Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will be principal celebrant of a Mass of Christian Burial for Father Rocco A. Cuomo, a retired priest of the Diocese who died Nov. 21. The Mass will be at 11 a.m. Nov. 25 in St. Leo the Great Church, 50 Hurleys Lane, Lincroft, where Father Cuomo most recently served as[…]
The national collection to support the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) marks 50 years this November, and with the continued global pandemic, help is needed more than ever. Coinciding this year with the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, on Nov. 21-22, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program is[…]
A message from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. The proposed New Jersey “Reproductive Freedom Act” (S3030 / A4848) is another legislative attempt to advance and expand the state’s “abortion agenda” in service to the widespread “culture of death” by eliminating the few remaining state regulations intended to protect the life and health of pregnant mothers. […]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., participated in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting Nov. 16-17. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the meeting was conducted using a virtual format. Bishop O’Connell’s report from Nov. 17 follows: The second day of the annual USCCB Fall Meeting began with the bishops of New Jersey and Pennsylvania gathering[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., is participating in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual fall meeting. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Nov. 16-17 meeting is using a virtual format. A report from Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. Although the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops hosted a webinar Nov. 2 to demonstrate how to[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., announced the following clergy appointments: Rev. Michael McClane, to parochial vicar, St. Dominic Parish, Brick, effective Nov. 28, 2020. Rev. Charles Flood, O.SS.T., to temporary administrator, Incarnation-St. James Parish, Ewing, effective immediately. ———————————————————————————————————— Today is the first day of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ annual fall meeting. They are gathering Nov. 16-17[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney Nov. 14 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. Due to COVID restrictions, attendance will be limited to Knights and their families, and will be by invitation only, with all safety and health[…]
“We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled[…]
The long-awaited report of the Vatican Secretary of State to His Holiness Pope Francis, examining documents, interviews and files related to the life and ecclesiastical career of Theodore McCarrick has been released to the public this morning (Nov. 10, 2020). It is an extremely lengthy and detailed report that will require significant time to read,[…]
Whatever our politics may be, whatever side we may have taken, whatever vote we may have cast, we are all called anew to pray for our country and its leaders, that Almighty God may continue to bless the United States of America and its people with his grace, wisdom, guidance and protection as He has[…]
