Talks

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2019

“What Makes Holy Water Holy? Reflections on the Rites for the Blessing of Holy Water”  Text
Talk for the 2019 Sacred Liturgy Conference: “The Living Water of the Eucharist”
May 30, 2019; Spokane, WA
 

2018

“Building a Civilization of Truth and Love”   Text
Talk for the Kern Catholic Prayer Breakfast
March 21, 2019; St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Bakersfield

“Welcoming and Integrating Immigrants: Everyone Wins”   Text
Talk for the Annual Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference
March 13, 2019; Santa Clara University

“What a Bishop can tell his Priests”  Text  |  Video
“Living today the prophetic vision of Humanae Vitae and Veritatis Splendor”
Speech Given at the International Symposium, Schloss Trumau, Austria
November 15-16, 2018

“Taking the Hard Way Out: Evangelization in a Post-Christian World” Text  |  Video
Talk for Annual Symposium on the New Evangelization at Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas
March 24, 2018

“Marriage: The Foundation of a Civilization Built on Truth and Love”
Talk Given at St. Raymond of Peñafort Parish, Springfield, VA
November 19, 2015

“The Priest’s Relationship to His Brother Priests: Priestly Fraternity and Solidarity in the Communion of the Presbyterate”
Rector’s Conference Given to Students at St. Patrick’s Seminary October 26, 2015, Menlo Park

"Our Lady Untier of Knots"
Address to 2015 Rosary Rally (English)
October 10, 2015, San Francisco

"Nuestra Señora Desata Nudos"
Address to 2015 Rosary Rally (Spanish)
el 10 de octubre de 2015, San Francisco

"Stewards of Our Bodies Responsible Parenthood and the Spirituality of Stewardship"
Keynote delivered at California Association of Natural Family Planning Conference
August 22, 2015, St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral

"The Miracle of Our Lady as Icon of God's Convenantal Love"
Talk given at the 10th Annual Conference of the Queen of the Americas Guild
August 1, 2015, National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Liturgical Leadership in a Secular Society: A Bishop's Perspective
Presentation at Sacra Liturgia Conference
June 3, 2015, New York City

"Knowledge, Virtue, and Holiness"
Address delivered to Catholic High School Teachers Convocation
February 6, 2015, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory School