Bishop O’Connell’s summer message · Clergy Appointment · Graduation issue

BISHOP DAVID M. O’CONNELL, C.M., HAS SHARED THIS MESSAGE as we begin the summer season.

Summer invites us to slow down and rediscover the simple blessings God places in our lives.
With school on break and the pace of daily responsibilities easing, we find more time for the people who matter most. Picnics and barbecues, trips to the shore or the mountains, long evenings of sunlight and star‑filled skies, games in the backyard, parish carnivals, outdoor concerts, leisurely walks, renewed exercise, gardening, and the taste of fresh strawberries, Jersey tomatoes and corn on the cob – all of these moments and things remind us in summertime how richly God blesses us through creation and through one another.

Read more HERE.

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BISHOP O’CONNELL HAS ANNOUNCED the following clergy appointment:
Rev. Vicente Magdaraog, from sick leave to parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Middletown, effective Sept. 1, 2026.

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THE MONITOR JOINS BISHOP O’CONNELL and the parishes and schools of the Diocese of Trenton in congratulating the Class of 2026 with this annual KEEPSAKE EDITION. We are pleased to celebrate this year’s 1136 Catholic high school and 737 elementary school graduates and present for our readers page after page of joyful and hopeful photos and stories.  Our thanks go out to the schools who partnered with us by sharing some of their best stories and images from their graduating classes.

Read more HERE.