UPDATED: June 6, 2020 The allegation mentioned in the statement below has since been found to be not credible. Fr. Gabriel Zeis, TOR, can return to active ministry. Read more HERE. The Diocese of Trenton was notified by the Provincial Superior of the Third Order Regular Franciscans (TOR) on Monday evening, Sept. 9, that a single[…]
The Catholic University of America, Washington, which remains the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. bishops, will benefit from a national collection taken the weekend of Sept. 7-8 during all Masses.
The diocesan Department of Pastoral Care will sponsor a diocesan-wide Recovery Mass at 7 p.m., Sept. 17, in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. The theme of the evening, which includes refreshments and fellowship in the parish hall following Mass, is “Grace for the Journey.” Father Robert S. Grodnicki, pastor of St. Luke Parish, Toms River,[…]
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. in St. Jerome Church, West Long Branch, for Father Robert Alfred Pearson, a priest of the Diocese who died Aug. 28. He was 92. Father Pearson was formerly an Anglican priest who was incardinated as a married convert into the Diocese of[…]
“As we welcome a new school year, a renewed commitment is made each day by administrators and teachers alike to provide an educational environment that will guide students who will be tomorrow’s leaders,” writes JoAnn Tier, Superintendent of Catholic schools, in her message for the annual Back to School supplement from The Monitor. You can[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., responds to the proposed health care bill S3813/A5510 and the effects it could have on religious organizations who provide health care to their employees. Today, the Catholic Bishops of New Jersey continue to support affordable health care for all with special attention given to the poor and marginalized. The Catholic[…]
On Aug. 21, The Monitor went live with its newly redesigned website – TrentonMonitor.com. The new design will afford users a more simplified and streamlined approach to accessing content, and provides for greater integration of photos, videos and slideshows in posted stories, according to Rayanne Bennett, associate publisher. Users can subscribe directly on the website,[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. has issued a message in response to the Pew Research Study, released August 5, which states that “only 31%” of Catholics “believe that the bread and wine consecrated at Mass BECOME AND ARE the Body and Blood of Christ.” How bread and wine actually become the Body and Blood of[…]
In a reflection issued for the Solemnity of the Assumption, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. focuses on its central role and calls upon his flock to regard it less as an obligation, but instead to consider more carefully the reasons to take part in the commemoration. Pondering Mary’s unique role in the history of salvation[…]
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., urges all to turn to God in his reflection on the “tragic, senseless loss of life resulting from the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.”
