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Budget increase for nonpublic transportation a win ∙ August issue ∙ Bishop’s Anniversary blessings
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August 8, 2023JUST IN TIME FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, New Jersey nonpublic schools have been granted substantial increased funding for school transportation – a much-needed boost that may give Catholic schools a more attractive financial standpoint from which to accept transportation bids.
Passed by both Houses of the New Jersey Legislature, and signed by Gov. Murphy on June 30, the Fiscal Year 2024 state budget allows a per-pupil ceiling raise to $1,165 from $1,022. The budget also contained modest increases in technology, nursing service and compensatory education.
Increased funding for nonpublic school transportation has been a leading issue for the New Jersey Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s Catholic bishops. With the shortage of bus drivers created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the budget increase will allow for more transportation routes and additional drivers.
Read more about this funding increase HERE.
THE WORD "RENEWAL" IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITIES that get one away from the regular daily routine — taking a vacation, going on retreat, walking along the beach or on a scenic hiking trail.
Could people, however, find renewal in normal everyday life, especially when doing something they love, something they believe in? Could one become renewed when helping others, or bringing Christ’s love to them?
This summer, there’s been a lot going on in the Diocese that points in that direction. Folks in our parishes, Catholic schools, diocesan offices and organizations are willingly and selflessly doing what they love, what they believe in, all the while letting others know they are loved, cared for, appreciated and understood.
A sampling of this renewal is found within the pages of this issue of The Monitor Magazine. Read more HERE.
AVAILABLE TO MARRIED COUPLES FROM AROUND THE DIOCESE who are
elebrating one, 25, 50 or more years
of marriage, the 2023 Bishop’s Anniversary Blessing Masses will be held Oct. 8 for couples from Monmouth and Ocean Counties in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, 61 Georgia Rd., Freehold, and on Oct. 22 for couples from Burlington and Mercer Counties in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, 149 N. Warren Ave., Trenton. Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will be principal celebrant of the Masses which will begin at 3 p.m. During the Masses, the couples will renew their wedding vows and the Bishop will impart his episcopal blessing on them. Masses will be followed by receptions. Family members and friends of the couples are welcome to attend.
Couples can register online at dioceseoftrenton.org/bishop-anniversary-blessing or by calling their parish. Registration closes Sept. 15.
