Journeying Together: With Jesus on the …

  This year let us make Christmas not just the celebration of an event that happened long ago and far away. Let us make it real for us now. Let …