Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, While summer is known for vacations, warmer temperatures and – in Minnesota – road construction, it also can be an opportunity to encounter Christ in new ways. This is especially true for...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I apologize that this Monday’s Weekly Word is arriving a little late. I spent the day in Pittsburgh at the installation of Bishop Mark Eckman as the 13th bishop of my home diocese. It was a...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Going way back to my days as an elementary school student, I would always get a little melancholic on the last day of June. I would wait the whole school year for summer to come, and the last...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Today, I am off to St. Mary’s University in Winona for the Archdiocesan Presbyteral Assembly. Every other year, the priests in the Archdiocese gather for four days of prayer, learning and...