Columns by Bishop Sweeney

PASTOR INSTALLED  Bishop Kevin Sweeney officially installs Father Lemmuel Camacho (center) as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Dover on Jan. 16 during the vigil Mass for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. He was named pastor last June. To the right sits Father Cerilo Javinez, St. Mary’s parochial vicar. That evening the Bishop also blessed a new shrine to St. Joseph and Blessed Carlo Acutis in the church. The parish celebrated its 175th anniversary in December.

2021 Columns

01/21   ‘One Nation under God’

01/14   Living the Year of St. Joseph

01/07   Life: Some Thoughts on a Sad Anniversary

2020 Columns

12/31   The Lessons of the Magi

12/24   What is Christmas all about?

12/17   What does a ‘Year of St. Joseph’ mean for us?

12/10   Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas

12/03   Reasons for Hope in a Season of Hope

11/26   Homily for the annual Respect Life Mass Nov. 21

11/05   Praying for our Beloved Deceased

10/29   Called to Holiness, Called to be Saints

10/22   ‘Love Thy Neighbor’

10/01   Respect Life Month and the Month of the Holy Rosary

09/10   September 11th: Then and Now