Pastoral Letter

Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas arrives at a moment when humanity stands in a kind of digital wilderness. We are surrounded by astonishing technological advancement, yet at the same time many people feel more isolated, disposable, manipulated, and spiritually exhausted than ever before. The Roman Pontiff recognizes something the mystics, prophets, and saints have always known: the greatest danger to humanity is not technology itself, but the loss of our ability to see one

The Church does not move randomly through time. The liturgical year is formation. It teaches us how to see. How to pray. How to live. And nowhere is this more visible than the journey from Easter through Ascension, Pentecost, and into what the Convergent Lectionary names the Season of Metanoia.

In the light of the Resurrection, I write to you at a time when the world feels burdened by uncertainty, division, and grief. The proclamation of Pascha comes to us not as sentiment, but as truth spoken into a wounded world. We do not proclaim resurrection because life is easy. We proclaim it because life is difficult, and because the Gospel insists that suffering and death do not have the final word.

Grace and peace to you in a season that feels anything but peaceful. We gather today under the shadow of yet another death. Another name. Another body placed on the altar of what our nation dares to call “order.” The execution of Alex Pretti is not merely a tragedy. It is a mirror. And what it reflects back to us is a society that has grown dangerously comfortable with brutality.

As Convergent Catholics, we find that the concerns raised by Dignity USA regarding the Vatican's document "On Human Dignity” deeply resonates with our own views on the matter. Although we may not always see eye-to-eye with our friends, Dignity USA, on this occasion, their overall critique is absolutely correct. They have said: “The Vatican document “On Human Dignity” undermines its purpose by undermining the integrity and human rights of transgender and nonbinary people, al

21 January 2025 To the beloved communities of the Convergent Catholic Communion - in our cities and countryside, in grief and in grace: A new Executive Order has been issued by the White House titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” It describes our urban centers as overrun by vagrancy, addiction, and violence. It names over 274,000 people sleeping on the streets, the highest number ever recorded, and states that “the overwhelming majority” of these individua

Beloved in Christ, Grace and peace to you from the One who calls the Church into all truth. I write to you with a full heart in this season when the Spirit presses the Church to reckon again with its life, its memory, and its witness. Recent announcements from the Roman Communion regarding the question of women in the diaconate have stirred grief, concern, and prayerful resolve in many across the Catholic world. The Vatican’s declaration that “there is still no room for a pos

My Beloved in Christ, Grace and peace be with you. I write to you not from the comfort of a quiet study, but from a heart that feels the deep spiritual and social fractures of our time. The air we breathe is thick with the dust of contention, and the ground we walk on is scorched by the fires of hatred. Our nation stands at a crossroads, not just a political one, but a spiritual one, a moment of profound crisis and a moment of divine opportunity. For in our history, the darke