You can watch Msgr. LaMorte’s homily from this morning’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral here.
Today’s parable is surely a familiar one. It’s more than a nice story though. We have to take it personally. Can you visualize this path of the seed sown on soil? Sometimes we find ourselves on rocky ground, amid thorns, or happily on fertile soil.
Before we make choices in our lives, we have to be reminded of today’s Gospel. We need to not only hear the Word of God but understand it.
The USCCB's Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations has released its annual survey, "A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate in 2025: A Study for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which provides important statistics and forecasting trends on the state of the permanent diaconate in the Church in the United States.
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The Good Newsroom
| 06/22/2026
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On June 19, the 50th anniversary of his ordination, Cardinal Timothy Dolan celebrated his Golden Jubilee at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, looking back on five decades of priestly ministry surrounded by fellow bishops, priests, seminarians, family, and friends.
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Mary Shovlain
| 06/22/2026
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El próximo 29 de junio, el arzobispo Ronald A. Hicks recibirá palio de manos del papa León XIV en Roma.