Every priest carries certain saints with them through life. Some are chosen consciously. Others seem to choose us. For me, two saints have stood quietly at the edges of my ministry for many years: Saint Melangell and Saint Kevin of Glendalough. I was ordained to the priesthood on the Feast…
Month: June 2026
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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A Consecration I Didn’t Seek, and the Grace I Found
On the Feast of St. Kevin of Glendalough, twenty years ago, June 3, 2006, I was consecrated to the episcopacy and made a bishop within the Free Catholic tradition. It was a day marked by equal measures of challenge and grace, shadow and blessing. The truth is, the day itself…