As chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, he called for prayers and urged peace, security, and national reconciliation in Syria.

Festivities tempered by the impending closure of sister church, Presentation.

On June 22, Corpus Christi Sunday, a radiant day marked by extreme heat, a large procession with the Blessed Sacrament took place through the streets of the Bronx.