He celebrated his first episcopal Mass the following day at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, South Carolina. Bishop Baker began serving on the Board of Trustees at the Pontifical College Josephinum this spring. The day after the Board's spring meeting he went to back to St. Wendelin Elementary, the school that he graduated from in 1958 to accept the National Catholic Educational Association Distinguished Graduate Award. This is awarded to those adults that put into practice the values and ideals that they learned in their Catholic elementary schools. During his homily, Bishop Baker compared a lighthouse to the Church.
Lighthouses use a lens to reflect the light out over the water.
We reflect back the light of Jesus.