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The Sorrowful Mysteries
One item stood out among the many religious items of my Grandma Alma's bedroom as I let ...
The Joyful Mysteries
It feels odd to say I have a preferred set of Mysteries of the Rosary to pray. Each of the four ...
Prayer of Victory: Rosary one of Church’s most powerful supplications throughout history
As a collection of prayers in a form that even pre-dates Christianity, the Rosary has progressed over many centuries.
‘Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee’
A message on the Rosary from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.
Glimmers of light shine forth through the unknowns
As a bereavement counselor, Christian life coach and spiritual director in St. William the Abbot Parish, Mary Ann Collett has journeyed with people who have suffered loss.
Enhanced technology, new ideas pave way for fruitful Lent, Easter across Diocese
While 2020 brought the temporary closing of churches and an abrupt change in how the Lenten and Easter seasons would be celebrated across the Diocese – and indeed, the world – this year’s Holy Season brings in-person Masses and fresh livestream capabilities.
Social service agencies rise to meet pandemic’s cascading effects
As COVID-19 reaches into the new year, a cascade of problems continues to affect individuals, families...
Tsunami of evictions a very real possibility for millions
As winter sets in and a pandemic rages on across the country, millions of financially strapped Americans are facing eviction. Experts are calling what is coming a tsunami.
At St. Gregory’s Pantry, an ecumenical outreach to the hungry
Thirty-five years ago, someone in need knocked on the door of St. Mary’s By The Sea Episcopal Church in Point Pleasant Beach looking for food for the family.
Brick food pantry sees need nearly triple during pandemic
The Helping Hands Ministry begun in 1982 at Epiphany Parish, Brick, has grown from a small food pantry to one that supported nearly 3,000 per year prior to the pandemic, or approximately 250 per month from Ocean and Monmouth Counties.
Mount Carmel Guild volunteer notes the value of presence
For the past nine years, Terri Olexa has volunteered in Mount Carmel Guild, Trenton. Her duties have run the gamut of office work, data entry, checking people in for the Thanksgiving food drive, gathering food to distribute and preparing for the gift exchange.
In feeding others, Diocese’s seminarian finds added perspective on vocation
“An eye-opening experience.” That’s how Adam Johnson, a seminarian from the Trenton Diocese, described the four hours he and 15 fellow seminarian
The Church's long-fought battle to end poverty
In 2007, just a few years after the serial disasters of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Catholic Charities USA launched the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America, setting the ambitious goal of “Cutting Poverty in Half by 2020.”
God’s love is still the heart of creative Christmas celebrations
Experience Christmas and Advent in new ways this year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Remembering the Diocese's deceased clergy
In commemoration of the month of All Souls, The Monitor Magazine staff warmly invites our readers to prayerfully remember all the faithfully departed bishops, priests and deacons who served in the Diocese of Trenton.
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