St. Patrick Parish

Hello and welcome! I spent much of this past week in Rome attending a meeting of the C9 Council of Cardinals advising the Holy Father. We discussed a number of topics, including the recent Synod and the implementation of Praedicate evangelium in the diocesan curias. We also examined the current situation in different regions, especially […]

Hello and welcome! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!  As every year, I spent Thanksgiving with my family in Florida.  It’s the one time of year we all gather. We had Mass in the chapel at St. Sebastian’s Church in Fort Lauderdale. The chapel is dedicated to Christ the Healer, and the […]

Hello and welcome! As I do every year on Thanksgiving week, I am posting my blog a couple of days early so I can spend time with my family for the holiday. Following the meeting of the bishops’ conference last week, I traveled to Pittsburgh for the celebration of our Capuchin Province’s 150th anniversary. When […]

Hello and welcome! Last Thursday morning, I attended the wake of Margaret Rora, the mother of Father Michael Rora.  I was pleased to be able to be there and offer some prayers and tender my condolences to Father Michael, his dad and the rest of the family. That evening, we had the annual board meeting […]

Hello and welcome! Before I move on to the events of my week, there are a couple of final items from my time in Rome that I’d like to share with you. On Oct. 29, I visited the Carmelite Sisters of Charity of Vedruna at their generalate in Rome. This is the order of sisters […]

Hello and welcome! As many may know, this past weekend, we wrapped up our work for this session of the Synod on Synodality, and there are a couple of final events in Rome that I would like to share with you. Last Friday, with the wars raging in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, the Holy Father […]

Hello and welcome, Our nation, once again, is witnessing a horrific and senseless act of violence with the rampage of deadly shootings in Lewiston, Maine.  We again see innocent people gunned down while living their lives with family and friends.  We again hear calls for thoughts and prayers, and we should.  But that is not […]

Hello and welcome, In recent weeks and months, we have been in consultation with the Healey-Driscoll Administration regarding the significant influx of immigrants to the Commonwealth.  Presently, there are 7,000 families being cared for in state-sponsored shelters (approximately 20,000 individuals); by October 31st, the expectation is that 7,500 families will be with us.  In fact, […]

Hello and welcome, Of course, we are all shocked to witness the horrific attacks on Israel that have taken place over these past days.  On Wednesday, I issued a statement on this situation that I would like to share with you here: The sad and tragic historical truth is that the people of the Middle […]

Hello and welcome! Last Thursday evening, the Paraguayan Embassy had a dinner in honor of Cardinal Alberto Martínez, and they invited me and Mario Paredes to attend. It was a wonderful event, and I was happy to be a part of it. Then, on Friday, I had Mass in the Clementine Chapel, which is very […]