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Internet video experience unifies Catholic faithful during holiest of weeks

The internet was never so integral to the practice of the faith as during this year’s Holy Week and Easter, and the worldwide quarantine against COVID-19.
Class of 2020: Here's to a Job Well Done

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Parishioner’s handiwork helps Delran pastor with online Masses

Tony Lukis is used to handling different remodeling and construction jobs around the home.
New playlist showcases priests’ efforts to connect with parishioners via video

One priest played piano for a moving meditation on suffering in the midst of the pandemic. Other priests conducted the Stations of the Cross, or shared a bit of good humor and comforting words in special Holy Week messages.
An Easter message from Bishop O'Connell: ‘And they remembered his words'

It often takes a moment or two for things to sink in. When we find ourselves in situations we did not expect, our minds rarely grasp what has happened right away. That first Easter Sunday morning at the tomb was just such an occasion.
Even in time of pandemic, Easter proclaims the victory of life, Pope says

In a dark and nearly empty St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis blessed a fire, lit the Easter candle and called Christians to keep kindling sparks of hope, knowing that Jesus has risen and death will not have the last word.
Pope calls for a 'contagion' of Easter hope, peace, care for poor

In an Easter celebration like no other, Pope Francis prayed that Christ, "who has already defeated Death and opened for us the way to eternal salvation," would "dispel the darkness of our suffering humanity and lead us into the light of his glorious day, a day that knows no end."
'We will always be an Easter people,' Bishop says in podcast, video

In recorded podcast and video messages, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., extended an Easter greeting during which he offered words of assurance as faithful of the Diocese and beyond navigate the start of the Easter season during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bishop O’Connell’s homily for the Easter Vigil

Jesus of Nazareth lived most of his life in obscurity without much notoriety or attention paid to him. The Gospels tell us about his birth in Bethlehem and, later, about his appearance in the temple at age twelve.
Pope leads Way of the Cross in empty, torch-lit St. Peter's Square

For the first time in his papacy, Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross from St. Peter's Square rather than Rome's Colosseum, where it has been held annually for more than five decades.
'Turn to Christ,' faithful hear in livestreamed Good Friday liturgy

“Jesus does not declare the absence of God in his most extreme moment of suffering. Rather, he turns it into a prayer and a teaching moment,” Father Christopher Dayton preached during the Good Friday liturgy.
Andrea Bocelli to give online concert Easter Sunday from Italian Cathedral

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli will perform religious songs live on Easter Sunday from Milan’s famous Duomo Cathedral.
Crucifix the most powerful reminder of love, Bishop says in Good Friday message

A crucifix or cross hangs somewhere in almost every Catholic home, in every Catholic school and institution. The crucifix or cross is the central and most widely known symbol of Christianity and has been for over 2,000 years.
On Holy Thursday, Pope thanks God for world's priests

Unable to invite Rome's priests to mark Holy Thursday in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis thanked all priests for their service and called those who died ministering to the sick and health care workers part of the community of "saints next door."
Bishop O’Connell’s homily for Holy Thursday

The Thursday before Easter is called “Holy.” Some Christian communities use the expression “Maundy” as their reference, a term less familiar to Catholics – coming from French and Latin roots – meaning “commanded.”
Longing for Eucharist during Lent, Easter season an invitation to trust

In the midst of isolation when we are suffering … let us once again listen to the proclamation that saves us: He is risen and is living by our side.”
Faithful called to enter into spiritual communion

Though public Holy Week and Easter celebrations look different this year, the faithful are being urged to remember “that the underlying mysteries of our faith in the Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection have not changed.”
Priests of Diocese renew commitment, pray for all impacted by virus in synchronized Mass

On the Monday of Holy Week, priests across the Diocese of Trenton celebrated Mass from their respective churches, simultaneously, with Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.
In message, Bishop calls Palm Sunday 'the door' of a saving week

When building a house, the location of the door is a critically important part of the planning. The door is the entrance way to the rest of the house. It is the place from which a person gets a first glimpse and impression of what is inside.
Pope on Palm Sunday: Life, measured by love, is meant to serve others

With a small procession down the vast and empty central nave of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis began the first of a series of Holy Week liturgies ...
Keeping the Feast: Party of one and a laptop: setting the table for a virtual Holy Week

Palm Sunday will see the family sharing seafood dinners in our own homes as we chat over the internet and phone.
New guide helps faithful have prayerful Holy Week at home

To help faithful celebrate Holy Week at home –a guide for individuals and families.
UPDATE: Bishop to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass at 11:30 a.m.

An update has been made to the time that Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will celebrate Mass on Palm Sunday, April 5.
Keeping the Feast: Recipe suggestions from friends help make the best of socially distant Lent

Friends peppered this very peculiar Lent with questions about what was on the dinner menu here. In return, they’d fill me in on the dinners they were preparing in their own homes.
Bishop O’Connell, dozens of parishes to celebrate Holy Week and Easter liturgies via livestream

At a time when all churches in the Diocese of Trenton are closed to Mass-goers because of coronavirus restrictions, Catholics are invited to commemorate Palm Sunday and the arrival of Holy Week April 5 as a virtual experience via video livestreaming.

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