Bishop Bonnar Messages

Letter | World Day of the Sick
Bishop Bonnar reflects on the World Day of Prayer for the Sick (February 11) and invites all to the White Mass on February 20th: “The ongoing pandemic that has affected so many makes us more aware of the sick among us, and appreciative of the health care professionals and family members who care for them.”

Letter | Day of Prayer for Unborn Life
Bishop Bonnar: “We must never grow weary of loving one another and promoting life.”

Column | Looking Back on the Past Year – And Ahead to the Future
Bishop Bonnar: “Would you believe that, come Jan. 12, 2022, I will have been your bishop for a full year? Where did the time go?”

Column | Dreaming into the New Year
BIshop Bonnar: “As we complete one year and prepare to enter into a new one, let us give thanks to God who has allowed our dreams to take flight in 2021, and give ourselves a chance to dream anew in 2022.”

Letter | Christmas Message
Bishop Bonnar: “We rejoice not only over the lasting memory of that first Christmas, but also over the glorious reality of our present experience rooted in the Good News of the Word made flesh that dwells among us.”

Column | Moving our Parishes Beyond Comfort to Mission
Bishop Bonnar: “We need to think less of the Church as a building and more of it as a community called to action.”