Apr 7, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
The Second Sunday of Easter was designated “Divine Mercy Sunday” by St. John Paul II on April 30, 2000. On that day he canonized the Polish nun Sister Mary Faustina Kowalska, who had received from Christ the amazing revelations of the Divine Mercy in the...
Mar 31, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
Editor’s note: Bishop Douglas J. Lucia celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception March 30. During the Mass, the Oil of the Sick and the Oil of Catechumens were blessed and the Sacred Chrism consecrated; priests of the...
Mar 24, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
The Catholic Sun this week is marking a year of pandemic and as it does so, I shudder to think what things were like at this time last year. In reviewing letters to our diocesan family and newspaper columns from that time period, I realize we were trying to address...
Mar 17, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
I want to begin my column this week by expressing my deep gratitude, and that of my father and family, to all who have been carrying us in prayer these past few weeks. Your prayerful expressions of support for my mom and dad, along with the rest of our family, have...
Mar 10, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
At sporting events, every so often, a person might see a banner with John 3:16 written on it unfurled in the bleachers. Of course, it is a reference to the Gospel passage that we will hear this coming weekend as the Church celebrates the Fourth Sunday of Lent. This...
Mar 3, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
Editor’s note: As the diocese celebrates the Year of Vocations, Bishop Douglas J. Lucia shares the homily he preached May 4, 2014, in thanksgiving for 25 years of priestly ministry. Twenty-five years ago when I was Ordained to God’s Service in the...
