During the past two years or more planning began to address the many changes at work in the Archdiocese of Seattle. We call this planning Partners in the Gospel. In February, we announced the new parish families which will take effect on July 1 of this year. This past weekend, Read more…
Tonight the People of God gathered in the Cathedral of St. James in Seattle to celebrate the Chrism Mass. We had a great gathering of priests along with a full representation of the People of God. Below are both the homily in print, and the video from the Mass. The Read more…
Whoever answers before listening, theirs is folly and shame. (Proverbs 18:13) Know this my dear brothers and sisters, everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, (James 1:19) There are key elements to our efforts to renew the Church. I am more and more convinced, by my own experience, Read more…
The North American Continent Delegation has begun our preparations for this October’s Synod on Synodality. All of us came together Monday for the purposes of meeting one another. Most of the US Delegation gathered at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago, and all delegates from Canada the other US delegates were 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…
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…
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…
You can read the homily below, or listen to the homily in the video which starts at the 37:50 mark. The Chrism Mass is always a gathering of the local Church family, with all the priests and representatives of the faithful from every parish to receive the oils that Read more…
On Wednesday this past week, approximately 1,000 pastoral leaders gathered in Tacoma for a day of prayer and instruction in preparation for the public launch this weekend of Partners in the Gospel – a Pastoral – Strategic Planning initiative to help us re-envision and restructure the Archdiocese of Seattle. It Read more…
Happy Easter! I pray you experience the grace of new life that is ours in the Risen Christ! Please be assured of my deep gratitude to all our priests, deacons and liturgical ministers, choirs and volunteers who helped with all the liturgies during this Holy Week. I pray the celebration Read more…