Lent, Holy Week, Easter

Slideshow shows beauty, reverence of Holy Week, Easter around Diocese

The Monitor was on location in more than a dozen churches throughout Holy Week and Easter, photographing the faithful movements of its parishes and people.

See how the beauty of Holy Week was celebrated by faithful around the Diocese through our hundreds of photos.
Blessing of the Baskets in Lakewood helps keep faith in the Easter feast

Hours would pass before Kasia Pawka, her husband, Jacek and their daughters Marta and Ula could breakfast on the culinary treasures that filled the woven reed basket sitting tucked between them on a pew in Lakewood’s St. Mary of the Lake Church.
Faithful around Diocese celebrate Risen Lord on Easter Sunday

The sun shone brightly on faithful from around the Diocese as thousands gathered on Easter Sunday to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord.

In two of the Diocese’s parishes – St. Joan of Arc, Marlton, and St. Isidore the Farmer, New Egypt – faith, new life and a sense of community was at the forefront of Easter messages.
Continuing Easter celebrations, Pope again prays for Sri Lanka

VATICAN CITY – On Easter Monday, Pope Francis led thousands of people in St. Peter's Square in praying for the hundreds of people who died or were injured in bomb blasts the previous day in Sri Lanka.

Pope Francis had already condemned the bombings and offered prayers April 21 after celebrating Easter morning Mass.
Faithful filled with anticipation of the Risen Christ during Easter Vigil

Churches across the Diocese assumed the look of a starry night during Easter Vigil Masses April 20 as candles held by thousands of faithful shone in the dark.

“This is the night,” faithful in Trenton’s nearly filled St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral heard as the “Exsultet,” or Easter Proclamation, was chanted. Only moments before, Bishop David O’Connell, C.M., had lit and blessed a new fire from which the newly marked Paschal candle, symbolizing Christ, the Light of the World, would process down the aisle, lighting parishioners’ candles along the way.
Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, Pope says at Easter

ROME – As the machine of warfare continues to churn out more dangerous weaponry, only the power and joy of Christ's resurrection can fill hearts with comfort and peace, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.
At Easter, the stones of sin, despair, are rolled away, Pope says at vigil

VATICAN CITY – As individuals and as a Church, it can be tempting to dwell on mistakes, failures and sins that block the fullness of life, but Easter is the proclamation that the Lord is victorious and his love will triumph, Pope Francis said.

"Easter is the feast of tombstones taken away, rocks rolled aside," the Pope said in his homily April 20 during the Easter Vigil.
On Good Friday, Bishop speaks of Crucifix as central symbol of faith

Following the Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion April 19 in Holy Cross Church, Trenton, Maritza Williams said she gained a new perspective on the meaning of the Cross from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.
Living Stations an evangelization tool 11 years running for Browns Mills parish

Moans and wails drowned out passing traffic on Good Friday as parishioners portraying witnesses to Christ’s Crucifixion followed their “savior” as he carried his Cross to his Death.
On Good Friday, papal preacher says Cross brings hope to the oppressed

VATICAN CITY – The Cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household.

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