PARISHES
Team Work
St. Denis School, Manasquan, paired second graders with their eighth grade prayer partners to complete an advent wreath project.
All Smiles
Prayer partners from St. Denis School, Manasquan, are all smiles as they work together on their advent wreath project.
Men's breakfast group hosts Catholic Charities
The Catholic Men’s Breakfast Group, which recently celebrated its 16th year of faith-filled spirituality, education, and bagels with a schmear, played host Dec. 5 in Neptune City to representatives from Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, to learn how to put the Gospel message into action.
St. Justin Parish is dreaming big for its anniversary
The spotlight will shine on St. Justin the Martyr Parish, Toms River, when it hosts its first spaghetti dinner and show Jan. 5, featuring the talents of Daydreamer Productions, a group of talented teens and young adults voted ‘Best of the Best” by the Asbury Park Readers Choice awards last …
Monsignor Donovan hosts academic challenge
While many high school students used their Thanksgiving break to visit family, eat holiday leftovers, catch up on much needed sleep and homework assignments, and brave the Black Friday crowds, some students in the diocese were undoubtedly preparing for the Academic Challenge hosted by Monsignor Donovan High School, Toms River.
Not What You Think
Recently students in the fifth grade class in St. Raphael School, Hamilton, dissected owl pellets – the undigested prey consumed by an owl, usually consisting of teeth, bones, claws, feathers and fur, compressed in the gizzard and stored in a pouch in the stomach.
Sweet Science
Trenton Catholic Academy’s Pre-K 3 class learned the alphabet, science and making dessert in one delicious lesson.
Beautiful Bounty
Gaily-wrapped presents and shiny new bicycles line the hallways of Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, Dec. 17, in preparation for their trip to Martin House in Trenton.
A Flick of Faith
In honor of Advent, students and teachers in the religious education program in St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel, held class at the movie theater.
EXPANDED: Formed in Faith, Hope, Love
On Epiphany Sunday, St. David the King opens 25th year anniversary Before a congregation that filled St. David the King Church to capacity, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., spoke of how fitting it was that the West Windsor parish saw the Feast of the Epiphany as the occasion to commence …
A statement of Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M.
Regarding the establishment of Trinity Hall, an all-girls high school in Monmouth CountyI was approached early in my tenure as Diocesan Bishop to give permission to build an "all-girls Catholic High School" in Monmouth County. This was not the first time such a request was made of the Diocese although …
EXPANDED: 'Taking The Plunge' for Catholic Education
Over 500 supporters of Catholic education charged into the frigid 40 degree ocean waters in Sea Bright, Jan. 13, for the annual and entertaining tradition known as the Ancient Order of Hibernians ‘Polar Bear Plunge.’
Youth encouraged to participate in Respect Life Poster, Essay and Video Contest
The diocesan Respect Life Ministry invites students in Catholic schools, parish religious education programs and youth ministry programs to participate in the annual Respect Life Poster, Essay and Video Contest.
St. Raphael School students explore new heights in learning
As part of the hands-on discovery approach to learning, St. Raphael School, Hamilton, students are participating in the Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge through Drexel University.
Geography Bee winner moves on to next step
Emma Quay, an eighth grade student in Incarnation-St. James School, Ewing, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Jan. 14, and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship.
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