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Keeping the Feast: Pasta e Fagioli offers comfort in a bowl

Prayer, good conversation and comfort food are what I turn to when things get really stressful.
Donovan Catholic produces Way of the Cross on YouTube

With devotional practices shifted to a home-based exercise, the Lenten tradition of praying the Stations of the Cross is no exception.
Keeping the Feast: Social distancing with tomato bisque and joie de vivre

"We will be social distancing, but we will not lose our joie de vivre."
Keeping The Feast: Memories of Mom’s closet pantry soothe these trying weeks of Lent

Recipe reflects Mom’s wondrous ability to turn almost any ingredients from the pantry into a fine meal.
Keeping the Feast: Bring quiche with garden vegetables to the Lenten table

It was seeing my favorite French chef Jacques Pepin first whip up a marvelous looking Quiche Lorraine rich with cream, Gruyere Cheese and bacon on television that sparked an interest in the classic dish.
Pope asks prison community to compose Via Crucis meditations

Pope Francis has asked the prisoners, guards and a chaplain to write this year's Way of the Cross meditations ...
Diocese's annual Lenten Door Hangers invite all to the Church

Psalm 117 urges believers to “Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.” The diocesan Lenten door hangers project, now in its third season, aids the faithful in doing just that.
Keeping The Feast: Hispanic take on lentil soup for the Lenten table

One of the truly special aspects of writing for The Monitor is getting to break bread with so many of the Diocese’s faithful at parish socials, festivals and other gatherings. At these events, the message of Church universal comes through with grace and clarity as so many cultural traditions meld with our faith.
‘Living Lent’ videos offer reflections from local priests

Ten priests of the Diocese are taking part in a new video series titled “Living Lent,” which will provide diverse spiritual reflections during the Lenten season.
Keeping The Feast: Bring a taste of the Mediterranean to the table with this pasta dish

I never envied home cooks who had to come up with a variety of meatless meals on the Fridays during Lent.
Stations of the Cross returns to diocesan mausoleums

Faithful are invited to pray the Stations of the Cross for the Holy Souls of Purgatory each Friday during Lent.
Young adult retreat aims to rejuvenate faithful during Lent

The “Blueprint for Joy” retreat is planned to help young adults get the most out of Lent.
Keeping The Feast: Penne in white clam sauce and mushrooms

Seafood has always been a Lenten staple on our family tables. With a maritime background that included generations who served the nation on the sea or fished the waters of the Bayshore and the Atlantic Ocean, that seems only natural.
Bishop celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass at Monmouth University

The young adults who attended Ash Wednesday Mass with Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., were attentive to their shepherd’s words as he spoke of the common ground of how “we all have sinned, we all have failed, and we all are in need of the mercy of God” as a community founded by Jesus.
Ashes a reminder to repent, reconcile, Bishop O’Connell says

Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., explored both the history and relevance of ashes and Lenten practices during his Ash Wednesday homily.
‘Living Lent’ video series offers reflections from local priests

Ten priests of the Diocese are taking part in a new video series titled “Living Lent,” which will provide spiritual reflections.
For third year, parishes to uphold 24 Hours for the Lord tradition

Faithful can benefit spiritually by attending 24 Hours for the Lord during Lent, say pastors of parishes around the Diocese.
In Lent, we watch and we pray; then we try again

It is clear from the beginning of this holy season of Lent that the Church wants us to focus in a special way on the passion of Christ as the path to Easter glory.
Lenten Guidelines: ‘We embrace the Cross’

During the days and weeks of penance that lie ahead – from Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, until Holy Thursday, April 9, 2020 – the Catholic Church throughout the world commemorates the penitential season of Lent.
Enter Into The Desert

When something as important as Lent is repeated every year, we all become very familiar with it.
Keeping The Feast: Simple meals that feed the soul

With Lent just around the corner, my thoughts turn to creating meatless meals for family and friends.
Lenten missions set the tone for the holy season

Parishes throughout the Diocese are prayerfully ushering in the Lenten season with special programs designed to educate and rejuvenate their members by hosting mission retreats.
Operation Rice Bowl program seeking parish volunteers

The Diocese of Trenton is looking for volunteers to serve as parish liaisons for the annual Operation Rice Bowl program, designed by Catholic Relief Services to aid poor and hungry both worldwide and close to home.
Christmas affects every other moment of the year

I don’t know how you feel but preparations for Christmas seem to be coming earlier and earlier every year. The leaves haven’t even begun to change color and fall from the trees when evergreens and Christmas lights find their way into malls and department stores.
Tidings of Great Joy

As the calendar flips to December, the excitement Catholics feel awaiting the Savior’s Birth can be muted by society’s insistence that they strive for a storybook perfection of happy home, happy hearth, happy life

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