Hope in the Lord — “New Day” for Catholic education
byI greatly enjoyed yesterday’s Salute dinner, which benefitted the Catholic Education Foundation and which honored exemplary Catholic school grads of the past. This was…
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Hope in the Lord — Lent, a formation of the heart
byOn this year’s Mardi Gras, the eve of Ash Wednesday, most of us were snowed-in, and I had time to create my Lenten budget….
Hope in the Lord — Seek the forgotten and find the heart of Christ
byLast week, I attended the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington, D.C. and delivered the closing homily on Tuesday, February 10, the memorial of…
Hope in the Lord — Forty-two years of standing up for life
byLast week, I was in Washington, D.C., for another January March for Life! My public action on this issue began 42 years ago in…
Hope in the Lord — The Immaculate Conception, the protection of human dignity
byThis Dec. 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, marked my 15th anniversary as a bishop. I love that I was ordained for service…
Hope in the Lord — Address to U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
byHere are excerpts from my presidential address to the fall assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Click here for the full…
Hope in the Lord — Families and persons with a disability
byMy good friend growing up, Ed Leahy, asked me to give the keynote talk at the 13th Conference on Disability at the University of…
Hope in the Lord — Love is our mission: the family fully alive
byBy the time you read this column, I will be in the middle of the first week of the Extraordinary Synod in Rome. I…
Hope in the Lord — A masterpiece of God’s creation
byYou can imagine how thrilled I was to see the front cover of the folder created for this year’s Respect Life Program, held every…
Hope in the Lord — Pray as synod on family nears
byIt has been a long-standing custom for the president, vice-president and general secretary of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference to journey to Rome in October…