The Church just observed the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29, commemorating the martyrdom of the Apostles, St. Peter as Chief of the Apostles and St. Paul as the Apostle to the Nations. Each year, this solemnity is a national holiday in Rome and has traditionally marked the beginning of the summer vacation period for Vatican officials following a public Mass celebrated by the Holy Father in St. Peter’s Basilica.
The Church just observed the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29, commemorating the martyrdom of the Apostles, St. Peter as Chief of the Apostles and St. Paul as the Apostle to the Nations. Each year, this solemnity is a national holiday in Rome and has traditionally marked the beginning of the summer vacation period for Vatican officials following a public Mass celebrated by the Holy Father in St. Peter’s Basilica.
As the Church celebrates today’s wonderful Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist, we also recognize and acknowledge those preparing for the priesthood throughout the world today on this Holy Year’s “Jubilee for Seminarians.” As your Bishop, I send my prayers and affection to you, the seminarians of the Diocese of Trenton. I am so grateful for your generous response to God’s call and I am filled with a sense of pride as you continue your preparation for the priesthood. PHOTO CREDIT: Vatican News
As the Church celebrates today’s wonderful Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist, we also recognize and acknowledge those preparing for the priesthood throughout the world today on this Holy Year’s “Jubilee for Seminarians.” As your Bishop, I send my prayers and affection to you, the seminarians of the Diocese of Trenton. I am so grateful for your generous response to God’s call and I am filled with a sense of pride as you continue your preparation for the priesthood. PHOTO CREDIT: Vatican News
The collection not only helps to support the Holy Father’s mission – proclaiming the Gospel, promotion of integral human development, education and peace –it also supports the many charitable works that help people and families in difficulty, populations living through natural disasters and wars, or who are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Recurring every three years, the Special Assembly is held in place of the Spring Plenary Assembly that the Conference convenes most years in which they deal with a robust business agenda. Instead, the Special Assembly is a week-long retreat for the bishops, that includes time for prayer and worship, fellowship, recreation and less formal discussions on the important matters facing the bishops now and ahead of the General Assembly in November.
The Church of the Holy Eucharist, in Tabernacle, NJ has an opening for a part-time Faith Formation Support staff. This hourly, part-time position reports to the Pastor and Director of Faith Formation. This position is 20 hours per week Monday through Friday. This individual will be required to work weekend hours once a month for the family Faith Formation program called LIFT, with occasional weekday evening meetings and Saturday morning Sacramental prep sessions. The Faith Formation Support staff member performs all aspects of record keeping and correspondence and provides support for the Faith Formation program.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CANONIZATION NEWS, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., announced that the Diocese of Trenton will celebrate a Mass Sunday, September 7 at 10:30 am at St. Dominic Church in Brick, home of the Diocesan Shrine of Carlo Acutis.
My Dad was a good man and a hardworking, great father. He loved my mother and his four sons. He was born before the Great Depression and was raised in poverty --- one of 13 siblings -- in what today we would call a “dysfunctional family.” Yet he remained attentive to his parents, buying coal for their furnace, turkeys for their Thanksgivings and trees for their Christmas celebrations. My Mom once told me he had never celebrated Thanksgiving at home until they were married.
My Dad was a good man and a hardworking, great father. He loved my mother and his four sons. He was born before the Great Depression and was raised in poverty --- one of 13 siblings -- in what today we would call a “dysfunctional family.” Yet he remained attentive to his parents, buying coal for their furnace, turkeys for their Thanksgivings and trees for their Christmas celebrations. My Mom once told me he had never celebrated Thanksgiving at home until they were married.
Ten women serving in catechetical ministry in their parish communities were honored for having completed the diocesan Parish Catechetical Leadership Program. A Mass was celebrated June 12 in St. Catherine of Siena Church, Farmingdale, by Msgr. Sam Sirianni, rector of St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold.
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most profound and enduring expressions of Catholic spirituality. Rooted in Scripture and deepened through centuries of theological reflection and mystical experience, the Sacred Heart symbolizes the boundless love of Christ for humanity. It is a devotion that speaks to the heart of Christian faith: the mystery of divine love made visible and vulnerable.
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most profound and enduring expressions of Catholic spirituality. Rooted in Scripture and deepened through centuries of theological reflection and mystical experience, the Sacred Heart symbolizes the boundless love of Christ for humanity. It is a devotion that speaks to the heart of Christian faith: the mystery of divine love made visible and vulnerable.
BISHOP DAVID M. O’CONNEL, C.M., HAS SHARED THIS MESSEAGE for Pentecost Sunday
On this Pentecost Sunday, we rejoice in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the birth of the Church. It is a day of renewal, a reminder of the fire of faith that unites us as one body in Christ.
On this Pentecost Sunday, we rejoice in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the birth of the Church. It is a day of renewal, a reminder of the fire of faith that unites us as one body in Christ.