November 1, 2013 – Thank you for helping me recognize the Risen Christ all these years
My dear friends in Christ, In the retreat I made prior to my 1977 ordination as bishop, my good Jesuit spiritual director guided me in praying the [...]
October 11, 2013 – We are ALL missionaries
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, World Mission Sunday will be observed on the weekend of October 19-20. The message for this year is “Do Good on [...]
June 7, 2013 – Catholics need to speak up again
For centuries, the Catholic Church has long offered premier education, health care, and social services to the people of this country and around the world. In the U.S., appropriate accommodations have [...]
April 12, 2013 – It’s a Decisive Moment for Marriage in our State
Following the narrow defeat of the Marriage Amendment last November, efforts to overturn existing marriage law in Minnesota and to legalize samesex marriage here have resumed with [...]
March 25, 2013 – Jesus modeled love, compassion – even on the cross
During this Holy Week we have been accompanying Jesus in his Passion, this year with the help of St. Luke’s Gospel. In Luke’s Gospel, we see the [...]
March 1, 2013 – Gratitude for Popes of Past, Hope for Pope of Future
On the walls of my office hang photographs of several of my meetings with the popes, Successors of Peter, over my past 35 years as bishop. They begin [...]
February 15, 2013 – What is keeping me from God?
The Church again calls us to this season of Lent. As catechumens and candidates for full communion prepare for the Easter sacraments, Christ is also asking us to experience [...]
January 18, 2013 – Roe v. Wade: Mourning, yes — but signs of hope, too
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As our nation observes the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we mourn collectively the loss of 56 million children whose lives were [...]