Nov 17, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
This week I am at my first in-person meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) since my ordination some 27 months ago. I suspect it may be one of the longest intervals between ordination as a bishop and meeting one’s brother bishops. It...
Nov 10, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
As I write this column, we are in the midst of National Vocation Awareness Week. It is a yearly, week-long celebration of the vocations of the priesthood, the diaconate and the consecrated life. We celebrate through prayer and education, along with each of us...
Nov 3, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
This week as we enter the penultimate month of the year and its focus on the “next to last,” it helps direct us to our ultimate goal in life—to be a saint—to live with God for all eternity in our heavenly home. Like the month of November...
Oct 27, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
We are already into the last week of October and soon what I consider the precious month of November will be upon us. As we prepare to enter into the season of saints and souls directing us in expectation of Christ’s coming again as victor over sin and death;...
Oct 20, 2021 | Bishop Lucia, Synod
Editor’s note: This is the Bishop’s homily delivered at the Sunday, Oct. 17, Mass celebrating the opening of the Syracuse Diocesan Synod. The leader of a certain Indian tribe encamped at the base of a mountain was dying. The chief summoned his three sons...
Oct 13, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
The following homily was delivered by Bishop Douglas J. Lucia at the Formation for Ministry Commissioning on Sunday, Sept. 26, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse: Dear Candidates for Commissioning today, it is wonderful to be with you! I have to...
