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Rachel’s Vineyard retreat scheduled • Clergy appointments
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December 16, 2022Extending an opportunity for recovery from the wounds of abortion, a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat is planned Feb. 3-5 in the Trenton Diocese.
Operating with the approval of the Diocese and in collaboration with Project Rachel Ministry, Rachel’s Vineyard retreats comprise a three-day weekend offering access to a licensed counselor, the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Mass.
“The majority of women and men who make the retreat are looking for healing and forgiveness for the decision they made regarding their abortion,” said Judy Warenkiewicz, Rachel’s Vineyard diocesan leader. “Attending a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat offers them a safe, non-judgmental environment and an opportunity to help them process and release repressed feelings of anger, shame, guilt and grief.”
The Rachel’s Vineyard retreat team is made up of men and women who care deeply about the needs of those attending the weekend, Warenkiewicz explained. “Many of the team members have suffered the same loss.”
Read more about the retreat HERE.
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M, has announced the following clergy appointments:
Rev. Brian Butch, from parochial vicar, St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold, to temporary administrator, St. Anselm Parish, Wayside, effective Dec. 12, 2022.
Rev. Michael Gentile, from parochial vicar, St. Thomas More Parish, Manalapan, to administrator, Resurrection Parish, Delran, effective Dec. 19, 2022.
