As you know, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25, 2026. While the focus of the document is AI (artificial intelligence) and technology like robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other related developments, Magnifica Humanitas is chiefly concerned with “safeguarding the human person in the age of artificial intelligence.” This year marks the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s social encyclical, Rerum Novarum (Of New Things). The current Pope Leo...

I am honored to take this opportunity to repeat the thanks of so many, many people in our ACC and beyond to Fr. Ron for his generous, broad, and dedicated service over the years of his public ministry in these parishes and in many other places besides. I have been inspired by Fr. Ron’s leadership and administrative skill and insight, his passion for the essentials of the Gospel message of Jesus, his exceptional ability to listen, observe, and take in various perspectives, and of course his...

Change in Mass Times beginning July 4-5 Just a reminder that as part of the approved plan for One in Christ in the All Things New process, our ACC weekend Mass times will change the first weekend of July (July 4-5) and going forward. Bishop Patrick has directed that each assigned priest to an ACC have no more than three regularly-scheduled Masses per weekend. Weddings, funerals, and other occasional celebrations are not included in the three- Mass rule. The new schedule is the product of...