The response comes after Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., announced the temporary suspension of all public Masses throughout the Diocese, and state and federal officials announced restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Bishop O’Connell’s schedule for Holy Week, Paschal Triduum

** All Masses and Liturgies through Holy Week will be celebrated without a congregation, accessible via live-stream only. The faithful are encouraged to participate reverently as families from their homes. Holy Communion will only be available as Viaticum for those in danger of death.

• The Mass for Palm Sunday will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation and livestreamed on diocesan websites at 11:30 a.m. April 5. Palms will not be blessed and distributed in any churches of the Diocese because of the risk of contagion. Palms will be blessed and made available at a later time yet to be determined. 

• The Mass for Holy Thursday will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation and livestreamed on diocesan websites at 7 p.m. April 9.

• The Commemoration/Celebration of the Lord’s Passion will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation and livestreamed on diocesan websites at 3 p.m. April 10.

• The Easter Vigil will be celebrated by the Bishop without a congregation and livestreamed on diocesan websites at 7 p.m. April 11.

Parishes in the Diocese of Trenton with digital services and Masses:

Burlington County

• Mary, Mother of the Church Parish, Bordentown, livestream at mmotcp.org.

• St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford. www.smlparish.org

• Christ the Redeemer Parish, Mount Holly, Iglesia Cristo Redentor / Christ the Redeemer Church on Facebook. Weekday Masses Monday-Friday at 9 a.m. (español); April 5, 10 a.m. (español); April 9 (Jueves Santo), 6 p.m. (español); April 10 (Viernes Santo), 3 p.m. (español); April 11 (Vigilia Pascual), 6 p.m. (español); April 12 (Easter Sunday, 10 a.m. (español) and noon (English)

• St. Katharine Drexel Parish, Burlington, facebook.com/stkatsburlington on Facebook. Monday-Saturday at 8 a.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and noon.

• Holy Eucharist, Tabernacle, Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., holyeucharist.org/

• St. Joan of Arc, Marlton, Sunday, 10:30am, www.stjoans.org/

• St. Charles Borromeo Parish,Cinnaminson, www.scbcinnaminson.com  

• Resurrection Parish, Delran, is livestreaming the following Masses and prayer offerings from the rectory chapel: Daily Mass, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.; Sunday Mass, 10 a.m.; Daily Office of Readings with Morning Prayer, 8:30 a.m.; Regina Caeli and Daytime Prayer, noon; Regina Caeli and Evening Prayer, 6 p.m. To view the livestream, visit the parish website: www.resurrection2.org. 

• Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown, livestreams the weekday Masses, Monday-Saturday at 9 a.m., and Sunday Masses at 9 and 10:30 a.m. The liturgies that will be livestreamed for Holy Week are: April 9, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m., and the Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m.; April 11, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 8 p.m., and Easter Sunday Masses at 9 and 10:30 a.m. To view the livestream, go to the parish website at http://www.olgcnj.org/, click on the Parish tab and then the Livestream tab.

• St. John Neumann Parish, Mount Laurel, will livestream Holy Week liturgies on: April 9, Holy Thursday, 7 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday, 3 p.m.; Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 7 p.m., and Easter Sunday Mass at 9 a.m. The parish livestreams daily Mass Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. To view, visit the parish website at https://sjnmtl.org/.

Mercer County

• St. Paul Parish, Princeton, Sunday Mass 10 a.m.; Daily Mass 8:15 a.m. on parish homepage. 9am Misa en español.

• St.Ann Parish, Lawrenceville, livestreams daily Mass at 9:30 a.m. on the parish's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIETmGCQBU0. The parish will livestream Holy Week liturgies on April 9, Holy Thursday, 6:30 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday,3 p.m.; April 11, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 7 p.m.; April 12, Easter Sunday Mass, 9 a.m.

• Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, West Trenton, facebook.com/OlgcWestTrenton. Daily Mass is at 7:30 a.m. and Sunday Mass is at 10 a.m.

• St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square, will livestream Mass on Sundays at 10 a.m. To view, visit the parish website, www.stgregorythegreatchurch.org  or the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SGTGC.

• St. Hedwig Parish, Trenton, www.sainthedwigparish.com.

• St. James Parish, Pennington, St. Alphonsus Parish, Hopewell, St. George Parish, Titusville, 8 a.m. Mass on Sunday mornings will be livestreamed. facebook.com/The-Catholic-Community-of-Hopewell-Valley-2273138319383612 or parish websites:

• Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton, Streams on Facebook: April 5, Palm Sunday, 11 a.m.; April 9, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday, Passion of the Lord, 3 p.m.; April 11, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 7:30 p.m.; April 12, Easter Sunday, 11 a.m.; www.facebook.com/olssahamilton.

