Feb 17, 2021 | Bishop Lucia, Local
Bishop Douglas J. Lucia offers his first pastoral letter as Bishop of Syracuse, focusing on “the common inheritance in which we all have a share: ‘I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have I give to you: in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean, rise and walk’ (Acts 3:6).”
Feb 17, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
Editor’s note: Bishop Douglas J. Lucia issued the following letter to announce and invite participation in the diocese’s consecration to St. Joseph. To learn more and to sign up for daily consecration emails, visit the Consecration to St. Joseph page at...
Feb 10, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
Here we are in the month of February. Although it is cold out on this second Monday of February and the breeze is chilly, I am struck by the abundant sunshine that feels warm on my back and is actually melting the snow and ice a bit. Daylight is lengthening as well...
Feb 3, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
Editor’s note: The prepared text of the homily Bishop Douglas J. Lucia preached Jan. 31, the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, appears here. This week in the Diocese of Syracuse, as in other dioceses of the United States, it is Catholic Schools Week. Last Friday...
Jan 27, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
I am writing this column on Saturday afternoon, in the family room of the home I grew up in. I am here because my mother’s health has failed quite dramatically over the last few days and, as a family, we have come together to make some decisions and seek to...
Jan 20, 2021 | Bishop Lucia
Editor’s note: The prepared text of the homily that Bishop Douglas J. Lucia preached for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (January 17), appears below. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it...
