It has been on my mind for some time that our culture desperately needs heroes of fidelity. When I journeyed on Sunday, Aug. 22,…
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On Saturday, Aug. 14, I purchased a beautiful painting of a priest recently declared venerable by Pope Francis. The painting, created by a local…
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What a joy it was to join our Catholic charismatic prayer group for their Saturday morning holy hour of prayer recently. A special thanks…
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Two weeks ago, the priests of the Archdiocese gathered along with our seminarians for our annual presbyteral assembly at Saint Meinrad Seminary. We traditionally…
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With my mind filled with ideas on the eventual ending of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the return to the holy Eucharist,…
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The Monday before the Kentucky Derby traditionally features the annual banquet sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Bishop Spalding Council. It is always an…
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When Joseph E. Kurtz first became a bishop in 1999, he chose for his episcopal motto “Hope in the Lord,” a phrase from Psalm…
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One of the startling highlights of the Easter Vigil Mass is that movement from darkness into light. Just as the Book of Genesis describes…
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Back in February at the Priests’ Council meeting, I invited a conversation about fruitful ways that we as a church can return to full…
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A few weeks ago, I visited Sister Visitor choice pantry at 23rd and Market Street. The Sister Visitor Center has been there since the…
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