PARISHES
With Bread and Heart in Tent City
Archbishop brings the Gospel of Loaves and Fishes to encampment On his annual summer visits to the United States, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski is apt to stop by St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood, to pray with and visit the large Polish community there.And if there’s some time to spare from …
Instilling traditions with a little help from the saints
Instilling in parishioners the importance of maintaining Catholic traditions is a top priority for Father Daniel Hesko.One tool the pastor of St. Catherine of Laboure Parish, Middletown, has used during the past 15 years is the observation of the saints’ feast days.
'A Place to Go and Pray'
Despite heavy storm damage and loss of power, Freehold parish perseveres Even a state of emergency and a lack of power couldn’t keep parishioners from the pews of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Freehold, on Sunday, after a brutal line of Saturday evening storms left behind long trails of damage …
St. Clare of Assisi anniversary to be celebrated
The Secular Franciscans at the Jersey Shore are inviting the faithful to join them in St. Peter Parish, Point Pleasant Beach, Aug. 19 as they celebrate the conclusion of the year-long 800th anniversary of the Consecration and Profession of St. Clare of Assisi.
Annual walking pilgrimage marks 10th year
St. Hedwig Church, Trenton, will be the meeting place for more than 500 pilgrims from the Diocese of Trenton and Archdiocese of Philadelphia Aug. 11 for the annual two-day spiritual journey from Trenton to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown. The pilgrimage will begin at 6 a.m. …
Heritage recalled, future secured by Spring Lake Parish
Tradition, an English word with long Latin roots, means to transmit, hand over or give for safekeeping. In St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake, the word comes to life each July during the Triduum of Sts. Joachim and Anne as the faithful celebrate an origin little known outside their midst.
Vacation Bible School 21st Century Style
A contemporary blend of fun and faithFor scores of kids who call the Trenton Diocese home, summer is a time to go adventuring through the Scripture in Vacation Bible Schools that bloom annually like sunflowers in the parishes of Mercer, Burlington, Monmouth and Ocean counties.
St. Rose High School launches facilities planning process
With an eye turned toward the future, St. Rose High School, Belmar, has hired an architectural firm to commence a study of the institution’s campus ...
Northern Exposure: Students' concern for environment wins national award and trip to Alaska
A quest for cleaner air in a Manahawkin Catholic school parking lot led three eighth-grade students on an adventure across five time zones and 3,300 miles.
St. Ann Parish celebrates 75 years as a faith community
As Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., shared during his homily Aug. 5 in St. Ann Church, Lawrenceville, 1937 was the year of the Hindenburg disaster, the year Disney released “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” the year Bill Cosby was born and for parishioner Virginia Belviso, the year her father …
St. Alphonsus Parish will hold blessing of newly restored grotto
St. Alphonsus Parish, Hopewell, will bless its newly restored grotto immediately following the 5 p.m. Mass Sept. 8, the feast of the Nativity of Mary, at 54 E. Prospect Street.
Parish hosts 'Spiritual Adoption' celebration
The Respect Life Ministry of Sts. Francis and Claire Parish, Florence Township, celebrated the conclusion of its “Spiritual Adoption” program July 29. Parishioners were invited to meet after Mass to gather together with food, fellowship and a “birth-day” celebration for the babies that were “spiritually adopted” and prayed for during …
Come Let Us Adore Christ
Sacred vessel chosen to hold the Body of Christ at Eucharistic Congress Until recently, the exquisite and artistically detailed monstrance kept in St. Barnabas Parish, Bayville, was known mostly for what was not known about it – its origin.
St. Francis Medical Center offers carotid stenting
In a continuing effort to provide advanced healthcare, the Cardiac Catheterization Lab in St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, recently performed its first carotid stent procedure.
Retreat planned for women
The Catholic Women of Zion Chapter II Ocean County will hold a mini-day retreat for women Sept. 22 in St. Pius X Church at 300 Lacey Rd., Forked River.
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