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June 4
Leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference responded to the killing of an African American man in Minneapolis by stressing that the fight to eradicate racism is a pro-life issue. “As bishops, we unequivocally state that racism is a life issue,” they said in a May 29 statement.Read More -
June 4
As the world recognizes the great accomplishments and the heroic efforts of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the alumnae association of All Souls Nursing School is remembering the impact, legacy and commitment of nurses. The former All Souls Hospital, which was the first hospital in Morris County, was sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth for several decades.Read More -
June 4
14 teenagers of Our Lady of Good Counsel (OLGC) Parish in Pompton Plains scrambled to be the first to shake their hands and wiggle their fingers first while playing the childhood favorite on a recent Zoom videoconference. Quickly, these young people of the parish’s Living Out Our Purpose (LOOP) youth ministry learned one drawback when making “jazz hands” in Zoom: having to keep their movements close to their faces to fit in their small windows on screen. Despite the limitations, they all enjoyed playing, laughing, talking and praying together in LOOP’s two virtual meetings last month — this after having practiced weeks of mandated social isolation to help slow the spread of coronavirus.Read More -
June 4
The story of Father Michael McGivney is like a page from history that could be written today. The Knights of Columbus founder died of pneumonia on Aug. 14, 1890 — two days after his 38th birthday — after falling ill serving his people amid a coronavirus pandemic. Last week, Pope Francis had approved the beatification of the Connecticut-born priest and local Knights of Columbus councils were filled with joy at the news that Father McGivney is a step closer to sainthood and will soon be declared “Blessed.”Read More -
June 4
There is still hope that Congress can once again take up the Born Alive Act. The optimism comes from two newly elected members of Congress who signed a petition May 26 to bring a key pro-life bill to the House floor for consideration. That same day, Reps. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.) and Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.) were both sworn in to the House, and signed the discharge petition for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act afterward according to the office of Minority WHIP Steve Scalise (R-La.).Read More -
May 28
Dr. Timothy Flanigan worked to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak of 2014. If someone asks him, “Is it safe for me to go to Mass?” Flanigan has one answer: “Are they following the guidelines the CDC has provided us to decrease the risk of transmission?” In his view, it is the wrong question to ask whether it is safer to go to Home Depot than to go to church.Read More -
May 28
At first, Rose Robayo of Our Lady of the Lake (OLL) Parish in Sparta thought that a daily commitment to 30 minutes of reading, praying and journaling on Sacred Scripture might take up too much time. Nevertheless, Robayo devoted herself to a half-hour each day of praying and writing her reflections in a journal — her “homework” each week as a member of “Abide in Me,” a spiritual direction program that offers prayer and support for wives of candidates studying to be permanent deacons of the Diocese, who will be ordained in 2023.Read More -
May 28
At the Paterson Adult Day Center located in Governor Towers in Paterson, the sounds of a piano fill a room with songs of yesteryear. A wave of memories and nostalgia flashes to the minds of the 120 seniors who enjoy daily activities and socialization at the center with their peers living in their golden years.Read More -
May 28
When Bishop-elect Kevin Sweeney is ordained and installed as the eighth Bishop of Paterson on July 1 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, the Brooklyn native will be standing on the shoulders of a distinguished line of previous bishops of who have left their marks on the Diocese. One of them was Bishop James Navagh, the fourth Bishop of Paterson, known as a “builder of many buildings and teacher of young priests” who had a “missionary heart” and a profound influence on the future sixth Bishop of Paterson, Frank Rodimer.Read More -
May 28
These days when Carlos Roldan, director of the food pantries of diocesan Catholic Charities, heads to work and drives past the Father English Center on Main Street in Paterson, there are 35 to 45 people in line waiting for food. By 9 a.m., when the doors open up, that line has grown to 150 people. At the days end, 1,000 bags of food will have been given to people in need. This has been the new normal for the Father English Center and the other food pantries operated in the Diocese by Catholic Charities during the pandemic.Read More -
May 28
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act was an emergency loan measure to help eligible small businesses and non-profits with 500 employees or lesss. Under the Small Business Association (SBA), these loans kept employees on the payroll during the pandemic with the specific understanding that the loans could become grants. If a business was affiliated with a larger national organization under existing SBA rules, then it would be counted together with the larger organization and all its affiliates.Read More -
May 21
Socks, a towel, some oversized clothes. These sound like items for the laundry but for one day, they became something more. They were essential things around the house that made a virtual field day possible. Every spring at Assumption School in Morristown, the students look forward to its annual field day filled with friendly competitions of three-legged and potato sack races. Keeping up with this tradition even during this time of social distancing with school buildings closed, Assumption School still hosted the field day.Read More -
May 21
All Saints Academy in Parsippany is home to a faculty, staff, and student body that has embraced the distance eLearning platform. Founded in 2009 as a merger of the former St. Peter the Apostle and St. Christopher schools, both located in Parsippany, All Saints Academy is AdvancEd accredited, and was the first elementary school in the Diocese of Paterson and Morris County to become a nationally-certified STEM school.Read More -
May 21
Arlene Sullivan, a Wayne resident and visual/graphic arts teacher at Morris Catholic High School in Denville, delivered 200 transparent medical masks to facilities in need this past week. Masks were given out to Wayne healthcare workers in Care One, thanks to the request of Gary Marchese, a volunteer, and to Preakness Healthcare Center/William Paterson University testing site, thanks to County Freeholder John Bartlett.Read More -
May 21
Becoming clean and sober is a complex journey for a person battling addiction, but imagine the road to recovery compounded by a global health crisis. This is the experience of the clients of Straight and Narrow (SN) faced with the opioid epidemic while in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. This agency of Catholic Charities continues to help many men and women during this critical time with its medical departments working around the clock for both outpatients and inpatients.Read More -
May 21
Father Francis Conde looks like some kind of modern-day knight, when all suited up from head-to-toe in his “armor” of sorts — shoe coverings, gown, gloves, face shield and hairnet. It takes three minutes for the priest chaplain to put on this medical gear — his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) — which he needs today to keep him safe when ministering directly to COVID-19 and other patients in St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson.Read More
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Visiting hours - cemeteries in the Paterson Diocese
Beginning Saturday, May 30, both Calvary Cemetery and Holy Sepulchre Cemetery will be open their regular hours. .- Calvary Cemetery: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day.
- Holy Sepulchre: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day
- Masks MUST be worn in the Mausoleums
Those who visit the graves of their loved ones must observe the requirements of social distancing and maintain a group of no more than 10 persons and masks should be worn outside while visiting. These changes will remain in effect at each cemetery as long as health and safety regulations are observed.” -
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News from the Vatican
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Building a healthier, better world depends on everyone, Pope Francis said in his message marking World Environment Day June 5.
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Life Teen Blog
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Anti-racism is defined as the policy or practice of opposing racism and promoting racial tolerance. If this sounds like something that should have always been happening, that’s because it should have.
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BASIC REQUIRED CONTENT FOR CANDIDATES FOR CONFIRMATION
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Bishop Serratelli's article
Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Descent to Hades
On March 25, 2019, both the New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. This means that, just as in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, D.C., physicians can now help someone kill themselves. Legally! Doctors now become dealers in death. So contrary to the Hippocratic Oath that states “I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrong-doing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course.”
Statement by the Catholic Bishops of New Jersey on What the Catholic Church has done and continues to do to Protect Children
March 4, 2019
Much attention has been given to the meeting of bishops in Rome last month called by Pope Francis to address a morally reprehensible, shameful and horrific crime – the sexual abuse of children. -
Today’s Readings
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Reading 1 2 TM 4:1-8Responsorial Psalm PS 71:8-9, 14-15AB, 16-17, 22
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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jeenah Moon, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Praying for George Floyd and all those who suffer from discrimination and violence in the United States, a top U.S. cardinal...
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Saint John the baptist
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spiritual communion prayer
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
Pope Francis’ Prayer for Protection and Help
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