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I was honored to receive the 2013 William Wilberforce Award last Saturday. I would like to share  a copy of my speech with you. Here is an excerpt: We New Yorkers are tough negotiators, as you know, so, listen carefully to these conditions: Ready?

On the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Cardinal Dolan explores seven characteristics of the Early Church that encourage us in living our faith.

It was a lesson I began to learn when I was seven or eight . . . My buddy Freddie from across the street and I were playing outside. Mom called me for supper. “Can Freddie stay and eat supper with us?”  I asked.

Cardinal Dolan encourages the graduating seniors of the Archdiocesan high schools for their hard work, reflecting upon the similarities between a cathedral and the lives of each student.

In his homily for “Good Shepherd Sunday,” Cardinal Dolan challenges us to deepen our knowledge of Jesus, our Good Shepherd.

On Monday, April 22, 2013, the leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will be discussing immigration reform. We invite reporters and editors to participate in the media conference.

Continuing the Catholic Church’s longstanding commitment to immigration and immigrants, Archbishop Jose Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Migration, released a statement of welcome for the immigration reform legislation introduced in the Senate today, and pledged that the bishops would carefully examine the bill and work with Congress to ensure that any final measure respects the dignity and basic human rights of migrants.

I have just heard the terrible news of the explosions that took place near the end of today’s Boston Marathon and at the JFK Library. While we wait for additional details, my thoughts and prayers are certainly with those who died, with the families who lost loved ones, and with those who are injured.

There’s a new website where you can find my blogs, homilies, Catholic New York columns, and other material: www.cardinaldolan.org . Today is the fourth anniversary of my installation as Archbishop of New York, and I thought it would be a good day to launch this new site.

Charles Lamb has an excellent column in today’s Wall Street Journal on the role that faith played in the life of Jackie Robinson. We all know the story of Jackie Robinson, a great ballplayer and a great American, whose courage and determination helped spur the civil rights movement and the integration of our nation.

One of the many happy occurrences of this radiant Easter season in the Church is meeting those former “candidates” and “catechumens” who entered into full communion with the Church at Easter Eve. They bring an exuberance, a joy, a devotion that I at times find lacking in lifelong Catholics, myself included.

On Divine Mercy Sunday, Cardinal Dolan teaches about Jesus through the characteristics of His apparitions during the Easter Season.

Yesterday, I visited two Catholic Charities Community Services of Orange County sites. I blessed the new clinic at 305 North Street in Middletown. I also celebrated the 20th anniversary of  Goshen’s Early Learning Center and gave a special blessing to the children attending the center.

In this week’s Catholic New York column, I wrote about the Easter season and renewing our faith. Here is an excerpt: Easter blessings! I’m all for celebrating! We prepared for Easter with forty days of intense prayer, penance, and charity during Lent.

In this homily, Cardinal Dolan reflects on how the restoration of the Cathedral is  a metaphor for the Resurrection of Jesus and our resurrection, too.

In this homily, Cardinal Dolan preaches about the special ways that Jesus remains with us: loving service and the sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist.

A blessed Easter! Thank you, brother priests, for confessions heard, sermons preached, converts welcomed, liturgies prepared! Thank you, deacons, for standing next to our priests and people as they went through this Holy Week!