SEASONS & CELEBRATIONS

Booklet, videos and more available for Jubilee Year of Hope

Explore resources to celebrate the Jubilee Year on our diocesan website ...

Jubilee Pilgrimages: A Sacred Journey

Pilgrimages are a traditional part of a jubilee year.

Here we go again: Ordinary Time

With the Christmas Season behind us, Catholics now enter...

God does not reject, forget anyone, Pope says on feast of Epiphany

Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed....

A Look Back at 2024: Catholics praised for 'unwavering solidarity' through 2024 natural disasters

Catholics in the U.S. offered steadfast support to those ...

A Look Back at 2024:Pope turns 88, prays for peace, presides over synod

In late November, during a brief audience with people involved...

Remembering lost children with the ‘Cradle of the Beloved’

“Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year.” It must be true, because ...

Lakewood parish hosts hall-filling Nativity scene display

The tradition of creating houses of gingerbread and confections for decoration ...

Christmas story is worth repeating, Bishop tells Hightstown parishioners

"Christmas never gets old," ...

Pope urges war-torn world to walk through door of peace on Christmas

As millions of pilgrims prepare to cross through ...

Bishop begins Christmas celebration with visit to Manalapan parish

For Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., the Christmas season began with celebrating the 4 p.m. Mass on Christmas Eve in St. Thomas More Church, Manalapan. He was joined at the altar by Father Juan Daniel Peirano, pastor, and Msgr. Peter Kochery, parochial vicar.

Pope at Christmas: Jesus' Birth brings hope for world of justice, peace

Celebrating Christmas Mass, Pope Francis said the Birth of Jesus

For Holy Land olive wood creche maker, daily work is his bridge to faith

Ashraf Jarayseh, 60, still keeps the massive olive wood carving ...

Pope tells young people to regain 'wonder' during Christmas season

Cautioning against the monotony of routine that dims...

Fourth week of Advent: A time to encounter

The word “advent” comes from the Latin term adventus...


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