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Venerable Fulton Sheen’s powerful messages still resonate with audiences
If he were alive today, Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen might be lighting up social media — like TikTok, Facebook, and X — with his simple, engaging lessons and stories
Family member of Fulton Sheen with local N.J. ties looks back on special memories
In the late 1970s, Rosemarie Holliger, then a student at DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne, N.J., was tasked to write an report about a significant Catholic. She didn’t have
Beacon Archives: A Death in the Family…(Fulton Sheen)
Wayne Residents Had Visited Famed Relative Last Friday (This article appeared in The Beacon of the Diocese of Paterson Dec. 13, 1979) WAYNE – The news of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s
What the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees means for us
“For this 112th World Day (of Migrants and Refugees), the theme ‘Even just one of these children,’ draws our attention to the minors directly involved in the experience of migration
Bishop Kevin Sweeney’s dispatches from Mexico pilgrimage
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney of the Diocese of Paterson led a pilgrimage to Mexico to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Sisters of Mary Girlstown in Chalco,
Bishop’s video for Tri-County award taped at Paterson school
St. Gerard Majella School in Paterson, N.J., warmly welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and staff from the Tri-County Scholarship Fund on Sept. 9 during their visit that morning. The visit
Brighten lives of those in need through Diocesan Ministries Appeal
This weekend, Sept. 19 to 20, the Paterson Diocese, N.J., will commence its 2026 Diocesan Ministries Appeal (DMA) in parishes, inviting local faithful to “Be a Good Samaritan” — the
St. Carlo Acutis relic inspires faith at Wayne parish
On Sept. 13, young people, their families, catechists, and parishioners filled Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Church in Wayne, N.J., with joy as the parish embarked on the new religious
Beyond The Beacon podcast 118 – A life devoted to prayer: Inside a Carmelite monastery
What does it mean to step away from the world and embrace a life of prayer, silence, and community? In this episode, we explore the quiet world of cloistered Carmelite
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Annual Walk of Hope supports Haiti schoolchildren
Rainy weather didn’t deter about 50 people from coming out to support St. Vincent de Paul Parish’s second
St. Therese fundraiser supports children’s hospital
On Sept. 18, students at St. Therese School in the Succasunna neighborhood of Roxbury Township, N.J. held a
Denville Knights support Catholic Campus Ministry
The Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of the Lakes Council #3359, recently presented Sophie Stewart with a $1,200
2 Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Mich., profess perpetual vows
Sister Karoline Marie To and Sister Joan Miriam Nelson professed perpetual vows as Religious Sisters of Mercy of
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El cardenal Tagle anima a los fieles a adoptar las virtudes del arzobispo Sheen a vísperas de su beatificación
(OSV News) — La gracia de la beatificación del arzobispo Fulton J. Sheen conlleva una responsabilidad para los católicos de su diócesis natal de Peoria, Illinois, dijo el cardenal Luis Antonio Tagle a los católicos de allí durante la Misa del 22
Música y Misión: la Diócesis de Paterson convoca a sus músicos litúrgicos para una jornada de formación con OCP
Músicos, cantores, directores de coro e instrumentistas de la Diócesis de Paterson se reunirán el sábado 3 de octubre para una jornada de formación, oración y encuentro junto al Instituto OCP. El evento se celebrará de 8:00 a.m. a 3:30 p.m. en
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Sheen beatification ‘a gift’ and a call to mission, say pilgrims in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (OSV News) — From across the United States and around the world, faithful of all ages
800 years after St. Francis’ death, Franciscans to mark his ‘Transitus’ — so what is it?
(OSV News) — Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) — friars;
Pope Leo to visit migration center in Paris that welcomes all, no matter their legal status
PARIS (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV will open his second day in Paris with a special visit.
Technological advancements are not rivals to faith, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Progress in science and technology is not contrary to belief in God, and Christians
‘Pivotal’ Archbishop Sheen ‘opened the door to the evangelization of the world,’ says Bishop Barron
ST. LOUIS (OSV News) — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen — the 20th-century theologian, evangelizer and Catholic communications pioneer
Vatican history commission working to preserve truth in the AI age, says new US member
PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has added one of America’s leading Catholic educators with expertise in
