Dear Friends in Christ, In 2003 I drafted the Principles of Evangelical Catholicism to help shape our common life as a spiritual family, and I offer these principles to help us all become mature Christian disciples who are committed by the grace of conversion to a life of right belief, right worship, and right conduct.…

Dear Friends in Christ, I am grateful beyond all telling to everyone who shared in the celebration of my ordination anniversary last weekend, and for your many cards, gifts, and expressions of support, I thank each of you most sincerely. The whole experience was an occasion of grace and joy, and I cannot imagine a…

Dear Friends in Christ, Twenty-five years ago this Tuesday, it was so hot and humid in Charleston that walking from your car to the church was like going for a swim. But that made the day only more memorable! I had been preparing for that day for years, and at last all was ready. Bishop…

Dear Friends in Christ, A few items for your consideration: Next Sunday I will celebrate the 25th anniversary of my priestly ordination, and all are invited to share in that celebration by joining us for the Solemn Mass at 11 am, Sung Vespers at 5 pm, and a reception following Vespers in Gallivan Hall. I…

Dear Friends in Christ, The liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church assigns solemnities, feasts, and memorials to fixed dates in the solar calendar, and those celebrations are kept each year on the same assigned date. For example, 28 June – which falls this year on a Thursday – is the memorial of St Irenaeus of…