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Priest personnel changes announced
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (77+ words) Priest personnel changes announced'Catholic Star Herald Priest personnel changes announced Bishop Joseph A. Williams announces the following priest personnel changes: Effective Jan. 9, 2026 " Rev. Stephen G. Robbins, from part-time Parochial Vicar, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Camden, to Administrator of the Cathedral of…...
Camden Goes to Washington on Talking Catholic
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (208+ words) On this week's episode of Talking Catholic, cohosts Mike Walsh and Jen Mauro discuss how delegates from Diocese of Camden and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for legislation that promotes human dignity and the protection of…...
The Church is alive and the Church is young in Camden
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (541+ words) The Church is alive and the Church is young in Camden'Catholic Star Herald The Church is alive and the Church is young in Camden In the spring of 2005, I was participating in an Easter retreat for priests that took place…...
Record number of catechumens presented at Rite of Election
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (570+ words) BLACKWOOD " In taking the next step in her journey to full communion with the Catholic Church, Kylee McKay couldn't stop smiling. "I met the Bishop, and he told me congratulations," McKay, 14, said at the Rite of Election on March 1 at…...
Diocese’s lay leaders, clergy, religious called to renew evangelization through intentional discipleship
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (679+ words) BLACKWOOD " More than 100 clergy and 500 lay leaders from across the Diocese of Camden gathered Feb. 26-27 to hear nationally known evangelization leader Sherry Weddell call Catholics to a renewed commitment to forming disciples in an increasingly post-Christian culture. While her message…...
Pope Leo’s prayer to Saint Francis: A call to peace in a divided world
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (155+ words) (OSV News) " As tensions escalate following the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, we share this prayer to St. Francis of Assisi " a timeless intercessor for peace " which Pope Leo XIV'shared with leaders of the Franciscan order'on the beginning of the…...
Vatican stamp depicts Ukrainian Catholic cathedral as witness to ‘the light of Christ’
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (644+ words) By Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) " A new Vatican City postage stamp points to the power of Christ's resurrection amid a world darkened by war and strife, depicting the Church as "the light of the Risen Christ" which "never…...
Catechists encouraged to offer year-round journeys into the Catholic faith
1+ week, 5+ day ago (506+ words) ATCO " A recent workshop at Christ the Redeemer Parish brought together parish catechetical leaders from across the Diocese of Camden for a day of discernment on how best to accompany those seeking to enter fully into the Catholic Church. Titled…...
Pope Leo XIV says he considered a vocation with the Salesians as a boy
1+ week, 5+ day ago (601+ words) By Courtney Mares, OSV News ROME (OSV News) " Pope Leo XIV has revealed that he considered joining the Salesians as a boy before ultimately discerning a vocation with the Augustinian order, joking that the congregation of Don Bosco "came in…...
Pope Leo XIV on Ash Wednesday: Ask the Lord for the gift of true conversion this Lent
2+ week, 5+ day ago (486+ words) By Courtney Mares, OSV News ROME (OSV News) " On Ash Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV encouraged'Catholics'to ask the Lord for "the gift of true conversion" at the start of the 40-day penitential season of Lent. Speaking to English-speaking pilgrims at his…...