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As we finish our series on Marriage, we will this week cover Convalidations. But first, let's look at what makes a marriage one more time. The Catholic Church believes that marriages entered into by non-Catholics in their particular church, or…

As we continue our look at the Sacrament of Marriage, this week we will focus on what an Annulment is. An annulment is not “Catholic divorce” as I have heard some people refer to it is. Divorce is a civil reality (as we covered last week). An…

As we continue to examine the topic of Marriage, this week we will look at what a civil divorce is. Oftentimes we may hear that an annulment is a “Catholic Divorce.” This is not the case. A divorce is a civil and legal reality, which the Church…

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be covering some areas relating to the Sacrament of Marriage. Before we get into some of those hot topics, it is important for us to understand what a Marriage is. The Code of Canon Law (the law of the Catholic…

An incredibly hot topic that I have received questions about recently is that of the Church’s stance on immigration, which I admit, I needed to do some research into. Regardless of what side of the aisle you may find yourself, we can all admit that…

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of this annual appeal that funds many important ministries of the Archdiocese.  Our Archdiocese is made up of 21 counties and includes 107 parishes and 181,000 Catholics – ACTS supports 43 ministries and programs…

Happy New Year, everyone! This is Fr. Greg here. I’d love to do this column spot weekly, and I used to do that, but as it seems my schedule only gets busier as time passes, recently I delegated if off to Fr. Andrew. However, from time to time, I…

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Jubilee Year that we are in the midst of. As a followup to that article, today we will focus on the Holy Doors and the granting of Indulgences in this Holy Year. For centuries a feature of holy year…

This past Fall, Fr. Greg gave me a list of projects and things to do in the coming months. Some of them were quick items and several of them were longer term projects. One of them was very exciting: recruit Religious Sisters to come and teach in our…

He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written…