Getting God down from our “attic” back into our lives
A few weeks ago my family and I had the opportunity to go on an eight-day Ignatian silent retreat in a small, mountainous village in Romania. This experience of withdrawing Continue Reading
The Diocese: it made a difference to me
I have learned, in 26 years of diocesan leadership, that it is by no means clear to everyone in our eparchy (the term used in Canon Law for dioceses of Continue Reading
Becoming a Vital Part of the Church
At 95, after a life-time devoted to serving the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church, Fr. Michael Kirila looks back at the pivotal events of his life, including his decades of work together Continue Reading
Season of Creation
It’s good, it’s wise and it sounds so nice: “Season of Creation” – a time for us to stop taking the wonderful God-given gift of creation for granted. A time Continue Reading
Big Gifts in Small Packages [Bishop’s blog]
Monday, September 9 – Montreal, Canada “Most of the best gifts come in small packages, of course; it is not the quantity of stuff but its quality that makes a Continue Reading
Now and always and forever [Bishop’s blog]
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present” Master Oogway, Kung Continue Reading
Real Repentance [Bishop’s blog]
Tuesday, August 28, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “Real transformation is the opposite of self-improvement” Johann Christoph Arnold So, what is “real” as opposed to “unreal” repentance? (Notice I said “unreal” Continue Reading
Act and React: Repentance [Bishop’s blog]
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 – Canton, Ohio “The response to violence is not more violence. The response to violence is forgiveness, mercy, love, compassion. That, and that only, is an Continue Reading
Sorry for my Absence [Bishop’s blog]
Sunday, August 25, 2019 – Canton, Ohio ” God is very busy in the background, nurturing you, caring for you, and loving you forever.” Bishop John Michael I noted earlier Continue Reading
You are part of the solution
Are you finding it to be a hard time to be a Catholic in the U.S.? I have to say that I am. There is so much around the Child/Youth Continue Reading