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The last thing newcomers to the area probably expect to see as they traverse the pastoral byway of Georgia Road in Freehold Township is a co-cathedral of monumental and classic proportions gracing the landscape. MORE...

By Jennifer Mauro | Associate Editor, TrentonMonitor.com
As parishes around the Diocese celebrated Christmas Masses Dec. 24-25, St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, Freehold, was receiving some good news of its own. “As we celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus this Christmas, it gives me great joy as your Bishop to share the news that the Holy See has approved my request that St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Freehold be elevated to the dignity of a Co-Cathedral within our Diocese,” Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., announced in a letter that was read to parishioners during the Christmas Masses. MORE...

From St. Mary Cathedral, the Mother Church in Trenton, north to St. Joseph Parish in Keyport, south to St. Theresa Parish in Little Egg Harbor, west to St. George Parish in Titusville along the Delaware River, east to the parishes along the Jersey shore, the Diocese of Trenton rejoices in the elevation of St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Freehold to the dignity of a Co-Cathedral for our Diocese!