4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (1137+ words) (OSV News) " Thousands of pilgrims are expected to gather in June in the Lithuanian capital for the sixth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy, or WACOM, a five-day event that has previously been held in cities such as Rome, Krak'w, Bogota…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (529+ words) About 300 visitors to the People of Hope Museum, a traveling exhibit that stopped at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison, N. J. , on Palm Sunday and Holy Monday, experienced powerful stories of people whose lives have been transformed through Catholic Charities,…...

16+ hour, 49+ min ago  (218+ words) On March 25, about 40 students from three Catholic high schools in the Paterson Diocese, New Jersey, participated in a Respect Life Service Day at Morris Catholic High School, Denville, N. J. , where they prepared Care Bags for clients of the Passaic Neighborhood Women's…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (803+ words) (OSV News) " As the astronauts of NASA's first crewed lunar flyby in half a century reached their closest approach to the moon, the team's pilot reminded the Earth of Jesus Christ's command to love both God and neighbor. "As we…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (170+ words) Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney proclaimed, "Alleluia! Happy Easter! Felices Pascuas! Jesus of Nazareth, who suffered and died on the cross, is risen," in his homily during the bilingual Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (206+ words) Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (164+ words) The annual reenactment of Jesus" agonizing journey to his crucifixion on Mount Calvary was presented by the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, N. J. , on Good Friday, April 3. Beginning outside the cathedral, the event moved through city streets before…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (137+ words) No Masses are celebrated on Good Friday, a day of fasting and abstinence. Msgr. Geno Sylva, the cathedral's rector and diocesan vicar for special projects; Father Starli J. Castanos, a St. John's parochial vicar; and the deacons of the cathedral joined…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (333+ words) Kevin J. Sweeney brought Christ's peace and love to a group of inmates in Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, N. J. , who joined him for a Holy Thursday Mass he celebrated at the facility a day earlier on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Father Owen…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (206+ words) Five Conversations about the Priesthood," a new Zoom series, will give young men ages 1520 discerning their vocations insight into the priesthood and Catholic faith through live testimony from a priest in pastoral ministry. The series is based on Five Conversations…...