PARISHES
Point Pleasant Beach school participates in global 'Hour of Code'
Students in St. Peter School, Point Pleasant Beach, flexed their computer skills the week of Dec. 4 as the school held its first “Hour of Code” event, designed to take the mystery out of computer coding and show that anyone can learn the basics of mastering the devices that reach …
Aviation Day puts St. Catharine students in pilot seat
General aviation and aerospace are subjects the eighth graders of St. Catharine School, Spring Lake, are studying intently this academic year.
GCU professor brings border visit lessons to classroom
Immigration, and in particular, the nation’s southern border with Mexico, are common in today’s headlines, as well as in civic discourse, policy debates and in the nonprofit and faith communities.
Cinnaminson parish to present mission on Eucharist
St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Cinnaminson, will host a parish mission on the Holy Eucharist Jan. 20-24 in the church at 2500 Branch Pike.
St. Francis Community Center offering ESL classes
The Educational Services at St. Francis Community Center, Brant Beach, will offer classes for high school diploma preparation and English as a Second Language throughout Ocean County.
Cooper University Health Care withdraws plan to acquire Lourdes Health System, St. Francis Medical Center
Cooper University Health Care has announced that it will no longer pursue the acquisition of Trinity Health’s New Jersey assets, including Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, Willingboro, and St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.
CBA chess team wins national championship
Senior members of the Christian Brothers Academy chess team battled to their second win in three years during the U.S. Chess Federation’s 2017 National 12th Grade Championships, held Dec. 8 - 10 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
TCA, Google collaborate to bring augmented reality to students
Students in both Trenton Catholic Academy’s Upper and Lower Schools recently looked down into the eye of a hurricane, walked among dinosaurs and saw Michelangelo’s famous 15th century sculpture, The Pietà, all in one day.
Latin Mass celebrated on Feast of the Holy Innocents in Neptune
Faithful from Holy Innocents Parish, Neptune, commemorated their parish feast day, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, in an extraordinarily reverent and special way during the Octave of Christmas.
Plans take shape for MLK Day of Service
Parishes, schools and agencies in the Diocese of Trenton will be continuing the tradition of joining in a national Day of Service named in honor of the civil rights figure Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish prepares family events in anticipation of centennial
With a major milestone on the horizon for May 18, 2019, the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Maple Shade, is stoking the fires of expectation with a series of family events leading up to its 100th anniversary.
Medford parish seeks to evangelize through Mass Mob approach
With an eye toward broadening evangelization opportunities and attracting a lot more people into the pews, St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford, has adopted its own version of a Mass Mob, and is planning to hold three such events in the coming months – on Jan. 14 at 9 …
St. Francis Center offers support group for parents of abused children
St. Francis Counseling Services, Brant Beach, is offering a free, confidential support group for parents of sexually abused children.
Students invited to submit projects for Catholic Schools Week
Time is almost up to submit entries for the 2018 Catholic Schools Week project. Submissions are due Jan. 19, built on the theme “Why I Love My Catholic School,” sponsored by the New Jersey Network of Catholic School Families.
Retreat director bringing addiction talk to Jackson parish says faith can make inroads in drug epidemic
“Substance use disorders represent one of the most pressing public health crises of our time.” This statement is from the preface of the first U. S. Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health, a report revealing that, in 2015, more than 27.1 million people were current users of illicit …
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