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...
Apr 21, 2020 | Bishop Lucia, Coronavirus, Local
Bishop Douglas J. Lucia issued the following letter to clergy and the diocesan community April 21: Dear Diocesan Family, Peace be with you! The Easter season we have entered into celebrates the Resurrection of our Lord and all that this epochal moment in...
Apr 15, 2020 | Bishop Lucia
Bishop Douglas J. Lucia celebrated a Good Friday liturgy at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception April 10. The prepared text of his homily from that liturgy appears below. “It was about noon… “It is the central time of the day, the point that...
Apr 8, 2020 | Bishop Lucia, Coronavirus
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, “Do not be afraid” and “Peace be with you.” These are greetings that Jesus used with his disciples on the first Easter Day. Today, in a chorus echoing through time and space, we are invited to pick up the...
