Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., issued the following message July 30, 2020: Given all current public health and safety reports, I am extending the dispensation from Sunday obligation to attend Mass beyond the aforementioned September 7 date listed in our Diocesan Directives “until further notice.” The faithful are certainly encouraged, but not required, to attend[…]
We ask the faithful of the Diocese to join us today, July 30, in prayerfully commemorating the 10th anniversary of Bishop David M. O’Connell’s ordination to the episcopacy. Those who attended the ordination or watched it via livestream will remember it as a joyful and poignant day, witnessed by more than a thousand well-wishers, including[…]
The faithful are asked to keep the Diocese’s seminarians in prayer as they gather for their week-long annual retreat. Spiritual talks and conferences, Mass, prayer experiences, and time for rest are among the highlights of the event being held this week in San Alfonso Retreat House, West End. Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., and Msgr.[…]
Retired Bishop Edward U. Kmiec, a native son and former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, died July 11 at age 84, it was announced by the Diocese of Buffalo. Bishop Kmiec was born and raised in Trenton, growing up in the city’s St. Hedwig Parish. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Trenton in[…]
July 10, 2020 WASHINGTON – Following the publication of a national news story on Catholic churches receiving loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issued the following statement in response: “The Catholic Church[…]
An article written by the Associated Press and published by multiple media outlets July 10 seems to call into question the legitimacy of the Church’s request for COVID relief funding made available through the U.S. government. The Diocese of Trenton has responded to this article with the following statement: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton[…]
After being closed for nearly four months, the diocesan Chancery began the gradual return to normal in-person operations in the Lawrenceville building July 6. Most of the 80-plus staff of the Chancery have been working from home since mid-March to guard against the spread of the coronavirus. Since that time, a detailed safety plan has[…]
