BISHOP'S CORNER


A look at our relationship with Mary, Queen of the Assumption

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven falls on Sunday this year and remains a pre-eminent Marian feast day that should be honored and remembered.

Following the Church’s synodal path of Communion, Participation and Mission

The Catholic Church in recent years, particularly during the pontificate of Pope Francis, ...

Homily from World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

I remember going shopping as a boy with my mother and grandmother – I guess, maybe 60 years ago – when I...

A summer gathering . . . ‘When the brothers dwell together as one’

It was a beautiful summer evening Thursday July 22 as the priests of the Diocese of Trenton gathered together in St. Robert’s Co-Cathedral Parish for dinner!

A Pro-Life Message from Bishop O'Connell

As Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, I encourage all our Catholic clergy, religious and lay faithful ...

The Holy Eucharist is Jesus Christ Himself

At the recent virtual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Apostolic...

A Father's Day message....

JUNE 20, 2021 •  “Every family needs a father — a father who shares in his family’s joy and pain, hands down wisdom to his children and offers them firm guidance and love.”  Pope Francis

The Sacred Heart of Jesus and the human heart of the priest beat as one

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus can be traced back to the 12th and 13th centuries ...

A note of thanks

My heartfelt thanks to all the clergy, religious and faithful members of the Diocese of Trenton for your prayers and the many expressions of good wishes sent to me during my recent hospitalization. 

With joyful hearts, we return

This weekend, when the Catholic Church in our Diocese celebrates the Solemn Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, seems like the perfect occasion to welcome all the faithful of the four counties to return to full participation in the Holy Eucharist ...

‘I Will Send Another, the Holy Spirit, the Advocate’: The Solemnity of Pentecost

“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken.  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly” (Acts of the Apostles 4:31).

An announcement of the New Jersey Bishops reinstating the general obligation to attend Mass

The Catholic Bishops of New Jersey are lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and Holy Days Mass obligation ...

U.S. climate envoy meets Pope, speaks at Vatican conference

John Kerry, President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate, met privately with Pope Francis...

‘He Was Taken from their Sight’: the Ascension of the Lord

Although the liturgical celebration of the Solemnity of the Ascension has been transferred to this coming Sunday in the Dioceses of New Jersey this year, I can’t help but reflect about its meaning on Thursday, May 13, 40 days after Easter. 


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