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The faithful of the Diocese of Trenton will gather in prayerful remembrance of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI when Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., celebrates a Memorial Mass Jan. 5, at noon in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold.

On Dec. 31, 2022, as the world learned of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., of the Diocese of Trenton released a personal reflection about the pontiff who named him a bishop in 2010 and who had visited The Catholic University of America in Washington during then-Father O’Connell’s tenure as president. 

In a new five-part series on the Eucharist, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C. M., highlights “many aspects of the inexhaustible gift and mystery of the Holy Eucharist as the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ drawn from Scripture and Tradition.” Titled “Catechetical Series on the Eucharist,” the segments will begin Oct. 18, the Feast of St. Luke. An installment will drop each week in text, video and podcast across all diocesan digital platforms.  The entire series will be printed in the November issue of The Monitor Magazine.

The Mass of Ordination will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, 151 North Warren Street, Trenton, and will be livestreamed here youtube.com/trentondiocese.