Basilica of Saint Mary Podcast

Missionary priest Fr. Michael Boathene shares a homily during The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on August 16, 2026.



Our parish mission organization is the Archdiocese of Kumasi in Ghana (West Africa), which is involved in the work of evangelization through projects aimed at improving the health and well-being of their people. Their projects include the building and upgrading of rural health clinics, the care for street children and providing accessible, clean drinking water by building new wells and boreholes, especially on school grounds and rural communities.

Father James Searby, a Parochial Vicar at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on August 9, 2026.

The monthly series called "What Are the Sisters Reading?" continues with Sister Emily Beata Marsh, FSP, who shares about a book called "Saint Bernard's Three Course Banquet: Humility, Charity, and Contemplation in the De Gradibus"  by Father Bernard Bonowitz as he reflects on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's short classic, "The Steps of Humility and Pride" (De gradibus humilitatis et superbiæ).
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Father Edward Hathaway, the Rector at the Basilica, shares a homily during The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on July 26, 2026.

Father Christopher Tipton, a priest-in-residence at the parish, shares a homily during the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It was given in the Basilica on July 19, 2026.