From the Archbishop

What is the Chrism Mass? Although the Chrism Mass is one of the most significant Masses of the year, many Catholics have never attended the Chrism Mass and are unfamiliar with it.

The demographics of the Catholic Church and of the United States are rapidly changing. There are dramatic changes happening before our eyes. As Catholics, and as Americans, we need to realize that the Church in the US will be different from what we have known in the past.

Lent is our preparation for celebrating the great event of our salvation: the passion, death and resurrection of Our Lord. I ask that we make the most of this time.

Families are under a great amount of pressure today. We could compile a long list of reasons for this pressure but the fact is that our families face challenges of many types. As people of faith we have a special role of seeking to strengthen and support our families.

There is so much evil in the world today, so much suffering and so much that is wrong. Faced with the effects of sin in the world, what is a believer to do? Simply put, and as the old saying goes, we can curse the darkness or light a candle. It is our choice.