The month of October has been commemorated as Respect Life Month by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, with Oct. 1 designated as Respect Life Sunday.
“Respect Life Sunday” is observed every year on the First Sunday of October – this year, October 1 – and the entire month of October that follows has been identified by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) as “Respect Life Month.”
Sept. 27 also marks two years since the Holy Father celebrated Mass on the Ben Franklin Parkway to cap his apostolic visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families.
On Sept. 27, Pope Francis will launch the “Share the Journey” campaign, a two-year program of Caritas Internationalis to promote encounters between people on the move and people living in the countries they are leaving, passing through or arriving in.
In the Sept. 21 edition of The Monitor, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., published an essay titled “The Church in our day, the Church every day,” which examines our current “interesting times” and how they aren’t much different than what Catholics have experienced for generations.
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton announced it will coordinate a collection of cleaning supplies and personal hygiene kits to be delivered to those impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., and the entire Diocese of Trenton will celebrate sacramental marriage this October during two annual blessings for couples marking one, 25, 50 or more years of marriage.
Dozens of student-athletes from across the Diocese of Trenton gathered Sept. 19 in Lawrenceville for the sixth annual Catholic Athletes for Christ High School Leadership Conference, a day designed to encourage the high schoolers to make the connection between their faith and athletics.
On Sept. 15, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., sent the first of two checks for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
Parishes across the Diocese of Trenton will hold special catechist commissioning ceremonies and other observances of Catechetical Sunday Sept. 17, coinciding with the opening of their catechetical year.
Please keep Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., and the priests of the Diocese of Trenton in prayer this week as they participate in their annual convocation.
As the Diocese and its parishes enter the homestretch of the multi-year endowment campaign, Faith to Move Mountains, there is much cause for gratitude.
After a summer hiatus, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.’s, hour-long, monthly radio program, “The Shepherd’s Voice” returns to WFJS 1260 AM, WFJS 89.3 FM, WGYM 1580 AM and WSMJ 91.9 FM beginning at 3 p.m. Sept. 8.
The Trump Administration has announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program or “Dream Act” this morning, establishing an expiration date on the legal status of some 800,000 people who entered the United States illegally as children.