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February 13
With the Supreme Court deciding the fate of the blatantly anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments that have long struck a blow to the heart of religious liberty, it is good to know that we have someone who has our backs when it comes to religious freedom issues. That person is U.S. Attorney General William Barr, one of this nation’s foremost proponents of religious liberty’s vital importance to our nation.Read More -
February 13
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Therese Parish in Paterson where he celebrated the vigil Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Feb. 8. During the visit, the Bishop installed Father Yasid Salas as pastor of St. Therese Parish.Read More -
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Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Whippany welcomed Bishop Serratelli during his pastoral visit on Sunday, Feb. 9 where he was the principal celebrant of the 11 a.m. Mass to mark the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.Read More -
February 13
There is a reason why Bruce is smiling a lot more these days. He has been clean and sober for 20 months and he literally has a new smile after receiving a new set of dentures, thanks to the efforts of diocesan Catholic Charities and Eva’s Village here. To thank all those who have helped him, Bruce, who turns 50 years old this year, met with Scott Milliken, CEO of Diocesan Catholic Charities, along with staff members and volunteers of Catholic Charities Feb. 5 at Straight and Narrow in Paterson.Read More -
February 13
Catholics, have faith — you do not have to make the stark choice between believing in God, morality and a God-given purpose for your lives or the science of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. To reconcile the two views of the origins of the universe, people of faith might do well by looking at Creation not as a mechanical object — made by a divine designer with a design — but as a novel — an exciting ever-unfolding “drama,” which God uses to reveal himself constantly to us.Read More -
February 13
Deacon Michael Allgaier of St. Mary Parish in Denville has never lived in Colombia. But here he was in a class of fellow permanent deacons, holding up an image of the Colombian flag and declaring, “Soy de Colombia” — “I’m from Colombia” in Spanish. Then, the class with 13 other deacons of the Diocese smiled and clapped in approval at Deacon Allgaier’s correct Spanish — along with “Senora” Claudia Perez, who has been teaching them the language in a pilot program, “Conversational Spanish for Deacons” at St. Paul Inside the Walls: the Diocesan Center for Evangelization in Madison.Read More -
February 6
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Vincent Martyr Church in Madison where he celebrated Mass to mark the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Feb. 2. The day is also known as Candlemas Day. The Bishop, along with priests and deacons from the parish, took part in the annual blessing of the throats for those who attended the Mass.Read More -
February 6
Bishop Serratelli was the main celebrant and homilist on Feb. 2 for his annual Mass with the Young Adults of St. Paul Inside the Walls: the Diocesan Center for Evangelization at Bayley-Ellard in Madison. The 11 a.m. liturgy on Sunday in St. Paul’s chapel commemorated the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas Day, which included the blessing and procession of candles, and included the blessing of throats to mark the Feast of St. Blaise.Read More
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Bishop Serratelli's article
Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Descent to Hades
On March 25, 2019, both the New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. This means that, just as in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, D.C., physicians can now help someone kill themselves. Legally! Doctors now become dealers in death. So contrary to the Hippocratic Oath that states “I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrong-doing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course.”
Statement by the Catholic Bishops of New Jersey on What the Catholic Church has done and continues to do to Protect Children
March 4, 2019
Much attention has been given to the meeting of bishops in Rome last month called by Pope Francis to address a morally reprehensible, shameful and horrific crime – the sexual abuse of children.
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News from the Vatican
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As the one-year mark of Pope Francis’s landmark summit on child protection approaches, survivors of clerical abuse are arguing that Pope Francis, while taking positive steps, is inconsistent in his...
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N.J. Independent Victim Compensation Program
PATERSON Starting on June 15, the New Jersey Independent Victim Compensation Program (IVCP) will begin accepting claims related to the sexual abuse of minors by diocesan priests and deacons of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Paterson, Metuchen, Trenton and Camden and the Archdiocese of Newark.
The IVCP is administered by Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros, two noted victims’ compensation experts who have designed and administered similar compensation programs for the Catholic Dioceses in New York and Pennsylvania. They also have administered similar programs for Penn State sexual abuse claims, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Fund. -
Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis, adopting a suggestion made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, has decided that every priest preparing for...
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Life Teen Blog
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Let each of the following prayers act as an inch to your tree of faith this Lent. Each prayer is designed to lead you more deeply into this season and the majority can be prayed in 10 min or less...
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Reading 1 Jas 1:12-18Responsorial Psalm 94:12-13a, 14-15, 18-19Gospel Mk 8:14-21
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