I’m writing this week from the Marian Servants of Divine Providence Retreat Center, where I am making my annual retreat. Even in silence, it is a blessing to be with the bishops of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota and to be guided by Archbishop Alfred Hughes, the archbishop emeritus of New Orleans. At 90 years old, Archbishop Hughes has a great deal of wisdom to share with us, the fruit of his reflection on his more than six decades of ministry as a parish priest, seminary professor and bishop.