He is also a member of the Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards Advisory Board plus on the Board of Directors of Oblate Media in Belleville since 1988. Along with all of the above he is also Conventual Chaplain ad honorem of the Federal Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Grand Prior of the North Central Lieutenancy of the United States for the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He is also a member of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the American Society of Missiologists, and the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs. One of the organizations closest to his heart is the National Catholic Office for Persons with Disabilities of which he serves on the Board as Episcopal Moderator. His own experience at 13 with polio that left him with permanent damage to his legs brings a personal sympathy for those suffering from similar disabilities.
Sorrow can thus become a talent to be used for the good of others by being invested in sympathy.
Being appointed to a cultural region like Chicago where so many ethnic and cultures mix and match throughout the area, he is well versed in communicating with his flock, having a thorough knowledge of French, Italian and Spanish. O Lord, grant prosperity. Through the return of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I. to his hometown salvation and prosperity of souls is very much on the rise for many who were asleep in their Faith have awakened to their responsibilities as Catholics. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder and, after 34 years away, Cardinal George returned to his roots, the home hearth where his heart is.