This is the season for graduations and school reunions.  I recently went back to Pennsylvania for a reunion and fiftieth anniversary celebration of my high school class of 1964.  It was a great weekend.  My [...]

Mary and Joseph by Hans Pleydenwurff From ancient pagan rituals to parades in the Red Square of the past, May 1 is full of history.  The best context to understand today’s Scripture is [...]

My favorite passage from Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, calls us to: “…stir up enthusiasm for a new chapter of evangelization full of fervor, joy, generosity, courage, boundless love and attraction!” (#261) Pope Francis [...]

Hard as it is to believe, this coming Sunday begins the holiest week of the year: Holy Week.  I can already anticipate the darkened skies on Holy Saturday night, the new fire that will light [...]

Last week we paused during the penitential days of Lent to celebrate some March feast days. Of course, who does not know of St. Patrick?  Parades and Irish heritage abound.  In Louisville those members of [...]

Archbishop Kurtz greets Pope Francis at the meeting with the leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on October 7. (Photo courtesy of L'Osservatore Romano) After I met Pope Francis during [...]