In top photo, Father Peter James Alindogan, diocesan missions director, center, is pictured with Father Jack Bogacz, parochial vicar of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown, and Cynthia Smith, principal of Our Lady of Good Counsel School, who accept an award on behalf of the school that earned first place in per capita contributions to the missions. Carol Olivieri photo
St. Ann Church, Lawrenceville, served as the site of the 2026 diocesan World Mission Sunday Mass. Father Peter James Alindogan, diocesan missions director was principal celebrant and homilist. He was joined at the altar by a number of priests who serve as missionaries in the Diocese and beyond. Also concelebrating was Father Leandro Della Cruz, St. Ann pastor.
PHOTO GALLERY: World Mission Sunday Mass
A high point of the Mass was the recognition of those schools and religious education programs that contributed the most to mission work. Also receiving an award was Lea Mae Marquez, a fifth grader in St. Jerome School, West Long Branch, who was honored for her artwork in the Missionary Childhood Association’s annual Christmas Artwork Contest.
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