Dear Friends,

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY:  We have a special remembrance at Mass today for all our mothers living and deceased and begin today the Novena of Masses for all the mothers whose names are on the altar. Thank God for each of them living and deceased. They are God’s special gift and reflect his love for us.  Years ago, I was asked to give a talk, “Saints for the New Millennium” and conclude with a few people I knew personally that I considered very holy. I picked three: Fr. Michael Anthony Campbell, Passionist priest and missionary to China, Cardinal Ignatius Kung, who spent 33 years in a Communist jail for the faith and also my mother, Mary Kerber. They were 3 of the holiest people I have ever known.