As members of the family of the Knights of Columbus, we support one another in our baptismal calling to be courageous Christians, Catholics who profess the Faith openly, and do so without counting the cost.Read More

While we may have flashes of inspiration and conversion experiences, truly knowing Jesus is a lifetime project, or better, the project of a lifetime.Read More

And my fondest, deepest prayer on this Sunday of rejoicing is that each of you, and every member of the Archdiocese, whether active or inactive, will experience God’s loving and merciful embrace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation sometime before the approaching feast of Easter, even as many are preparing to be baptized and received into...Read More

As we join in this Act of Consecration, let us pray that we ourselves we will consecrated anew to the Lord, so that in the challenges and setbacks of life, we may respond as did Mary, “be it done to me according to Thy Word”.Read More

As you enter upon your 175th anniversary year, I pray that, thru the intercession of St. Patrick, your parish may stand for years to come at the mouth of Susquehanna River and the head of the Chesapeake Bay as light brightly visible for all to see.Read More

Lent is that time for our faith in God to come alive; it’s a time when we sense anew the urgency of our faith; a time when our faith must bear the good fruit of holiness.Read More

  March 18, 2022 Dear friends in Christ, Every day we witness the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine as innocent and vulnerable civilians, even those in shelters and hospitals, are targeted by Russian military forces. This unjust war has produced a humanitarian crisis of enormous proportions and has threatened the peace and stability of the whole...Read More

Even as we depart anew from the slavery of sin towards the freedom of holiness, let us resolve to influence the culture all around us, moving it from a godless secularity that enslaves so many people towards a renewed vision of faith in whose light human dignity is seen and a civilization of justice, love,...Read More