THE CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT – the national anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops – will conduct its annual collection in parishes nationwide Nov. 12-13.
Traditionally taken up the Sunday before Thanksgiving, and coinciding with the annual observance of the World Day of the Poor Nov. 13, the collection is the primary source of funding for the USCCB subcommittee, and allows CCHD to “offer a hand up, not a hand out” to the more than 46 million people who live in poverty in the U.S.
Read more about the CCHD and their work in the U.S. here.THE DIOCESAN FESTIVAL CHOIR, led by director and conductor Shawn Mack, will hold a “Messiah” Christmas Concert Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. in St. Joseph Church, 685 Hooper Ave., Toms River.
The one-hour performance is the first the choir will perform live since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will include excerpts from George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.”
Tickets for the event will be available at the door or on the diocesan website at DioceseofTrenton.org/events. Cost is $20 for adult admission, and $15 for seniors and children; children under eight years old may attend free. To register, click here.FOR THOSE SERVING AS EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION – whether in a parish or bringing Communion to the sick and homebound – the diocesan Office of Pastoral Life and Mission, is sponsoring several special events in the upcoming months.
Inspired by the Eucharistic Revival, the events are each different in format and theme. Participants are encouraged to select any or all of the opportunities that best fit their schedule. Registration is available at dioceseoftrenton.org/EMreflection. For more information visit here. A BELOVED TRADITION FOR FAITHFUL OF THE DIOCESE has been revived as Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will be joined by clergy, religious and laity from throughout the Diocese’s four counties Nov. 12 on pilgrimage to “Mary’s House” – the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of pilgrims will converge at the basilica from parishes throughout the Diocese.
Mass will be celebrated at 2:30 p.m. in the Basilica’s Great Upper Church with Bishop O’Connell as principal celebrant and 20 members of the Diocesan Scola supplying the music.
For more information visit here.THE CHANCERY IN LAWRENCEVILLE will be closed, Friday, November 11, for the Solemnity of All Saints. Normal business hours will resume Monday, November 14.