Given all current public health and safety reports, I am extending the dispensation from Sunday obligation to attend Mass beyond the aforementioned September 7 date listed in our Diocesan Directives “until further notice.”
On July 30, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will mark the 10th anniversary of his ordination to the episcopacy, less than two months after being named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton. The Bishop took some time with Rayanne Bennett, Associate Publisher of The Monitor, to look back on the day he first received the news of his appointment from Pope Benedict XVI, and the many highlights that have come in the decade that followed.
El obispo jubilado Edward U. Kmiec, hijo natal y obispo auxiliar anterior de la Diócesis de Trenton, murió el 11 de julio a los 84 años, reportó la Diócesis de Buffalo. El obispo Kmiec nació y creció en Trenton, en la Parroquia San Eduvigis. Fue nombrado obispo auxiliar de Trenton en agosto del 1982 y servía en la Diócesis con el obispo John C. Reiss hasta su nombramiento como el décimo Obispo de Nashville en octubre del 1992. Servía en Nashvile por 12 años hasta que fue nombrado el Obispo de Buffalo en octubre del 2004. Se jubiló de ese puesto en mayo del 2012.
Retired Bishop Edward U. Kmiec, a native son and former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, died July 11 at age 84, it was announced by the Diocese of Buffalo. Bishop Kmiec was born and raised in Trenton, growing up in the city’s St. Hedwig Parish. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Trenton in August 1982 and served the Diocese under then-Bishop John C. Reiss until he was named 10th bishop of Nashville in October 1992. He served in Nashville for 12 years until he was appointed Bishop of Buffalo in October 2004, retiring from there in May 2012.
by A statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
WASHINGTON – Following the publication of a national news story on Catholic churches receiving loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, issued the following statement in response:
An article written by the Associated Press and published by multiple media outlets July 10 seems to call into question the legitimacy of the Church’s request for COVID relief funding made available through the U.S. government. The Diocese of Trenton has responded to this article with the following statement: