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- School can be fun
  
  September 21
  
  Join Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and Communications Director Jai Agnish for episode 24 of Beyond The Beacon, a podcast of the Diocese of Paterson, N.J. They welcome the pastor and a principal from Assumption School in Morristown — one of the Catholic schools of the diocese. Msgr. John E. Hart and Sister Merris Larkin, S.C., joyfully discuss the life of a successful elementary school and how they work together to make learning effective and fun. Listen on any major podcast platform or watch the episode on the bishop’s YouTube channel.
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- Delbarton School opens academic year with Mass
  
  September 21
  
  The community of St. Mary’s Abbey and Delbarton School, both in Morristown, joined together to mark the opening of the 2023–24 academic year on Sept. 12 with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Sweeney.
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- Altar servers learn about the faith and discern the voice of Jesus
  
  September 21
  
  Ryan Fish, 14, of Assumption Parish in Morristown, considers being an altar server “a unique experience because I’m so close to Jesus on the altar.” On Sept. 16, Fish and nearly 90 altar servers from parishes across the diocese gained a greater understanding of the Eucharist and their role at Mass at Altar Servers Day at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison.
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- Madison school holds Mass to open academic year, marking 175th anniversary
  
  September 21
  
  St. Vincent Martyr parish and school in Madison joined together on Sept. 10 for a Mass to open the 2023–24 academic year, which also marks the 175th anniversary of St. Vincent’s, the oldest Catholic elementary school in New Jersey. Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated the liturgy in the parish church.
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- The Diocese of Paterson comprises New Jersey’s three northwest counties of Morris, Passaic, and Sussex, with an area of 1,214 square miles and a population of 1,134,000.
  
  The Holy See created the Diocese in 1937 by separating the three counties from the Archdiocese of Newark.
  
  Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney is the leader of the Diocese of Paterson and was installed as the eighth bishop of the Diocese in July 2020.
  
  The diocese counts some 430,000 Catholics in a rich tapestry of 109 parishes where Mass is offered in 14 different languages and is a good neighbor to five Eastern-rite Churches.
  
  The Diocese of Paterson includes 22 Catholic Schools, 70 Catholic Charities programs, and various ministries in the three counties of Passaic, Morris, and Sussex in northern New Jersey.