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October 29, 2024St. John Paul II asked women to consider Mary their inspiration for their special gifts, and a Seton Hall University professor elaborated on those gifts at the second annual Feminine Genius Brunch hosted by the diocesan Office of Human Life and Dignity.Read More -
October 29, 2024“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I dedicated you,” Jeremiah 1:5. We may think to ourselves, how could we have existed before we were born? How could God have known us? How could there have been light before God made the sun? (cf. Gen 1:3,14) While we are here in the temporal world, these questions will confound us, yet our perplexity does not make the seemingly impossible not possible, for all things are possible for God.Read More
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June 17, 2024I often hear that love is not enough for a relationship or marriage to work. Recently, I came across a popular podcaster who ran a whole episode based on that mistaken premise. “Love is not enough” has become a familiar cliché used to assuage a friend’s or one’s own relationship woes. Songs have even been written claiming, “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough,” as in the 1990’s hit single.Read More -
May 20, 2024There was no shortage of fun and inspiration in St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Edison, April 20 as the Office of Youth and Adult Ministry held Diocesan Youth Day. Chika Anyanwu served as keynote speaker, and Bishop James F. Checchio issued a challenge to the youth to listen to God speaking.Read More -
April 16, 2024My mother would often remind me that the key to her safety deposit box was in her sock drawer. When I looked in that drawer after she died, I discovered a little note card that she had left me. On the front was a picture of a sprouting flower and the words, “Where there is life, there is hope.” On the back she encouraged me to feel God’s peace in my heart, even amidst troubling times. That little card has given me much encouragement in hard times.Read More -
February 20, 2024Though the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision was overturned, pro-life individuals must still testify to the value of life in all forms and at all stages, declared Bishop James F. Checchio at the annual diocesan Respect Life Mass held Jan. 21 in the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen.Read More -
February 20, 2024“The true goal of marriage is for each spouse to help the other get to heaven.” I heard those words in a Theology of the Body class some years ago. The teacher referenced an impactful homily given by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher of the Papal Household since 1980.Read More -
January 22, 2024The diocesan Virtual Women’s Group has broadened their horizons and expanded their knowledge of the Church and its teachings without ever leaving home. Through listening to the podcast “Catechism in a Year” by evangelizer Father Mike Schmitz, individual study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and weekly Sunday Zoom meetings, the group completed the program Jan. 1 of this year.Read More -
December 18, 2023There are heavenly choirs of Seraphim and Cherubim, Thrones and Dominions, Virtues, Powers and Principalities, Guardian Angels and Archangels. And there is St. Michael the Archangel, fierce warrior against evil, conqueror of demons, chief of princes, defender of faith, and patron of soldiers, police and doctors. Hailed as “the great prince who has charge of [God’s] people” (Daniel 12:1), his name means, “Who is like God?”Read More -
November 14, 2023The ancient truism, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,” was truly evident the weekend of the Eucharistic Congress held Oct. 20-22 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, N.Y. In spite of the wet, chilly weather roughly 8,500 people flocked to the holy grounds, once the 17th century Mohawk village of Ossernenon, where three of the eight Jesuit missionaries, today known as the North American Martyrs, gave their lives while spreading the Gospel to Native American peoples.Read More -
November 14, 2023“Feminine genius,” a phrase coined by Pope St. John Paul II in his 1995 Letter to Women, speaks of how women possess God-given gifts – receptivity, sensitivity, generosity and maternity – and describes how women exhibit an “affective, cultural and spiritual motherhood” which has “inestimable value for the development of individuals and the future of society.”Read More -
September 18, 2023A state-of-the-art marriage prep program with God as its center is engaging couples in the Diocese of Metuchen. “God’s Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage,” based upon Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body,” aims to provide couples a more complete understanding of God’s plan for marriage and the gift of human sexuality.Read More -
September 18, 2023Although true, that title will evoke feelings of discomfort in perhaps half of those reading this. The discomfort comes from our personal deviation from the truth, or that of a loved one. Nonetheless, the truth still remains, and Jesus said that the truth will set us free.Read More
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August 24, 2023In 1965 Paul Harvey famously broadcasted “If I Were the Devil.” He began with, “If I were the devil, I would want to engulf the whole world in darkness … I wouldn’t be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree – Thee.” He went on to make numerous accurate predictions, though, at the time, many were considered outlandish. One of the most accurate statements Harvey made, in my opinion, was this: “If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects, but neglect to discipline emotions – just let those run wild.”Read More
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July 17, 2023On June 16, the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly in favor of a 10-year plan to address the pastoral needs of Hispanic/Latino Catholics.Read More -
June 22, 2023I happened to catch a news segment recently of a woman enthusiastically describing the events of her wedding… after marrying herself. Her vows consisted of the following: Do you promise to value yourself? Do you promise to give yourself grace? Do you commit to praying and finding the answers within yourself? After responding yes to all she then asked everyone present to marry themselves too. A bag with a ring in it had been placed on the chairs of all of her guests.Read More
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