My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you this holy season of Easter. Imagine the smallness of the group of those who had walked with Jesus, followed him on the Way …
Bishop’s Letter: Renewed reflection on the love of Christ
Jesus comes to His beloved apostles and says the word, “peace.” It is a word from the lips of the Resurrected Christ rich in Divine love, a treasure of hope, grace of right relationship with God. Jesus’ peace goes beyond …
Diocese says farewell to Pope Francis
ORLANDO | Upon the sad news of Pope Francis’s death April 21, Bishop John Noonan celebrated Mass at St. James Cathedral in remembrance of the pope’s life and legacy of love for the poor and his work of reforming the …
Bishop’s Letter: Pope Francis
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Today, on this Easter Monday, we arise from our rest at the announcement of the death of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. This holy man led us to the core of our faith, the …
Bearers of God’s love
ROME | Every two years the Missionaries of Mercy meet in Rome for continuing formation in the ministry. This year it coincides with the Jubilee Year of Hope.
During the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in 2016, Pope Francis commissioned more …
Bishop’s Letter: When you see people, smile God’s love to them
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Throughout the holy season of Lent during this Jubilee Year as we serve as pilgrims of hope, we are called time and time again, through the prophets, through the words of Jesus and the …
Be fervent in prayer, constant in hope
ORLANDO | Prayer and hope were the words at the heart of Bishop John Noonan’s message to Father Michael Batista and Father Phillip Mills on their Ordination day, May 25, 2024.
Welcoming them, their families, friends and communities to the …
Until death do us part
ORLANDO | They met at a folk dance. She was recently out of college, and he was fresh out of the Army.
“I saw her there and I thought she looked kind of cute,” said David Davia with the lightheartedness …
Bishop’s Letter: Accompanying one another as Christ
My Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
In the papal encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis joyfully shares, “Let us dream, then, as a single human family, as fellow travelers sharing the same flesh, as children of the same earth which …