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Bishop O’Connell’s homily for the 'Mass of Giving Thanks to God for the Gift of Human Life'
Today, as a Diocese and throughout our many parishes, we celebrate a “Mass of Giving Thanks to God for the Gift of Human Life.”
Plenary indulgence for Catholics taking part in March for Life events
The Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See has approved a plenary indulgence surrounding the 2021 Washington March for Life events.
A Prayer for Our Nation
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., invites the faithful on Inauguration Day to join him in a “Prayer for Our Nation.”
Pro-life advocates are indeed warriors
The expression “culture warrior” is used in contemporary conversation, even in some Catholic circles, to describe people who fight for those causes that run counter to prevailing cultural values and preferences, chief among those causes, the protection of human life in all its stages, from conception to natural death.
Love: the most durable power in the world
No one can reasonably doubt or question that the past year and the first weeks of this new year have been “times of challenge and controversy.” Each person is called at this moment to look deeply into his/her heart and soul to discover “where he/she stands.”
Bishop O'Connell: the shepherd and the sheep in a time of pandemic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that influenza in the United States was associated with over 35.5 million confirmed illnesses and more than 34,200 deaths during the 2018-2019 influenza season.
‘Ordinary Time’ is anything but ordinary
With the Christmas Season behind us, Catholics enter into a period referred to as “Ordinary Time” in the Church’s liturgy. In our vernacular usage, the word "ordinary" describes what is commonplace, "everyday" or without uniqueness or special distinction.
Keeping Christmas Spirit throughout the Season
The “Christmas Season” in the Catholic Church lasts from Christmas Eve until the Feast of the Baptism...
A message from Bishop O'Connell: Pope Francis announces 'The Year of St. Joseph'
Today, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, His Holiness Pope Francis has used the feast day to declare the year ahead, beginning today, the “Year of St. Joseph,”...
A message from Bishop O’Connell: ‘Mary, you have found favor with God'
We have heard St. Luke’s narrative of the Annunciation so often in the Church’s celebrations of Mary, the Mother of God. That word is proclaimed once more at Mass on this year’s feast of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
Bishop O'Connell: Solitude cannot extinguish the joy of Jesus’ birth
Sometimes, when you’re all alone – as we have often been throughout these many months of pandemic – you hear things differently, more clearly than when you’re surrounded by others in a crowded room, in a class, in an office where the phone keeps ringing and people file in and …
Bishop on fourth week of Advent: A time to encounter
The word “advent” comes from the Latin term adventus, literally meaning “coming to.”
A message from Bishop O'Connell: Thanksgiving – taking gratitude a step further
Gratitude and thanksgiving are certainly admirable human qualities and the source of many social graces.
Bishop O’Connell: Proposed legislation targets most vulnerable human life
The proposed New Jersey “Reproductive Freedom Act” (S3030 / A4848) is another legislative attempt to advance and expand the state’s “abortion agenda” in service to the widespread “culture of death” by eliminating the few remaining state regulations intended to protect the life and health of pregnant mothers.
Bishop O’Connell: Day Two of the USCCB fall meeting
The second day of the annual USCCB Fall Meeting began with the bishops of New Jersey and Pennsylvania gathering virtually as Region III of the nation’s prelates.
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