Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 18 visited St. Joseph Parish in Lincoln Park, where he celebrated the 5:30 p.m. Mass. There, he also installed Father Artur Zaba as the parish’s pastor.
The faith community of St. Joseph Parish in West Milford on March 19 welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who presided over noon Mass for the Feast of St. Joseph. Concelebrating was Father Jakub Grzybowski, St. Joseph’s administrator.
The Partnership for Social Services in Franklin, part of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Paterson, welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 21 to commemorate March for Meals. Each year, March for Meals celebrates the day in 1972 when a national nutrition program for seniors was added to the Older Americans Act.
Lou Nunez had several reasons for wanting to start the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Clifton Photo Club. Nunez, in 2020, brainstormed with the current pastor, Father Robert Wisniefski, and the late Father John Connolly, pastor emeritus, regarding the club, which would serve as a vehicle for evangelization, foster a deeper relationship with the Lord, document the life of Sacred Heart Parish in its parish bulletin, and encourage more people to be active in the life of the parish.
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.