Statements & Talks
From the Office of the Bishop Emeritus
The Council of Trent, a Lecture for the John Carroll Society Pilgrimage - August 6, 2011
Hunger Awareness Luncheon Remarks (Souper Bowl) - December 7, 2010
On the Artist Caravaggio's St. John the Baptist - June 13, 2010
Review of Pioneer Priest (Bishop) John Joseph Hogan's On the Mission in Missouri and Fifty Years: A Memoir - February 22, 2010
Review of Mystery of the Irish Wilderness, by Leland and Crystal Payton - February 6, 2010
Hunger Awareness Luncheon (Souper Bowl) - December 1, 2009
Hunger Awareness Luncheon (Souper Bowl) - December 2, 2008
Dateline: Kansas City, MO - Christmas 2006
St. Catherine of Siena - November 9, 2006
Pastoral Letter on Amendment 2 - September 30, 2006
Renewal of Call to End Death Penalty - March 30, 2006
The Day We Celebrate - March 17, 2006
St. Louise De Marrilac - March 15, 2006
Hunger Awareness - December 6, 2005
Vatican Accepts Request for Retirement - May 24, 2005
Avila University Graduation Address - May 14, 2005
Election of Pope Benedict XVI - April 19, 2005
Waiting... for the New Pope - April 2005
Passing of Pope John Paul II - April 2, 2005
Catholic Schools Week - 2005
Appointment of Msgr. Robert Finn - March 9, 2004
Catholic Schools Week - 2004
Report on Response to Incidents of Sexual Abuse - January 10, 2004
(English) (Spanish)
Irish Missionary Tradition - August 15, 2003
The Real St. Patrick - Apostle of Ireland - August 12, 2003
Preaching the Just Word - October 17, 2002
Moral Responsibility To Be Active Citizens - October 2002
Hope Springs Eternal - September 14, 2002
The Family Connection - August 8, 2002
The French Connection - August 5, 2002
Sexual Abuse - March 3, 2002
Importance of Catholic School Teachers - January 6, 2002
Catholic Schools Week - 2002
Together We Can - November 2, 2001
A Catholic's Response to Terrorism - October 1, 2001
Terrorist Attacks on the United States - September 11, 2001
Racism in Our Society - March 31, 2001
Death of Bishop Sullivan - February 11, 2001
Execution of Stanley Dewaine Lingar - February 1, 2001
Crime, Restoration and the Church - July 2000
Death of John Cardinal O'Connor - May 2, 2000
Gift of Faith - July 19, 1999
Celtic Spirituality - March 11, 1997
News Photographers Dinner - May 10, 1996
Catholic Press Association Conference - September 1994
The Catholic Church and Immigration - October 1989