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...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I write today from sunny San Diego, where the bishops of the U.S. are gathering for a triennial retreat. Almost without exception, every bishop that I have encountered has spoken about his...