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February 23, 2023Again, we keep this solemn fast / A gift of faith from ages past, / This Lent which bids us lovingly / To faith and hope and charity.Read More -
February 23, 2023RARITAN BOROUGH — Standing before an overflow crowd at St. Joseph Church Jan. 28, a beaming Steven J. Bolton took an important step on his faith journey when he was ordained a deacon in the Raritan Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri.Read More -
February 23, 2023As a former pastor of three parishes, I know first hand that change is inevitable. Each time I was transferred, I stepped into the shoes of the pastor before me, yet I did not always walk in those shoes. I had my own and I made my own path. As a result, this change from one pastor to another results in the parish having to adapt. Some parishioners liked the changes I made and told me so. Others did not and told the bishop. Still others were willing to give me time and see what the end result of these changes would be. It was my experience that, with time and patience, both the parish and I adjusted to each other, and I would like to think that I left each parish better than how I found it.Read More
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February 23, 2023METUCHEN — The diocese honored 41 high school students who live as disciples of Christ setting a positive example for other youth. Nominated for the St. Timothy Award, the honorees hailed from 27 parishes and high schools.Read More -
February 23, 2023As contagious as COVID-19 has been over the past three years, the spread of social polarization seems more pervasive. Political discourse, the media, relations with family members, friends, and colleagues, and even the Church have not been spared from the toxic qualities of hardened, opposing positions.Read More -
February 22, 2023April 22, 6 p.m. -- As part of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish’s 100th Anniversary Celebration, a Speakeasy will be presented at Our Lady of Lourdes, 390 County Road 523, Whitehouse Station. Nancy Colleti and Judy Palmer will perform popular songs from the 20th century.Read More -
February 22, 2023Andrew Casella, a member of Knights of Columbus’ Mother Seton Council 15540, Three Bridges, recently presented a check for $500 donated by the Council to Pamela Fox, director of Operations, Quilts for Kids.Read More -
February 22, 2023METUCHEN — In 2022, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops initiated a three-year National Eucharistic Renewal for the U.S. with its stated mission, “To renew the Church by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.”Read More -
February 22, 2023METUCHEN — Though most of the faithful seated before him may never have cast a fishing net into the sea for food, Bishop James F. Checchio assured them they were still responsible for a valuable catch.Read More -
February 22, 2023March 11, 7 p.m. – Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, 548 Main Street, Metuchen. Cathedral Concerts at St. Francis is proud to present Brenda Arnold Day, organist. Day is a graduate of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, where she majored in Church Music.Read More -
February 22, 2023Avocation that began for Mercy Sister Mary Pauline Kuntne with humble service to the Church would eventually include having a major impact on students in Catholic education and people seeking treatment for substance abuse.Read More -
February 22, 2023Mercy Sister Rose Mary Malague said she encountered no challenges in becoming a religious. More than 30 years after entering the Sisters of Mercy religious order, however, she faced a health trial. “In 1981, I had a ruptured brain aneurysm while I was in the midst of my teaching career,” recalled Sister Rose, who became a Mercy Sister in 1948.Read More -
February 22, 2023Blessed and grateful is the story of my life,” Mercy Sister Mary Petrina Peters said when reflecting upon her 75 years as a Sister of Mercy. Sister Petrina has lived out her life in dedication to her vocation by educating youth, helping the poor, and trying to see Christ in others.Read More -
February 22, 2023In reflecting on her decades as a religious, Mercy Sister Mary McAuley Ronan said, “God’s blessings, kindness and goodness over the years comes to mind.” She added that when she looks back, she “can’t believe where the years have gone.”Read More -
February 22, 2023From being a career woman to teaching and serving as a guidance counselor, Sister Mary Philomena Gini has been happy in her vocation as a member of the Sisters of Mercy.Read More -
February 22, 2023The original plan for Sister Mary Amadeo Morganti was to attend Temple University, Philadelphia, with the goal of becoming a pharmacist. That all changed, however, as a student at Cathedral High School, Trenton, where she was inspired by the Sisters of Mercy. She joined the order Sept. 24, 1953, one year after graduating from high school.Read More -
February 22, 2023As a teenager, Mercy Sister Helen Neder thought her lifelong calling would involve caring for the sick, even though she had been exposed to religious life at her parish, St. James, Woodbridge.Read More -
February 22, 2023Reflecting on her 70 years in religious life, Mercy Sister Michael Mary Roberts expressed gratitude. “I am so grateful to God for the gift He gave to me, this vocation. I feel very Blessed.”Read More -
February 22, 2023For Mercy Sister Mildred Rossiter, consecrated life has been filled with grace and abundant blessings.Read More -
February 22, 2023It went through me like an electric wire, like a spark” is how Sister Mary Ann Nowicka described the moment she decided to follow a call from the Lord to enter consecrated life. Now, seven decades past that fateful decision, Sister Mary Ann, a member of the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, still smiles as she recounts her faith journey.Read More
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