RESPECT LIFE

A Message from Bishop O'Connell: We must always bring 'life to light'

I have said it before and I say it again.  There is one thing we all have in common, my brothers and sisters.  Regardless of our race or place of natural origin; regardless of our religion or absence of it; regardless of our age or status or station in life: …

Faithful invited to take part in pro-life events, novena

Faithful of the Diocese of Trenton will have the opportunity to stand for the sanctity of life alongside hundreds of thousands from around the world during the Jan. 18 March For Life in Washington, D.C. 

Bishop, Diocese's faithful gather to pray on eve of March for Life

In preparation for the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., hundreds gathered with Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., Jan. 17, for the Mass of Sending.  

Pro-life advocates make voices heard at State House rally

Nearly 100 sturdy souls stood in the plaza of Trenton’s State House Annex Jan. 22 for the annual Rally for Life, eager to send a clear message to legislators, passers-by and anyone who would listen: They support life in all its forms, at all its stages, from conception to natural …

At annual Mass for Life, faithful urged to take stand against abortion

Faithful of all ages gathered Jan. 22 in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, to pray for a different tomorrow, one free of abortion, at the annual Mass for Life.

Diocese's faithful travel to Washington with determination, faith, compassion

Gwen DeForte of Incarnation-St. James Parish, Ewing, speaks warmly of the four women she remembers in her daily prayers. They are the mothers of her four adopted children.

A reflection on the 2019 March for Life

Washington D.C. during the March for Life is probably the closest thing that I have ever experienced to being in Canada; the niceness, I mean.  

March for Life leaves impression on youth in Diocese

Students throughout the Diocese of Trenton made their presence known at the 2019 March for Life Jan. 18 in Washington, D.C. – many witnessing the March in person for the first time. Youth from St. Mary Parish, Barnegat, and St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral Parish, Freehold, reflected on the day with …

Heartfelt stories of choosing life shared in new diocesan video

A couple that struggles with infertility gets pregnant with twins, only to be told the children will likely not survive. A father’s experience of having his newborn son grip his finger, only to pass away 83 hours into his little life.

Young people shine in annual Diocesan Respect Life contest

The respect that elementary school students from around the Diocese have for all life was lovingly and creatively reflected in the works they submitted for the annual diocesan Respect Life contest.

Bishop O'Connell calls for prayers to end infanticide

The U.S. Senate recently failed to pass the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act – legislation that prohibits infanticide by ensuring that a child born alive following an attempted abortion would receive the same degree of care to preserve her or his life and health as would be given to any other …

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