Jun 3, 2020 | Bishop Lucia
A year ago, on the first Tuesday of June (June 4 to be exact), I was here in Syracuse for the announcement of my appointment as the 11th Bishop of Syracuse and my first news conference. I remember beginning to read my prepared statement to the press assembled when the...
May 27, 2020 | Bishop Lucia
“There is cause for great rejoicing here…” So states the First Letter of Peter in chapter one, verse six, which was read on the Second Sunday of Easter. Those words entered my thoughts as I reflected upon the Scripture readings for the Ascension of...
May 20, 2020 | Bishop Lucia
Five years ago, Pope Francis wrote an encyclical letter, a teaching, titled “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.” This document is particularly noteworthy because it is seen as a prophetic document not just for Roman Catholics, but for the...
May 13, 2020 | Bishop Lucia
On Wednesday, May 13, the Church Universal celebrates the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima. This year’s observance at the apparition site in Fatima, Portugal, will be a virtual pilgrimage. Yet, what a wonderful opportunity to participate in an event one might not...
May 6, 2020 | Bishop Lucia
These days I have been thinking about the meaning of the word “virtue.” In common parlance, according to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it signifies: 1 a: conformity to a standard of right : morality b: a particular moral excellence 2 a beneficial...
Apr 29, 2020 | Bishop Lucia
One of my favorite childhood memories is my First Communion day. I know it was in May because we also had May Crowning on that same Sunday (which I learned when I became bishop was May 30, 1971). I can remember rehearsal on the day before and receiving the...
