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Holy Week in Clifton commences with Palm Sunday Mass
Holding blessed palms, the faithful of St. Paul Parish in Clifton, N.J., observed Palm Sunday with Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on the evening of Saturday, March 28, for a Spanish
Passaic parish excited to welcome Jesus on Palm Sunday
Our Lady of Fatima/St. Nicholas Parish in Passaic, N.J., celebrated Palm Sunday with a Spanish Mass led by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 29, marking the start of Holy
Paterson’s Mother Church displays faith at Palm Sunday Mass
On March 29, worshippers filled the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, N.J., joining Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney in commemorating Palm Sunday, which marks the start of Holy
Bishop to Harding faithful: walk with Mary to Calvary
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney concluded the Wednesday Lenten Series of Church of Christ the King in the New Vernon neighborhood of Harding Township, N.J., where he celebrated Mass on Feb.
12 young people welcomed into the Church at Jefferson Mass
During a Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 27, 12 10th-grade religious education students of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in the Lake Hopatcong neighborhood
The Liturgy of the Hours – Office of Readings: Spiritual Meditations on the Sacred Triduum
“Brethren, how fine a thing it is to move from festival to festival, from prayer to prayer, from holy day to holy day. The time is now at hand when
$2.5M gift fuels Morris Catholic fitness center project
Morris Catholic High School in Denville, N.J., has received an unprecedented $2.5 million gift from an alumnus and spouse — the most generous donation in the school’s history — to
Prayers ascend at Legion of Mary Acies in Clifton
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney presided at the annual Acies of the Legion of Mary on March 22 in Sacred Heart Church in Clifton, N.J. The Legion of Mary is a
Passaic parish celebrates its patron, St. Joseph, with Bishop
Bishop Sweeney joined St. Joseph Parish in Passaic, N.J., to celebrate its patron’s feast on March 19. Father Dariusz Kaminski, pastor, and Father Adam Stanislaw Wasowski, parochial vicar, were among
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Chester Knights celebrate feast day of St. Óscar Romero
On March 24, parishioners of St. Lawrence Parish in Chester, N.J., along with members of the Hispanic Roundtable
Hopatcong Knights hold first live Charity, Unity & Fraternity degree ceremony
The Knights of Columbus St. Jude Council 9914 recently held its first live Charity, Unity & Fraternity degree
Morris Plains Knights celebrate reaching membership goal
Last year, the Bishop McLaughlin Council 3495, a Knights of Columbus chapter affiliated with St. Virgil’s Parish in
Parsippany pastor to explore ‘When is Enough, Enough?’ on radio show
Father David Pickens, pastor of St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Parsippany, N.J., will discuss the renewed interest
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El arzobispo Fulton Sheen será beatificado en St. Louis el 24 de septiembre
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (OSV News) — El arzobispo Fulton J. Sheen será beatificado el 24 de septiembre en St. Louis, según anunció el 25 de marzo el Dicasterio para las Causas de los Santos. La beatificación tendrá lugar en St. Louis y
‘Todo es posible en Cristo’: el grupo EPIC transforma la vida de jóvenes en San Antonio de Padua
Un ministerio juvenil de la Diócesis de Paterson reúne cada semana a más de cuarenta jóvenes adultos que buscan algo más que una reunión: buscan una familia. Cada semana, en la parroquia San Antonio de Padua, un grupo de jóvenes adultos se
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New US global health policy seen as a way to eliminate malaria in concert with faith leaders
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The future of efforts to eliminate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa may depend in part
Shrine is a place of prayer, pilgrimage and ‘encounter’ with St. John Paul II’s life, legacy
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — St. John Paul II “changed the Church and the world, and you can encounter
Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Sheen to be ‘a moment of immense grace’
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis,
Russian drone strikes damage historic church, monastery in Lviv ahead of Holy Week
LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — A historic Bernardine monastery complex and the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage seeks to be a sacred journey for US at 250 years
(OSV News) — The upcoming National Eucharistic Pilgrimage — which takes place as the U.S. celebrates its 250th
Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially
