Father Sean McDonnell was installed as pastor of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Lake Hopatcong by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on Dec. 2 during a Mass in the church.
The faith community of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Rockaway marked a century of faith on Dec. 3 at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney in the church.
A monthly Mass for Life at St. Margaret of Scotland Church in Morristown was celebrated by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on Dec. 2. After the Mass, he led an outdoor rosary procession for life to Planned Parenthood on Speedwell Avenue, where he prayed the rosary with congregants for an end to abortion.
Last week, Rocco Rodden, 17, a standout football player at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, was remembered on Nov. 30 at his funeral Mass as an “original,” who lived out his faith with compassion, humor, and goodness that came from God. Rodden’s faith-filled life was cut short when he was allegedly stabbed during an altercation on Thanksgiving day in lower Manhattan, according to news reports.