Back to School
Katie Hays
Wow. I can’t believe that we are already finished with the third week of school! As I describe it, the freight train has definitely left the building. I have always been the kind of person who is increasingly excited, as the summer break draws to …
Some prayerful thoughts about how to maintain our Catholic spirituality in this time without the Eucharist
Dear Bishop Kelly Community, With Bishop Peter’s directive of this week, asking for all public Masses to be suspended as of this coming Saturday and Sunday (March 21 and 22), we enter an even more challenging time for our lives of faith in Jesus Christ. …
Ash Wednesday
Bishop Kelly
Before Jesus began his public ministry, he went out to the desert for 40 days and 40 nights. By himself. The desert is a dangerous place. In that part of the world, at that time in history, there were all kinds of dangers. The heat …
Candlemas
The good news is that the season of Winter is half way over. The bad news is that there is still half of Winter remaining. There is a cultural event that takes place today in Eastern Pennsylvania. It’s called Groundhog Day. According to an ancient …
Winter Doesn’t Last Forever
I wish I knew how to make you happy. I don’t know how because your happiness is personal. Like all people, happiness is a once-in-a-while thing. I can however, promise you satisfaction. One can experience even sadness and still find comfort in the hope that …
Profile in Courage
Seventy-four years ago yesterday, the government and people of the United States of America declared war on the Imperial Government of Japan. Under our constitution, only the Congress can declare war. The vote in the U.S. Senate was 82 – 0; the vote in the …
All Saint’s Day
Today and tomorrow are holy days which are like two sides of the same coin. Today is All Saint’s Day and tomorrow is All Soul’s Day. Last night was the Vigil of All Saints, now popularly known as the Eve of All Hallows, or Halloween. …
Opening Mass of the Holy Spirit
This morning I want to speak about two subjects: education and suffering. The two are not necessarily related. One month ago, on August 15th, our school year began. Since, as Einstein said, time is relative to the observer, to some that may seem like only …
Faculty Mass
1968 was a tumultuous year in America (as some of us remember). It was a time when the Baby Boomer generation began to question the authority of their parents. It was a time of domestic violence. There were protests against the war in Vietnam; two …
Keep Calm and Carry On
Sociologists tell us that there are six living generations in America. Beginning with the oldest, they grew up during the Depression of the 1930s and endured the calamity of World War II. In the face of a fast-changing world, high moral values and near-absolute standards …
