A message from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. Here we are at the midpoint of our Lenten journey with the finish line now in sight.  How has it been going? Living our Catholic faith takes practice all the time, even more so with the challenges imposed upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic.  But when we trip or[…]

With the one-year mark of the first known COVID-19 cases in the United States now upon us, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., has issued a new pastoral letter on the “Presence of God.” The letter is published in its entirety in the March issue of The Monitor Magazine. The COVER STORY of the latest issue[…]

Today, Bishop O’Connell will host his monthly radio program “The Shepherd’s Voice” on Domestic Church Media.  The Bishop will discuss with DCM host Jim Manfredonia some of the special activities and observances in the coming month, including his Pastoral Letter on the Presence of God and the Year of St. Joseph for which he has[…]

Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.,  has issued a diocesan-wide dispensation from the Lenten obligation of abstinence from meat on Friday, March 19, 2021, in honor of the Solemn Feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of Mary, during this special “Year of St. Joseph.”  He encourages the faithful of the Diocese of Trenton who wish to take[…]

As the pandemic passes the one-year mark and continues to stretch into 2021, a profound side-effect has emerged: isolation.  The experience not only leaves people separated from each other through illness, social distancing and quarantining, but often leaves them, “wondering where God is,” writes Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., in his new release: “‘Behold, I[…]