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El viernes, 13 de diciembre, nuestro Santo Padre Papa Francisco celebra su quincuagésimo aniversario al sacerdocio. Los aniversarios son hitos en todas nuestras vidas y ciertamente merecen nuestra atención. Dado que el papa Francisco, como Vicario de Cristo y Sucesor de San Pedro, es el Padre y el Pastor de la Iglesia Católica de por todo el mundo, debemos celebrar este hito maravilloso con él en oración.

On Friday, December 13, our Holy Father Pope Francis celebrates his Fiftieth Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood. Anniversaries are milestones in all of our lives and certainly worthy of our notice. Because Pope Francis, as Vicar of Christ and Successor of St. Peter, is the Father and Shepherd of the Catholic Church throughout the world, we should celebrate this wonderful milestone with him in prayer.

Faced with declining enrollment and significant financial shortfalls, two Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Trenton will close this June. The news was shared Dec. 10 in separate meetings with the faculty, staff and families of Pope John Paul II Regional School in Willingboro, which is overseen by the Diocese, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Maple Shade, which is sponsored by OLPH Parish.

The Diocese of Trenton is seeking a Diocesan Archivist to manage the Diocesan Archives in accordance with the Code of Cannon Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Archivist is responsible for ensuring compliance with the legal, canonical, operational and historical significance of all Diocesan records.  This individual must be adept at administering the records management program for the Diocese using the latest professional practices.

The Catholic Church does not seek to dominate, control or convert the United States of America as a whole or any individual state within it, including New Jersey. It merely wants its members to be allowed to live and practice their faith in the freedom that was envisioned, encouraged and enjoyed by American citizens from the very beginning of our country, without governmental interference. That is all.

State residents are being urged to contact their state senators in opposition to a bill that would force Catholic organizations such as schools, dioceses and social service agencies to offer employees health benefits that violate fundamental Catholic principles.

La Diócesis de Trenton se une a las otras diócesis católicas de New Jersey en seguir nuestro alcance a víctimas de abuso sexual por el clero. Nuestra meta ha sido y sigue siendo ofrecer sanación y justicia a las personas que han sido abusadas sexualmente cuando fueran menores de edad y, a la vez, proveer cada esfuerzo para proteger a nuestros niños y prevenir que el abuso pase de nuevo dentro de la Iglesia Católica y sus instituciones.

The Diocese of Trenton joins with the other Roman Catholic Dioceses of New Jersey in continuing our outreach to victims of clergy sexual abuse.  Our goal has been and remains to offer healing and justice to those who have been sexually abused as minors, while making every effort to protect our children and to prevent such abuse from ever happening again within the Catholic Church and its institutions. 

I confess, I’m guilty. Once Thanksgiving is over my thoughts turn to Christmas. I put up my tree and decorate the house for that “most wonderful time of the year.” I pull out my Christmas CDs and watch all those great Christmas specials and movies on TV. All these preparations —-admitted secular —- put me in a happy frame of mind and give me a good feeling to welcome my favorite holiday. I don’t want to miss a minute!

I love holidays and all the traditions that make them special and different from other days in the calendar. One of my favorites is Thanksgiving! Three things single out the last Thursday in November for me: FAITH, FAMILY AND FOOD!

The Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help-St. Agnes (Atlantic Highlands, NJ) seeks a part-time Parish Catechetical Leader. Reporting to the pastor, the Parish Catechetical Leader is responsible for strategically planning and administering the Parish catechetical program with a vision towards leading future generations back to the Church.

In his 2019 message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations, our Holy Father Pope Francis wrote: The Lord’s call is not an intrusion of God in our freedom; it is not a “cage” or a burden to be borne. On the contrary, it is the loving initiative whereby God encounters us and invites us to be part of a great undertaking. He opens before our eyes the horizon of a greater sea and an abundant catch. … We are called to be bold and decisive in seeking God’s plan for our lives. Gazing out at the vast “ocean” of vocation, we cannot remain content to repair our nets on the boat that gives us security, but must trust instead in the Lord’s promise.

This year, October 20th marks a very special World Mission Sunday, our annual, worldwide Eucharistic celebration of our shared call to mission. It takes place during an Extraordinary Missionary Month, called for by Pope Francis in honor of the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict XV’s Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud, which emphasized the missionary call to proclaim the Gospel.

Did Jesus ever go to school? The Bible doesn’t say so we cannot be sure. Did you ever wonder about that? The New Testament does tell us that Jesus could read, something he had to learn somewhere. The New Testament also suggests that Jesus could write, again something he had to learn somewhere. Jesus also knew the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament, since he quoted it often. Where did he learn the Jewish religion and all its rules and practices?

St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery & Mausoleum, Lakewood NJ is seeking an individual to help prepare graves and maintain cemetery grounds.

Candidate must demonstrate strong keyboard skills (organ/piano) and ability to sing Candidate must demonstrate knowledge of catholic liturgy and liturgical documents Candidate must be able to work/coordinate with church ministries Candidate must be Virtus trained and fingerprinted

St. Catharine School, a PreK-8th Catholic Elementary school located in Spring Lake, NJ is now accepting applications for anticipated openings for the 2019-2020 school year

The Church of Saint Catharine (Holmdel, N.J.) seeks a full-time Parish Catechetical Leader.  Reporting to the pastor, the Parish Catechetical Leader is responsible for strategically planning and administering the Parish catechetical program with a vision towards leading future generations back to the Church, including fall and summer religious education programs for students in grades 1-8, sacramental preparation, and Children’s Liturgy of the Word. 

Observing the Lord Jesus turning so often to prayer in his ministry, the disciples asked him to teach them to pray. Without missing a beat, he offered them the words we have repeated so often throughout our lives and have come to know as “The Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:1-4; Matthew 6:5-15).”

With every passing year, the public assault on human life from conception to natural death seems bolder and more blatant. Although research studies indicate that there has actually been a decline in surgical abortions since 2014, the alternative choice of medical abortions in which the mother takes a drug to cause a miscarriage has risen dramatically, by 75 percent in the last 10 years according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Whether surgically performed or medically induced, abortion is abortion. If we truly believe that life begins at conception, then neither “choice” is morally acceptable.