• St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Hightstown, will livestream Holy Week Masses and liturgies on the parish Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/St-Anthony-of-Padua-Catholic-Church-1197943553585734/. The liturgies are: April 5, Palm Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass (English) and noon Mass (Spanish); April 9, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper (bilingual), 6 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday, Passion of the Lord, 3 p.m. (English) and 6 p.m. (Spanish); April 12, Easter Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass (English) and noon Mass (Spanish). 

Monmouth County

• St. Anthony of Padua, Red Bank, 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday and 5 p.m. Misa en español el sábado. Stations of the Cross streamed on Fridays at 7 p.m. Bilingual daily Masses 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday: www.stanthonysofredbank.net.

Holy Week liturgies: April 9, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m. (bilingual); April 10, Good Friday Service of the Lord’s Passion at 3 p.m., Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m. (English), and 7:45 (Spanish); April 11, Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil at 7 p.m. (English); April 12, Easter Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. (English) and noon (Spanish).

• Nativity Parish, Fair Haven,  Monday – Saturday, 8 a.m., followed by Eucharistic Adoration until noon each day at video.nest.com/live/1Iw5QKCrC9. Sundays 9:30 a.m. Mass

• Holy Cross Parish, Rumson, will livestream Holy Week and Easter liturgies on: April 9, Holy Thursday, 7 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday, 3 p.m.; April 11, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 8 p.m., and April 12, Easter Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. To view the livestream, visit the homepage on the parish website at holycrossrumson.org

• St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass and 8 a.m. Sunday Mass on Youtube.

• St. Catharine-St. Margaret, Spring Lake, Monday-Friday noon; 5 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. As of April. 16, the parish's new link will be venue.streamspot.com/9...

• St. Catherine Laboure Parish, Middletown, will livestream all private Masses on the parish Facebook, on Youtube and parish website, STCATHEK.org.

• Our Lady of Fatima, Keyport, Facebook group, Saturday 4 p.m. in English; Sunday 9 a.m. in English, Domingo a las 10:30 a.m. en español, Wednesday 6:30 p.m. bilingual exposition of Blessed Sacrament; Palm Sunday, Saturday 4:00pm English, Sunday 9:00am English, 10:30am Spanish; Holy Wednesday 6:30pm Exposition of Blessed Sacrament bilingual; Holy Thursday 7:00pm Bilingual Mass; Good Friday 10:00am bilingual Stations of the Cross, 3:00pm English, 6:30pm Spanish; 7:45pm Holy Sepulcher and Lady of Sorrow prayer service; Holy Saturday 9:00am Bilingual morning prayer; 7:00pm Bilingual Easter Vigil; Easter Sunday 9:00am English, 10:30am Spanish 

• St. Michael Parish, Long Branch, is livestreaming a various liturgies and Masses during Holy Week and the Triduum. The livestream may be accessed on the link that is found on the homepage of the parish website: www.stmichaelnj.com. The schedule includes April 8, Parish Day of Prayer and Fasting for COVID-19 Relief and Recovery (morning Mass which began at 8 a.m., followed by Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day until 7:30 p.m. when Stations of the Cross will be prayed. At the top of each hour until 6 p.m., a prayer or the Rosary will be recited.)

The Triduum liturgies are April 9,  Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7:30 p.m.;  April 10, Good Friday Passion of the Lord at 3 p.m. and Stations of the Cross at 5:30 p.m.; April 11, Holy Saturday Great Vigil Mass at 8 p.m., and Easter Sunday Masses at 7 a.m. and noon. 

• Christ the King, Long Branch, Sunday Masses: 9 a.m. (portugues); 10:30 a.m. (English); 12 p.m. (español) on Youtube channel

• St. Rose Parish, Belmar www.strosebelmar.com/srb Saturdays 5 p.m.; Sundays 11:30 a.m. and daily Mass Monday - Friday 9 a.m.

• St. Catharine Parish, Holmdel, will livestream Holy Week liturgies on the parish website, stcatharine.net. The schedule is: Palm Sunday, April 5, 11 a.m. Mass; Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7:30 p.m.; Good Friday Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m.; Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday Mass, 11 a.m.

• Our Lady of Hope Parish, West Long Branch, will livestream the following Holy Week liturgies on the parish website https://ladyofhopeparish.org/: April 5, Palm Sunday Mass at 9 a.m. followed by Adoration  of the Blessed Sacrament and recitation of the Rosary until noon; April 6, 7 p.m., the diocesan Mass for Holy Week in Time of Pandemic; April 7 and 8, Mass at 9 a.m. followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and recitation of the Rosary until noon; April 9, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7 p.m. (no morning Mass or adoration); April 10, Good Friday Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m. (no morning Mass or Adoration);  April 11, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 7 p.m. (no morning Mass or Adoration); April 12, Easter Sunday Mass, 9 a.m., followed by Adoration and recitation of the Rosary until noon.

