DIOCESE
Catholic Schools Mass Homily
As your bishop here in the Diocese of Trenton, I am so happy to be with you and to welcome you to our Cathedral. Although you are all from different parishes and schools around our vast diocese, this Church in Trenton, because it is the bishop’s Church, belongs to everyone …
Journey to Easter
Come be part of the greatest love story ever told this Holy WeekTo think of Holy Week is to think of a beautiful mosaic of liturgical art, with each piece giving shape to the greatest love story ever told – the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Living Stations of the Cross is meaningful experience for youth
Chandler Nichols is not about to let a broken foot stop him from portraying Jesus when his parish youth group presents the Living Stations of the Cross tableau on Good Friday in St. Gabriel Church, Marlboro.
Workshop planned for parish social ministers
A two-day Parish Social Ministry Regional Training workshop will be held April 27-28 in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 156 Maxwell Ave., Hightstown. The workshop, which will be hosted by the Catholic Charities offices for the Trenton and Metuchen Dioceses along with Catholic Charities USA, will feature a panel of …
Thousands gather for Hispanic charismatic retreat
The inspiration of the Holy Spirit was evident March 17 when some 2,500 people gathered in Trenton Catholic Academy, Hamilton, for the sixth annual Charismatic Retreat where participants sought to intensify their faith in preparation for an encounter with Jesus Christ. The event, which included music, praise, two talks and …
RBC choir's melodious contribution
The acoustics were fantastic, the venue spectacular and the chance to raise their voices in sacred song for hundreds of their fellow Catholic school cohorts, not to mention Bishop O’Connell, clergy and educators from around the diocese, was just awesome.
Caretakers find respite in annual retreat
Those who walk with the sick make a journey that is at once both enriching and exhausting for body, mind and soul.
Palm Sunday - Entering Holy Week
Bishop O’Connell urges the faithful to walk through the door with Jesus On Palm Sunday, the door to the most sacred and solemn week of the year opened in parishes around the diocese and indeed, around the world.
CHRISM MASS HOMILY
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Trenton, New JerseyApril 2, 2012The Church is more than only its bishops and priests. We know that. We know that the Church is a community of believers, what the Second Vatican Council referred to as the “new People of God (Lumen Gentium, 9),” …
'In Memory of Him'
Lives of priests must mirror the life of Christ, Bishop O’Connell states at Chrism MassAs the days of Holy Week are filled with liturgies rich in symbolism and tradition, the annual Chrism Mass stands out for its prayerful elegance and reflection of diocesan unity.
Holy Thursday: The Heart of All We Believe
On Holy Thursday, hundreds of faithful flocked to St. Joseph Parish, Toms River, for the solemn observances that have stood for two millenniums as the “unambiguous and non-negotiable core of our Catholic faith.”
Journey into Easter
Defeating the darkness, welcoming the Light of Salvation Catholics in the four counties of the Trenton Diocese joined their brothers and sisters throughout the world this Holy Week in experiencing the solemnities of Jesus’ Passion and Death and the joys of his Resurrection.
'Now and at the Hour of Our Death' Conference
Via Lucis, The Samaritan Hospice Ministry for Catholic patients and families in collaboration with the Diocese of Trenton, Department of Pastoral Care and the Diocese of Camden, Office of Lifelong Faith Formation, will host “Now and at the Hour of Our Death” Conference, the sixth annual pastoral care workshop April …
Bishop O'Connell's announcements, appointments
Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., has announced the assignments for the following men who will be ordained to the priesthood June 9, 2012. These assignments are effective for the newly ordained priests July 1, 2012, except where noted.
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