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The Diocese of Trenton has a full-time vacancy for the combined position of Communications Assistant in the Office of Communications and Media, and Circulation Coordinator for The Monitor -- the website and monthly magazine of the Diocese of Trenton.

Each year, the Diocese of Trenton joins dioceses throughout our country in celebrating Catholic Schools Week.  At a time when dioceses, including our own, are experiencing the unfortunate circumstance of having to close a school or schools for a variety of reasons, we need to support Catholic education more than ever.

Every generation has the obligation and responsibility to educate the next generation. That involves the teaching of subjects like math and science, language and literature, history and health, among others.

Los obispos católicos de Nueva Jersey nos unimos para expresar nuestra más profunda decepción y enorme preocupación sobre la aprobación del proyecto de ley S49/A6260, la Ley a la libertad a la elección reproductiva, que codifica en norma del estado, el derecho de un individuo a un aborto, incluso a los abortos tardíos. Esta ley se aparta de la enseñanza católica fundamental de que toda vida es sagrada desde el momento de la concepción hasta la muerte natural. Aun más angustioso es el hecho de que el cálculo jurídico y ético que sustenta esta nueva legislación, extingue absoluta y rotundamente la identidad humana y moral del niño no nacido. Quizá los legisladores que se precipitaron a aprobar esta Ley en los tiempos menguantes de sus términos, no querían que los ciudadanos comprendieran por completo sus consecuencias inhumanas y letales.

The Catholic Bishops of New Jersey join to express our profound disappointment and deep concern about the passage of S49/A6260 - - the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act, which codifies into state law an individual’s right to an abortion, including late-term abortions. This law departs from the fundamental Catholic teaching that all life is sacred from conception to natural death. Even more distressing is that the legal and ethical calculus that underlies this new legislation absolutely and forthrightly extinguishes the human and moral identity of the unborn child. Perhaps the legislators who rushed through this Act in the waning moments of their terms did not want citizens to understand fully its inhuman and lethal consequences.

Ahora que el tiempo de Navidad queda atrás, el mes de enero es un tiempo ocupado litúrgica y pastoralmente porque presenta oportunidades únicas de oración dentro de la Iglesia Católica y la Diócesis de Trenton.

El empuje legislativo de asegurar y expandir los derechos al aborto en New Jersey por los comités el 6 de enero fue aprobado en la legislatura estatal el 10 de enero por márgenes amplias. La Acta de la libertad de la Opción Reproductiva, S49/A6260, fue aprobada por el senado estatal 23-15 y por la asamblea general 46-22 con 8 abstenciones. Ahora avanza al escritorio del gobernador Phil Murphy, donde puede ser firmado como ley.

The legislative push to enshrine and expand abortion rights in New Jersey, which moved with extraordinary speed out of committees Jan. 6, passed in the State Legislature Jan. 10 by wide margins. The Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act, S49/A6260, was passed by the State Senate 23-15 and by the General Assembly 46-22 with 8 abstentions.  It will now advance to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk, where it would be signed into law.

With the Christmas season behind us, the month of January is a busy time both liturgically and pastorally as it presents unique opportunities for prayer within the Catholic Church and the Diocese of Trenton.

Los obispos católicos de New Jersey han escrito una declaración en oposición a legislación propuesta en el Senado y la Asamblea de New Jersey que va en contra la dignidad de la vida.

Citando desafíos persistentes de matrícula, mayores costos y el impacto de la pandemia del coronavirus, los codirectores de Mother Seton Academy en Howell anunciaron el 7 de enero que la escuela de pre-inicial hasta octavo grado cerrará el 30 de junio, 2022.

The Catholic Bishops of New Jersey have promulgated a letter to all Catholics and people of good will concerning legislation currently before the State Senate and Assembly for a vote that would be a direct assault on the sanctity of life.

It is customary, as we ring in a new year, to look back on the year we are leaving behind, not so much for nostalgia’s sake, but as a measure of our growth. As I reflect on life in the Diocese of Trenton over the past year, two things immediately come to mind: the ongoing COVID pandemic and the beginning of the Synod’s diocesan phase. 

Citing persistent enrollment challenges, rising costs and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the co-directors of Mother Seton Academy in Howell announced Jan. 7 that the pre-K through 8 school will close June 30, 2022.

The New Jersey Catholic Conference (NJCC) is calling on Catholics and all people of good will to urge their state elected officials to vote “no” on S49/A6260, legislation which effectively serves as a replacement to the Reproductive Freedom Act (RFA). The RFA was a controversial bill introduced in October 2020 that would have expanded abortion services in New Jersey to include late-term abortions, state-funding for abortions, mandating health insurance coverage for abortion services, and allowing for non-physician medical providers to perform abortions, all of which the NJCC vigorously opposed.

The New Jersey Catholic Conference (NJCC) is calling on Catholics and all people of good will to urge their state elected officials to vote “no” on S49/A6260, legislation which effectively serves as a replacement to the Reproductive Freedom Act (RFA). The RFA was a controversial bill introduced in October 2020 that would have expanded abortion services in New Jersey to include late-term abortions, state-funding for abortions, mandating health insurance coverage for abortion services, and allowing for non-physician medical providers to perform abortions, all of which the NJCC vigorously opposed.

The “Christmas Season” in the Catholic Church lasts from Christmas Eve until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and includes Christmas; the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (December 26, 2021); the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (January 1, 2022); the Solemnity of the Epiphany (January 2, 2022) and, finally, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (January 9, 2022).

El “Tiempo de Navidad” en la Iglesia Católica empieza en Noche Buena y continua hasta la Fiesta del Bautizo del Señor. Este tiempo eclesial incluye la Navidad; la Fiesta de la Familia Sagrada de Jesús, María y José (27 de diciembre); la Solemnidad de María, Madre de Dios (1 de enero); la Solemnidad de la Epifanía (2 de enero); y, finalmente, la Fiesta del Bautizo del Señor (9 de enero).

Wouldn’t it be great if we could hold on to our youthful Christmas excitement and enthusiasm for our whole lives?

The four weeks of Advent, which will soon draw to a close, are like a snapshot, a miniature, a glimpse of the whole of salvation history.