The Monitor

Newspaper of the Diocese of Trenton, serving the Catholic community in Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

Our young Church is alive and well, as shown in page after page of special coverage brought to you in the latest issue of The Monitor. From the front page image of a high school senior performing in the “DOT’s Got Talent” showcase, to the expanded photos and reporting on the Year of Youth Mass and festival, as well as the annual Catholic Schools Mass, the Oct. 18 issue includes the stories of more than a thousand young people who are pursuing a life of faith. 

In keeping with the youth theme, the Oct. 18 issue also features its annual HIGH SCHOOL SHOWCASE, an inside pull-out profiling the Catholic high schools in the Diocese as eighth grade families prepare to visit open houses and make decisions for next year.

Your new issue also includes special coverage of another extraordinary event  ... the visitation of the holy relics of St. Anthony of Padua to St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold.  More than 1,000 of the faithful came out to venerate the relics, some participating in a Mass celebrated by Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.

In an essay that reflects on the canonization of St. Paul VI, Bishop O’Connell highlights the essential role of the laity in the Church and provides an overview of just some of the many ways that lay women and men are involved in the work of the Diocese and its many ministries. 

More stories not to miss:

• A preview of some of the key issues on voters’ minds as the mid-term elections approach.

• Reporting out of Rome on the canonization of Pope Paul VI, Archbishop Oscar Romero and five others, and the ongoing Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocations discernment.

• Bishop O’Connell’s YOUNG SAINT SERIES continues with an installment on Blessed Chiara “Luce” Badano, a young Italian woman who died just short of her 19^th birthday after pursuing a life of holiness.

• Preparations now underway for an exhibit that will open next month in the Aquinas Institute, Princeton, on the history of the Diocese of Trenton.

• Celebrations of the Month of the Rosary, a parish’s trip to Uganda, a book on Luke’s Gospel written by Father Pablo Gadenz, sports updates from Red Bank Catholic, Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, and Mater Dei Prep in Middletown.

The Oct. 18 print edition has been mailed to subscribers, and the e-edition is available now at www.TrentonMonitor.com. Not a subscriber? Learn more and subscribe to the print or digital edition of The Monitor, HERE.

• Bishop O'Connell’s World Mission Sunday message
   
• Diocesan Year of Youth launches with message of hope
   
• Aquinas Institute exhibit to feature story of Trenton Diocese
   

• More than 700 gather with Bishop for annual Catholic Schools Mass