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Promoting New Evangelization
I’m spending this week at the Vatican for the first-ever meeting of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. I’m honored that the Holy Father has appointed me to this new and vital...
View ArticleReflections on a Radiant Apostolate
Couple of weeks ago I was at a gala for Incarnation Children’s Center, an acclaimed residence, under Catholic Charities, in Washington Heights, which offers tender care, healing, and holistic...
View ArticleMission Territories
As you are probably aware, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is going through a very rough time. Those good people, our family members in the “Household of the Faith,” and their brave archbishop,...
View ArticleRenewing Our Faith by Old Habits
Here I am in Rome all month for the Synod on the New Evangelization. I miss all of you already – - but my next bowl of Spaghetti alla Carbonara will snap me out of it. How do we renew, restore,...
View ArticleSynod Intervention
This morning I delivered my remarks at the Synod for the New Evangelization. I would like to share a copy of my text with you. AMDG...
View ArticleParish Missions
October 15, 2012 Feast of Saint Teresa of Jesus Year of Faith One of the points made over-and-over again here at the Synod in Rome is that the parish is on the front lines of the New Evangelization! We...
View ArticleNew York Catholic Spiritual Family
I’ve pretty much been praying the same morning offering since my first Holy Communion. Every once in a while, I’ll make a change or addition to my memorized prayer … and that happened this very day at...
View ArticleSacrament of Penance
Today I delivered my remarks to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, Maryland. I would like to share a copy of my text with you. My brother bishops, Yes, we have “a lot on our...
View ArticleA Call to Counter Cultural Witness
Sad . . . worrisome . . . but hardly surprising. That’s how I answered another concerned person who asked my sentiments about Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing the redefinition of marriage....
View ArticleRebuild My Church
Good morning! Buon Giorno! Happy Columbus Day! Welcome to this ritual of blessing our newly repaired and restored doors here at our city’s, our nation’s, spiritual gem, America’s parish church, our...
View ArticleMichael Garvey on What Being Catholic Is All About
Recently I came across one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time on what it really means to be a Catholic by Michael Garvey of Notre Dame University. He writes that the Church is, “a...
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Serving Young Adult Catholics in New York
You might remember how, about four-and-a-half years ago, Bishop Dennis Sullivan, then our auxiliary bishop, now the chief shepherd in the diocese of Camden, began what I call the antipasto for our...
View ArticleStanding Up for Persecuted Christians in the Middle East
Recently I read this moving piece on the plight of Christians in the Middle East. It is our duty to stand up for them as is eloquently outlined by Johnnie Moore, author and Professor of Religion and...
View ArticleUpdate from Rome: Preaching the Truth with Love
This comes from Rome, where the sun is shining brightly, the sky is deep blue, the breeze is warm, the wine flows, and the pasta is al dente… and you are jealous! It has been a full week. Last...
View ArticleA “Used-to-be” Lent
This time of the year, these forty days of preparation for Holy Week and Easter, I often hear folks over fifty-five or so reminisce about how Lent“used-to-be.”“Remember the tuna casseroles and grilled...
View ArticleA Mission Church
This comes to you from Alaska! I joked at Mass last Sunday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral that I was going to a place with a milder winter climate than New York City! The Archbishop of Anchorage, Roger...
View ArticlePastoral Planning Since Pentecost
The readings from God’s Holy Word in the Bible during this bright Easter season are most enlightening and encouraging. A facet I enjoy a lot, especially evident in our selections at Mass, and in the...
View ArticleThe Best is Yet to Come
Thanks for your patience, understanding, and support this week after the tough announcements of parish mergers a week ago. Thanks, too, for the good questions, and even the criticisms, at least those...
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