Ordination and First Mass Photos

Many people have been asking me about photos from my Ordination and especially my first Solemn Mass. I am very happy to announce that they are now available at the following links. I am particularly indebted to Mrs. Anastassia Cassady, whose photographs are truly works of art. You can learn more about her here: http://photographybyanastassia.webs.com/. Thanks also to […]

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Suffering Persecution with Love: A response to the Supreme Court decision on “same-sex marriage”

Homily for the XIV Sunday Through the YEar 5 July 2015 Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, New Haven “I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong.” Thus St. Paul speaks to us in today’s epistle. Persecutions. (PAUSE) […]

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Corpus Christi

Sermon for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (My First Mass of Thanksgiving) 6 June 2015 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Fort Wayne A priest of our diocese tells a story about a trip he made to China. He was visiting Beijing and he and some others had hired a local man to show them around. […]

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