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Denville Youth Explore the Eucharist at Vacation Bible School
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (504+ words) These small “Mass items” the students handled during VBS presented a faith in miniature that helped impart larger concrete lessons about the mystery of the Eucharist and Mass. St. Mary’s held VBS for children in kindergarten through fifth grade from…...
Bishop urges Passaic parishioners to ‘persevere in prayer’
1+ week, 1+ day ago (327+ words) During his homily, Bishop Sweeney reflected on the Gospel and the woman who approached Jesus, asking him to help her daughter. Despite initially feeling unheard, she persevered in faith and prayer. Jessica Martinez Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated Sunday Mass at…...
Pope Leo XIV urges sisters to foster vocations to religious life in United States
1+ week, 6+ day ago (484+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged sisters to foster vocations to religious life in the United States in a video message sent Aug. 12. Addressing participants in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly taking place in Orlando, Florida, the pope…...
Ministry models St. Giana’s witness of faith, motherhood and love
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (1046+ words) Jennifer Nelson knows the power of sisterhood: the power of women to band together, pray, and help other women struggling with fertility or pregnancy issues or grieving a miscarriage, a stillbirth, or other child loss. A parishioner at St. Ann…...
Nazareth Village priests honored during St. John Vianney Mass
2+ week, 6+ day ago (266+ words) Priests living in Nazareth Village, the Paterson Diocesan priest retirement residence in Chester, N.J., on Aug. 4 welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who celebrated a Mass for the Feast of St. John Vianney, the patron of parish priests, in Our Lady, Mother of…...
Pope Leo XIV to visit 10 cities in South America in November
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (912+ words) ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV will make the first apostolic journey to South America of his pontificate Nov. 6-17, visiting 10 cities in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican has announced. The trip will take him from one of Latin America’s…...
Paterson ministry event inspires Spanish faith servants, leaders
3+ week, 1+ day ago (301+ words) On Aug. 1, the Spanish Catholic Charismatic Renewal of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., concluded its First Annual Diocesan Catholic Charismatic Servants Encounter (ECCADS) with a Spanish Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney. The event was held in the gym of St. Gerrard…...
Bishop Sweeney announces relocation of Diocese of Paterson Chancery
3+ week, 2+ day ago (145+ words) Therefore, many of our diocesan offices will now be housed at our Evangelization Center, St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison. The Bishop’s Office, the Offices of the Vicar General, Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, the Diocesan Tribunal, and some other…...
Pope Leo on his ancestry, and how he’s a ‘pope who happens to be American’
3+ week, 6+ day ago (254+ words) (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV spoke with Tom Llamas of NBC News July 29 about being the first American pope, his diverse ancestry and whether he might be coming to the U.S. soon. “You are the first American pope. It’s something…...
Reliquary containing relics of six priests visits Chester parish
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (85+ words) The Marquette Council 588 of the Knights of Columbus launched its 2026–2027 fraternal year on July Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney will ordain Carlos Vargas, a seminarian of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., to Knights of Columbus Marquette Council 588 thanks the greater Sussex County…...