• St. Mary Parish, Middletown, will livestream the following Holy Week liturgies on the parish website at www.stmarychurchnj.org: Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7 p.m.; Good Friday Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m.; Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 7 p.m., and Easter Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. Livestream of the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sundays will be available until further notice.

• St. Gabriel Parish, Marlboro, Stations of the Cross April 3 at 7 p.m.; Palm Sunday, April 5, 11 a.m. (Palms will be distributed at a later date); Tuesday of Holy Week, April 7, 10 a.m. Mass; Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, April 9, 4 p.m.; Good Friday Liturgy of the Passion, April 10, 2 p.m.; Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, April 11, 4 p.m.; Easter Sunday Mass, April 12, 11 a.m. Livestreams on parish Facebook

• St. James, Red Bank, April 5 – 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass; April 9 – 7 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper; April 10 – 3 p.m. Lord’s Passion, 6p.m. Stations of the Cross; April 11 – 7 p.m. Easter Vigil; April 12 – 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass on website.

 Ocean County

• St. Joseph Parish, Toms River, www.facebook.com/StJoesParishTR 9 a.m. daily Mass Monday-Saturday. Sundays 10:30 a.m. Mass in English. 5 p.m. Misa en español el domingo.

• St. Dominic Parish, Brick, Sunday Mass each week 10:30 a.m. on YouTube.

• Visitation Parish, Brick, Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.; Saturday 8:15 a.m., and Sunday 9 a.m.; Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, April 9, 7:30 p.m. (The Mass will be livestreamed only but will not be available for viewing afterward); April 10, Good Friday, Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion 3 p.m.; Easter Vigil Mass Holy Saturday 8 p.m.; Easter Sunday 9 a.m. on Youtube.

• St. Aloysius Parish, Jackson, Monday-Friday 9 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament daily 3 p.m.; 5p.m. on Saturday and 10:30a.m. on Sunday. The parish's livestream schedule for Holy Week includes: April 6, 7 p.m., the diocesan Mass for Holy Week in Time of Pandemic; April 9, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 4 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday, Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m. and Stations of the Cross will be shown throughout the day; April 11, Holy Saturday Blessing of Easter Food, 11 a.m.; Easter Vigil, 8 p.m.; April 12, Easter Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mass. Visit the parish website, www.saintaloysiusonline.org. 

• St. Martha Parish, Point Pleasant, is posting Sunday Mass, with the exception of Palm Sunday, on YouTube, www.saintmartha.net.

• St. John Parish, Lakehurst  St. John's YouTube channel Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m.; recitation of the Rosary on Sunday at 9 a.m. followed by Sunday Mass at 9:20 a.m.

• St. Monica Parish, Jackson, Holy Week and Easter liturgies at www.saintmonica.com; Palm Sunday, April 5 at 11 a.m. only; Holy Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m.; Good Friday Stations of the Cross, April 10 at 3 p.m.; Easter Vigil, April 11 at 8 p.m., and Easter Sunday, April 12 at 11a.m. only.

• St. Peter Parish, Point Pleasant Beach, will livestream the following liturgies during Holy Week: April 9, Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 6 p.m.; April 10, Good Friday Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m.; April 11, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 5 p.m; April 12, Easter Sunday Mass, 10:30 a.m. In addition, the parish each Wednesday holds a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament which is livestreamed at 3 p.m. After Easter, the parish will continue to livestream Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. until further notice. The livestream link may be found on the homepage of the parish's new website: https://www.stpetersbytheshore.org/.

• St. Luke Parish, Toms River, is livestreaming Holy Week and Easter liturgies on the parish's Facebook page which may be accessed on the homepage of the parish website, https://stlukestomsriver.org/. Parishioners do not need a Facebook account to access. The schedule includes April 5, Palm Sunday, 11 a.m. Mass; April 6, 11 a.m. Mass; April 8, 11 a.m. Mass; April 9, Holy Thursday, 11 a.m. Morning Prayer and 7 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper; April 10, Good Friday, 11 a.m. Morning Prayer and 3 p.m. Commemoration of the Lord's Passion; April 11, Holy Saturday, 11 a.m. Morning Prayer and 8:15 p.m. Easter Vigil; April 12, 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass. The parish also announced that the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday mornings will be livestreamed until further notice.

• St. Pius X Parish, Forked River, will livestream the 10 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass on April 5 on the parish's Facebook page.

• Epiphany Parish, Brick, will livestream the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday on the parish Facebook.

• St. Anthony Claret Parish and St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood, livestream daily Mass in Spanish at 7 p.m. on https://www.facebook.com/guilherme.andrino.9. The Sacred Triduum, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, will be livestreamed in English and Polish at https://www.facebook.com/stmaryofthelakenj and in Spanish at https://www.facebook.com/guilherme.andrino.9. The liturgies are also posted on Youtube. 

• St. Barnabas Parish, Bayville, daily Masses and Sunday Masses on the parish website, YouTubeand Facebook

• St. Mary Parish, Barnegat, broadcasts Mass which can be viewed on the parish website at stmaryparishbarnegat.com

• St. Theresa Parish, Little Egg Harbor, will livestream Holy Week Masses and liturgies which may be viewed on the parish website at https://sttheresa450.org/. The schedule includes: Palm Sunday Mass, April 5, 10 a..m.; daily Mass, April 6-8, 12:15 p.m.; Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7 p.m.; Good Friday Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m.; Holy Saturday Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.; Easter Sunday Mass, 10 a.m.

• St. Monica Parish, Jackson, announced that information on the livestreaming of Holy Week Masses and liturgies will be posted on the parish website at www.saintmonica.com. The times of the liturgies are: Palm Sunday, April 5, 11 a.m.; Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7 p.m.; Good Friday Commemoration of the Lord's Passion, 3 p.m.; Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 8 p.m.; Easter Sunday Mass, 10 a.m.

Misas trasmitidas en español:

• San José, Toms River, transmitirá la Misa de 5pm el domingo en vivo a través de su perfil en Facebook. 

• San Antonio de Padua, Red Bank, Misa en español a las 5pm el sábado. También, transmitirá la Vía Crucis los viernes a las 7pm y una Misa bilingüe a las 8am los lunes, miércoles, y viernes: stanthonysofredbank.net

• San Pablo, Princeton, Misa a las 9am, domingo en su perfil de Facebook.

• Nuestra Señora de Fátima, Keyport, domingo a las 10:30am en español, Exposición bilingüe del Santísimo los miércoles 6:30am en su grupo de Facebook.

• Cristo Redentor, Mount Holly, Misa diaria 9 am; Sábado a las 5pm; Domingo 8am; 3/29, 10 a.m.; 4/5, 10 a.m.; 4/9 (Jueves Santo), 6 p.m.; 4/10 (Viernes Santo), 3 p.m.;  4/11 (Vigilia Pascual), 6 p.m.; 4/12 (Pascua), 10 a.m.

• San Antonio Claret, Lakewood, diaria entre semana a las 7pm, sábado a las 5pm, domingo a las 10:30am. Transmitido en vivo en facebook.com/guilherme.andrino.9.

• Our Lady of Fatima, Keyport, Facebook group, Domingo de Ramos, 10:30am; Miércoles Santo 6:30pm Exposición del Santísimo bilingue; Jueves Santo 7:00pm; Viernes Santo 10:00am Vía Crucis bilingue 6:30pm; 7:45pm servicio de oración del Sagrado Sepulcro y Nuestra Señora de Dolores; Sábado Santo 9:00am Bilingue oración de la mañana; Vigilia Pascual 7:00pm bilingue; Pascua10:30am

In addition, there are other national resources where Masses may be viewed:

• Heart of the Nation: Type in your Zip code for information.

• Comcast: Monmouth & Ocean, Channel 190, Mass is televised at 9 a.m. Sundays.

• WPVI Channel 6 in Philadelphia has Mass every Sunday at 5:30 a.m.

• The National Catholic Broadcasting Council (NCBC): The Catholic Faith Network is available on Optimum channel 29/137, Verizon FIOS TV channel 296 and Charter Spectrum channel 162/471 throughout the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. CFN is also available on selected cable and satellite systems nationwide, along with vast on-demand library of original programming and a high quality 24.7 live stream.

• The Catholic Faith Network: (Once logged into the website, click on the Schedule tab and then the date). The Catholic Faith Network is available on Optimum channel 29/137, Verizon FIOS TV channel 296 and Charter Spectrum channel 162/471 throughout the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. CFN is also available on selected cable and satellite systems nationwide, along with a vast on-demand library of original programming and a high quality 24.7 live stream. 

• Catholic TV: Check the website for availability in your area.

• Eternal Word Television Network: daily Mass at noon

• Catholic TV Network: Mass every day from Sunday-Friday; Mass in Spanish every Sunday

On The Radio

• Domestic Church Media:Masses is broadcast Sunday-Friday at 8 a.m., noon and 7 p.m. On Saturdays, Mass is broadcast at 8 a.m. only. Tune into WFJS 1260AM and WFJS 89.3FM. DCM also livestreams on its website, DomesticChurchMedia.org, as well as on its free Mobile App, and on the Amazon and Google home speaker devices.

• Perfil Latino TV 

• Relevant radio: Daily Audio Mass 1 p.m. Livestream: Weekdays at 1 p.m.; Sundays at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.