Today the Church celebrates the Nativity of Saint John The Baptist. Knowing that the group from Anchorage would spend last night (Friday) flying from Anchorage to Dallas, and tonight (Saturday) flying from Dallas to Rome, I knew we would want to find a place to celebrate Mass on this Solemn Read more
Any bishop will tell you, days of ordaining new priests are about as good as it gets! I’m very grateful for the opportunity to ordain a new priest for the Archdiocese of Anchorage today. Congratulations, Rev. Robert Whitney! As if that were not good enough, in a few hours I Read more
Priesthood Ordination Homily, June 23, 2017: Solemnity Of The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus; Co-Cathedral, Anchorage Robert, to you and your family and friends, welcome! On behalf of this local Church, I express a profound sense of gratitude to your parents, Kerry & Randy, and family for the love and Read more
“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist.” With these words, St. Pope John Paul II began his last Encyclical on the Life of the Eucharist in Relationship to the Church. This simple statement has so many implications for our lives. To fully understand this teaching, we must begin with Read more
Monday of this Week, I arrived in Indianapolis for the June 2017 Meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. I was pleased that a good percentage of our time together was spent discussing pastoral issues of concern to many of our people across the United States. Another highlight was Read more
The First Annual Archbishop’s Golf Tournament is in the books! Wednesday, over 80 golfers turned out in support of funding and Endowment for Seminary Education. The tournament is one of two events in which the Archdiocese of Anchorage will try to raise a minimum level of funds to qualify for Read more
In a recent conversation with a brother bishop, he said that just before Easter, someone fires a gun, and we (bishops) are on a mad dash from then until the end of June with all of the activities that fill the calendar this time of year. That is a very Read more
Last night, I had the great blessing of presiding at Evening Prayer at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Cheyenne. We prayed as Church, not only at the close of this Easter Season on the evening of Pentecost, but most especially for their new bishop, Steven Biegler, who will be ordained and Read more
During the month of June, we will conclude another Easter Season with the celebration of Pentecost, followed by some major Solemnities: Holy Trinity, Corpus Christi (The Body & Blood of The Lord); the Sacred Heart of Jesus, The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, and Saints Peter & Paul. That Read more
The Easter Season is drawing near its completion with the celebration of Pentecost just two weeks away (Sunday, June 4). Pentecost Sunday is typically dedicated as World Communication Day, thus linking it to the great commission of Jesus to the Apostles: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good Read more