Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
One of the greatest privileges I have as a bishop is the opportunity to preside at the sacrament of confirmation. A drawback, however, is that I am obligated to conduct over 40 confirmations in roughly a two-month period – which means that I become tired, rather quickly, of my own homily!
There is an old hymn written by Maltbie D. Babcock, published after he died in 1901, entitled “This is My Father’s World.” The words to this hymn epitomize the seven themes of Catholic social teaching.