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Diocese prepares to observe Pastoral Care Week
Throughout history, the Church and its many ministries and outreach programs have offered support to those who are suffering, ill, dying, lonely, grieving, abandoned or forgotten.
Hispanic ministry in your Catholic Parish
While numbers can sometimes be manipulated to say what we want them to say, these data do not lie. Hispanics are rapidly becoming the majority ethnic group in the Catholic Church in the United States. What does this trend mean to our Diocese of Trenton? What does it mean for …
Missionaries reach out to inspire, encourage faithful of all ages
With an expressed goal to “cultivate the missionary heart of the Diocese of Trenton,” the diocesan Office of Missions strives to educate the faithful in parishes, Catholic schools and religious education programs in Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties of the importance of supporting the missionaries who spread the Gospel …
Lakewood parish opens its heart for world missions
Since becoming diocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Society in 2013, Father Peter James Alindogan envisioned holding the annual World Mission Sunday celebration in Lakewood’s St. Anthony Claret Parish.
Aging Gracefully -- Morris Hall Meadows leads the way with state-of-the-art nursing facility
The future of elder care has officially arrived in Mercer County, and its name is Morris Hall Meadows.
With pomp and circumstance, Georgian Court Univ. inaugurates new president
For the first time in its 107-year-long-history, the gold medallion signifying the office of president of Georgian Court University was bestowed on someone other than a sister of Mercy.
Making Death 'Less Frightening' -- Via Lucis workshop encourages difficult conversations about end-of-life care
What does death look like? What is the Catholic approach to end-of-life care? What does it mean to die in 21st century America?These difficult, pressing questions were among the many addressed in the ninth annual “Now and at the Hour of our Death” workshop, presented by Via Lucis – the …
Bishop encourages deacons' ministry of 'prayer and preaching'
Coming together as a brotherhood, deacons of the Diocese of Trenton were challenged by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., to live up to the summons issued by Pope Francis on his recent trip to the United States. "When the Pope met with us, he told us to focus our energies …
Separated and Divorced draw strength from Day of Healing
In answer to Pope Francis’ observation that the Church must act as a “field hospital” for its wounded members, the diocesan Department of Pastoral Care held a Day of Healing for separated and divorced Catholics Oct. 17 in St. Ann Parish, Lawrenceville.
In second Anniversary Blessing Mass, Bishop O'Connell honors couples for their commitment, fidelity
Hundreds of couples from Monmouth and Ocean counties who are celebrating significant milestones in their marriages gathered in St. Robert Bellarmine Church, Freehold, where Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., celebrated the Mass and gave a special anniversary blessing.
Burlington and Mercer couples celebrate Sacrament of Marriage at annual Anniversary Mass
In the first of two celebrations to unfold this month, the Sacrament of Catholic marriage was honored Oct. 11 at the annual Anniversary Blessing Mass in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.
Father Conlon legacy of devotion, Vincentian service remembered
Father Arthur F. Conlon, 93, who entered into eternal life Oct. 28, was remembered as a faithful steward, dedicated pastor and champion of those in need during a Mass of Christian Burial Oct. 30 in St. Vincent De Paul Church, Yardville, where he served as pastor for 26 years.
Married in Christ -- Anniversary couples honored for their love, loyalty and faith
Celebrating two Masses for married couples marking milestone anniversaries in the Diocese, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., thanked them for their fidelity and the commitment they made to one another in Christ through the Sacrament of Matrimony.
"A pilgrimage to Mary's house"
Pilgrims from the Diocese will be among the million or so pilgrims that visit the largest Roman Catholic church in the United States each year.
Brick hosts first of four Diocesan Holy Hours for Vocations
Rroughly 30 devoted souls brushed aside adverse circumstances on Oct. 28 and drove to the Church of St. Dominic to pray for vocations. Holy Hours will also be held in Monmouth, Mercer and Burlington Counties.
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