Top photo caption: Bishop O’Connell shares a fraternal moment with priests of the Diocese clockwise from left, Father Mark Nillo, pastor of Our Lady of Hope Parish, West Long Branch; Father Carlo Calisin, administrator of St. Anselm Parish, Tinton Falls, Father Augusto Gamalo, parochial vicar of St. James Parish, Red Bank, and Father Jean Felicien, diocesan chancellor and episcopal secretary to Bishop O’Connell.
Every summer, it’s become tradition for Msgr. Sam Sirianni, rector of St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold, and Msgr. Joseph Rosie, pastor of St. James Parish, Red Bank, and episcopal vicar of Monmouth County to bring Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., and priests serving in the county together for a day of fun and fellowship. This year’s gathering was held Aug. 5 in the Co-Cathedral rectory.