Ordination to the Priesthood, Vigil of St. Peter & St. Paul
At an Ordination on the Eve of the Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bishop Steven J. Lopes reflected on the patronage of those two Apostles for the ministry of the Ordinariate.
The Mass of Ordination (for Andrew James Westerman and Jeffrey Lee Baker) was held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas.
NOTE: The audio contains a few minor dropouts. Also, an echo is noticeable from about about the 1:30 mark until about 9:00.
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The Eucharistic Revival and the Presence of God
Bishop Steven J. Lopes spoke at a March 2024 Parish Mission held at St. Michael Catholic Church in Houston, Texas.
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The God Who Is With Us
In July 2023, Bishop Steven J. Lopes presented this homily during a Mass said for the Summer Conference of the Napa Institute, held in Napa, Calif.
The Napa Institute, founded in 2011, "empowers Catholic leaders to renew the Church and transform the culture."
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The Elusive Ideal of E Pluribus Unum
In September 2021, Bishop Steven J. Lopes was the keynote speaker at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.
A transcript of his remarks is here <https://catholicprayerbreakfast.com/wp-content/uploads/Bishop-Lopes-NCPB-Keynote-2021.pdf>.
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John Paul II's Doctrine of the Eucharist
In June 2021, Bishop Steven J. Lopes spoke as part of the Truth and Tradition Summer Theology Lecture Series sponsored by the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.
This recording contains minor audio anomalies and has been abridged slightly. It was recorded via the online meeting platform Zoom.
Addresses by the Most Rev. Steven J. Lopes, Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (U.S. and Canada).
• This unofficial archive gathers Bishop Lopes' teaching presentations and other remarks and makes them readily accessible in an audio format.
• The Ordinariate (equivalent to a diocese) is for Roman Catholics nurtured in the Anglican tradition (Anglicans, Episcopalians, Methodists), as well as others whose faith has been renewed by the Ordinariate’s liturgy and evangelizing mission. Official site: ordinariate.net