Bishop Neary’s Column

As we celebrate the many milestones this month, may we allow the Sacred Heart of Jesus to shape our own hearts.

As we welcome and embrace this Easter season, I invite you to join me in rediscovering our relationship with the natural world — not as owners, but as grateful stewards.

Flowing from meditation on the Sacred Heart, an overarching theme has emerged for our diocese in this new year: Accompaniment.

Bishop Neary’s priorities remain rooted in the same mission, but they are evolving to meet new realities.

Change is a sacred gift of Advent, inviting us to trust God’s promise of renewal and embrace the hope of what is yet to come.

Accompaniment is at the heart of the Church’s mission. Let us foster in our diocese a spirit of community where no one walks alone.

Grief shakes us, but it doesn’t define us. In the silence, God speaks. In sorrow, Christ weeps with us. And through faith, healing begins.

I have always seen myself in that young Samuel — open to God’s voice but needing the wisdom of someone like Eli to help me understand it.