Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time – Opening Semester, Assumption Seminary
Bishop Gary, Fr. Jim Myers, faculty and staff members of Assumption Seminary, dear seminarians; as we embark on a new academic semester, we gather to reflect on our vocation, and how we are called to be shaped by the cross and the Eucharist.
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time – San Fernando Cathedral
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today, the Scriptures invite us to a moment of decision, both as individuals and within our families.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s Gospel continues the theme of the Bread of Life, about which we have been hearing for several Sundays.
Admission into Candidacy for Permanent Diaconate
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we gather to witness and celebrate a significant step in the lives of these men, who are responding to a profound call – presumably to the Permanent Diaconate, as they are admitted into Candidacy.
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On this solemnity of the Assumption, we celebrate the great mystery of Mary’s bodily and spiritual glorification.
Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, Mass with Pastoral Ministry Center Employees
Dear collaborators in the ministry to shepherd the Lord’s flock in the Archdiocese of San Antonio; today, the Church honors the memory of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a man of deep faith and heroic charity.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Installation of Fr. Ian Robbins
Dear brothers and sisters, today, we gather to welcome Fr. Ian Robbins as the new Pastor of this community.
Vigil of the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Installation of Fr. John Nolan
Dear brothers and sisters, today, we gather to welcome Fr. John Nolan as the new Pastor of this community.
Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Televised Mass with Senior Staff
Pope Francis has quoted Pope Benedict XVI to remind us that “we cannot approach the Eucharistic table without being drawn into the mission which, beginning in the very heart of God, is meant to reach all people.”
Transfiguration of the Lord – 1st Religious Profession, Paola Velasco
Dear Sister Paola, today, as you make your first profession of temporary vows, we celebrate your response to the call to consecrated life, a profound expression of the universal calling all the baptized share to be prophets of hope.
