Call to Prayer · Convent Demolition · National Palliative Care Month · Holiday Hours

BISHOP DAVID M. O’CONNELL, C.M., HAS SHARED THIS PRAYER:

God of all nations,
 Father of the human family,
 we give you thanks for the freedom we exercise
 and the many blessings of democracy we enjoy
 in these United States of America.
We ask for your protection and guidance
 for all who devote themselves to the common good, working for justice and peace at home and around the world.

Pray more HERE

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DEMOLITION AND CLEAN-UP WORK IS UNDERWAY at the site of a former convent adjacent to the Diocesan Chancery and Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville.

The 67-year-old brick structure, which once provided residential space for the Mercy Sisters serving in NDHS and other religious sisters of the Diocese, was largely unoccupied and in need of major repairs, according to Kevin Cimei, diocesan chief fiscal officer. The work would have been cost-prohibitive and plausible alternatives for future use of the building could not be found.

Read more HERE

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DESIGNED TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS or nearing the end of their lives while respecting the dignity of human life, palliative care helps with pain management, symptoms and stress, and may include curative medicine. Hospice care is a specialized type of palliative care that further addresses comfort and quality of life for the terminally ill.

The USCCB website offers suggestions on how people can help family or friends with serious illness or nearing the end of their lives and warns that a person’s reasons for refusing ordinary treatment or pursuing assisted suicide “are usually rooted in fears of dependency, helplessness, or pain.”

Learn more HERE.

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THE CHANCERY IN LAWRENCEVILLE will be closed, Monday, November 11 for Veterans Day.