Since I was a small child, prayer has been at the heart of how I was raised. We learn so much from the environment of the homes and families who raise us, and faith and prayer were a part of that heritage for me. Central to that spirituality in our Read more
I would like to give you an update on few exciting initiatives presently underway and ask for your prayers. Yesterday, the Church celebrated the feast of St. Mary Magdalene. She is a great example of what the Lord does in every human life, leading us from former ways of brokenness Read more
This July has been busier than usual, with many good things happening, and more to come. In a coming post, I would like to share a few things with you to ask for your prayers and encourage you to keep looking for more information. Presently I am in Maryland in Read more
Last April (2022) one of my brothers started keeping honey bees. If memory serves me correctly, he began with six hives (colonies). Last summer he harvested about five and a half gallons of honey. Today, his apiary now has sixteen hives and we harvested a little over 200 pounds of Read more
There are few things more joyful than an Ordination celebration, and today proved to be particularly life-giving as we ordained two new priests for the Archdiocese of Seattle. St. James Cathedral was filled with family and friends of our ordinands along with many of our Archdiocesan and visiting priests and Read more
For the past few years it has become increasingly difficult to make pastoral assignments for priests and other pastoral leaders. I am very grateful to the personnel board members who work so diligently and prayerfully to help make these assignments with as much sensitivity as possible to the needs of Read more
This afternoon the Archdiocese of Seattle along with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe issued a joint news release. The release also carries a joint letter from my self along with Archbishop Wester of Santa Fe and the Bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki urging the G7 leaders to take action for peace Read more
After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconic and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary for us to undergo Read more
For those of you who live in the State of Washington, this is a call to action. I heard an elected official recently said: “If the state is the body, the church is the soul.” That sums up well the desire of people of faith to work with the state, Read more
Homily begins at 1:47:00 in the video below, and you can read the homily below the video. Happy Easter! As our Liturgy tonight suggests, there is something new and unheard of that happened in the resurrection of Jesus. As his earthly ministry was a fulfillment of all that Read more