IN FOCUS
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.
The Church, The Media And Us
The reporting of the news “should always be true and complete, within the bounds of justice and charity.”
What responsibility do Catholics have to use the media for good?
From the earliest days of mass communications, the Church has astutely monitored its potential to both advance the Gospel and serve others, and conversely, to spread evils such as hate, racism and immorality.
Catholics called to fight disinformation, serve common good in use of media
“A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.”
Best practices, ideas to be positive influence on social media
How do you know if the information you are reading or hearing – and sharing – is coming from legitimate sources?
Priests continue innovative shepherding during COVID
With social distancing measures still in place, including the shuttering of all parish churches, priests of the Trenton Diocese continue to find innovative ways to support their flocks and communities.
Morris Hall chaplain, staff diligently serve, safeguard senior residents
As chaplain of Morris Hall, Lawrenceville, Father Angelo Amaral is accustomed to seeing a daily stream of family members and friends visit loved ones in the Catholic, multi-level health care complex that serves the senior population.
Isolated, those on front lines uplifted as priests bring Blessed Sacrament within monstrance
The priests of Mary, Mother of the Church Parish have a practice of visiting the elderly, ill and homebound parishioners every month.
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