With every passing year, the public assault on human life from conception to natural death seems bolder and more blatant. Although research studies indicate that there has actually been a decline in surgical abortions since 2014, the alternative choice of medical abortions in which the mother takes a drug to cause a miscarriage has risen dramatically, by 75 percent in the last 10 years according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Whether surgically performed or medically induced, abortion is abortion. If we truly believe that life begins at conception, then neither “choice” is morally acceptable.
On Sept. 20, 2019, the Diocese of Trenton was informed by a representative of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office of the arrest of Father Brendan Williams on charges of criminal sexual contact with a child occurring in the late 1990s. Father Williams is the former pastor of St. Veronica Parish, Howell, and has been out of active ministry since 2012.
El 20 de septiembre, 2019, un representante de la Oficina del Fiscal del condado de Monmouth informó a la Diócesis de Trenton que el padre Brendan Williams fue arrestado por cargos de contacto sexual criminal con un niño que pasó en los 90. Padre Williams era el párroco de la Parroquia Santa Verónica, Howell, y ha estado fuera del ministerio actio desde el 2012.
Middletown, NJ -- The 2019 New Jersey Catholic Charismatic Conference – “Arise!” (Is. 60:1) will be held in St. Mary, Mother of God Church and parish center Oct. 25 and 26, 2019. The New Jersey Catholic Charismatic Conference remains the longest-running teaching Conference in Charismatic Renewal in the United States, with workshops that complement the keynote talks at the general Conference gatherings.
The diocesan Department of Pastoral Care will sponsor a diocesan-wide Recovery Mass at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. The theme of the evening, which includes refreshments and fellowship in the parish hall following Mass, is “Grace for the Journey.” Father Robert S. Grodnicki, pastor of St. Luke Parish, Toms River, will serve as celebrant.
The House Democrat Majority refuses to allow a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, or even an official hearing where Congress could learn the facts. So, the House Republican minority hosted a hearing to draw attention to why the Born-Alive Act is needed + why it deserves a vote!
Lunes, el 9 de septiembre, el superior provincial del Tercer Orden de Franciscanos Regulares (TOR por sus cifras en inglés), avisó a la Diócesis de Trenton de una alegación singular de abuso sexual de alguien menor de edad que llegó a los Franciscanos en contra el padre Gabriel Zeis, TOR, actualmente empleado por la Diócesis de Trenton
UPDATED: June 6, 2020 The allegation mentioned in the statement below has since been found to be not credible. Fr. Gabriel Zeis, TOR, can return to active ministry. Click to read original statement and for more.
This year, the theme and accompanying logo for Catechetical Sunday seem to be especially poignant in the context of where we are as Church, and civilization overall. The 2019 theme is “Stay With Us,” and is depicted by an image of Christ walking arm-in-arm with two young followers as they engage with people in all walks of life. This call to stay with Christ and be part of his mission of salvation speaks to us at a time when each day brings new reports of despicable assaults on innocent human life, when too many profess belief in Christ, yet reject the Gospel mandate to care for the least among us, and when more young people than ever have disengaged from the faith.
This month, we are marking a milestone in our diocesan story. Our newspaper, The Monitor, is shutting down its print edition and introducing, in its place, a monthly magazine.