Bishop Patrick Neary of the Diocese of St. Cloud invites readers to read this statement regarding the 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, jointly prepared and published by Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches.
Local leader encourages people “to listen before we speak, to understand before we advise and to hold space for God to work in ways that are deeper than words.”
Archbishop Bernard Hebda, Bishop Patrick Neary, CSC, call for prayers after police said a woman was pronounced dead following a shooting involving a federal agent in Minneapolis Jan. 7.
What if the real question is not “What is closing?” What if the real question is: “What are we opening?”
Today, many Catholic parishes face a new opportunity to engage the charism of hospitality. These changes can be painful, especially for people with deep historical and emotional ties to their parish. But they also present an opportunity — an Ellis Island moment—to renew the Church’s commitment to hospitality and inclusion.
Single Catholic women and men, ages 18–30, interested in learning more about serving the Church and world as future priests, deacons, religious sisters and brothers and lay ministers/missioners are invited to attend a Life Awareness Retreat at Saint Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph.
Faith in Housing, a coalition of faith groups in the St. Cloud area that works to end homelessness, is partnering with Place of Hope, Lincoln Center and the Salvation Army to assure everyone in need of shelter in this area has a place to go.
The call to faithful citizenship is not limited to voting once every four years. Some of the most important issues related to our communities are decided at the state and local levels.
