Holy Land pilgrimage promises to be sacred experience for priests
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
For 10 days, 21 priests of the Diocese will travel together on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From Jan. 24 to Feb. 2, they will journey in the footsteps of Jesus, visiting the land where Jesus was born, raised, went about his ministry, was crucified and rose from the dead. Among the highlights of the priests’ tour include Biblical sites such as Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee and the Mount of Olives. They will celebrate Mass at the Mount of Beatitudes; the Basilica of the Annunciation, where Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass in 2000; the Church of the Nativity, the birth place of Christ; pray the Stations of the Cross as they follow the Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross), and celebrate Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where Jesus was crucified and buried.
The priests traveling to the Holy Land are: Father Richard Basznianin, pastor, St. Pius X Parish, Forked River; Father Michael Joseph Burns, retired; Father Jean Renald Felicien, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton; Msgr. John (Sean) Patrick Flynn, pastor, St. Mark Parish, Sea Girt; Father Richard John Gallagher, retired; Father Augusto Lorenzo Gamalo, parochial vicar, St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square; Father Dean Anthony Gaudio, pastor, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Avon; Father Jerome Guld, parochial vicar, St. Joseph Parish, Toms River; Father Michael Joseph Hall, pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Ewing, and director of the diocesan Office of Worship; Father Robert William Holtz, pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Riverton; Father Marcin Damian Kania, parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Barnegat; Father Mark Aloysius Kreder, pastor, St. Justin the Martyr Parish, Toms River; Father Jacek Wladyslaw Labinski, pastor, St. Hedwig Parish, Trenton; Father Jeffrey Edward Lee, pastor, St. Mary Parish, Colts Neck, and diocesan director of pilgrimages; Father Patrick McPartland, Navy chaplain with the Archdiocese of the Military Services; Msgr. Walter Owen Nolan, retired; Father Martin Paul O’Reilly, parochial vicar, St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake; Father John Michael Patilla, parochial vicar, St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel; Father Jarlath William Quinn, parochial vicar, St. James Parish, Pennington; St. Alphonsus Parish, Hopewell, and St. George Parish, Titusville; Msgr. Joseph Louis Roldan, rector, St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, and Father Daniel Francis Swift, pastor St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford.
Stories and photos of the Holy Land pilgrimage will be featured in an upcoming issue of The Monitor as well as on TrentonMonitor.com.
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For 10 days, 21 priests of the Diocese will travel together on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
From Jan. 24 to Feb. 2, they will journey in the footsteps of Jesus, visiting the land where Jesus was born, raised, went about his ministry, was crucified and rose from the dead. Among the highlights of the priests’ tour include Biblical sites such as Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, the Sea of Galilee and the Mount of Olives. They will celebrate Mass at the Mount of Beatitudes; the Basilica of the Annunciation, where Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass in 2000; the Church of the Nativity, the birth place of Christ; pray the Stations of the Cross as they follow the Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross), and celebrate Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where Jesus was crucified and buried.
The priests traveling to the Holy Land are: Father Richard Basznianin, pastor, St. Pius X Parish, Forked River; Father Michael Joseph Burns, retired; Father Jean Renald Felicien, parochial vicar, Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton; Msgr. John (Sean) Patrick Flynn, pastor, St. Mark Parish, Sea Girt; Father Richard John Gallagher, retired; Father Augusto Lorenzo Gamalo, parochial vicar, St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square; Father Dean Anthony Gaudio, pastor, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Avon; Father Jerome Guld, parochial vicar, St. Joseph Parish, Toms River; Father Michael Joseph Hall, pastor, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Ewing, and director of the diocesan Office of Worship; Father Robert William Holtz, pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Riverton; Father Marcin Damian Kania, parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Barnegat; Father Mark Aloysius Kreder, pastor, St. Justin the Martyr Parish, Toms River; Father Jacek Wladyslaw Labinski, pastor, St. Hedwig Parish, Trenton; Father Jeffrey Edward Lee, pastor, St. Mary Parish, Colts Neck, and diocesan director of pilgrimages; Father Patrick McPartland, Navy chaplain with the Archdiocese of the Military Services; Msgr. Walter Owen Nolan, retired; Father Martin Paul O’Reilly, parochial vicar, St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake; Father John Michael Patilla, parochial vicar, St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel; Father Jarlath William Quinn, parochial vicar, St. James Parish, Pennington; St. Alphonsus Parish, Hopewell, and St. George Parish, Titusville; Msgr. Joseph Louis Roldan, rector, St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, and Father Daniel Francis Swift, pastor St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford.
Stories and photos of the Holy Land pilgrimage will be featured in an upcoming issue of The Monitor as well as on TrentonMonitor.com.
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