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Our Lady of Perpetual Help-St. Agnes in the Atlantic Highlands is seeking an energetic part-time manager with proven leadership skills to oversee all aspects of business operations.

Dozens of student-athletes from across the Diocese of Trenton gathered Sept. 19 in Lawrenceville for the sixth annual Catholic Athletes for Christ High School Leadership Conference, a day designed to encourage the high schoolers to make the connection between their faith and athletics.

A homily by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., Sept. 17 in the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold.

On Sept. 15, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., sent the first of two checks for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

St. Jerome Church in West Long Branch is looking for a part-time parish secretary.

The Church of St. Gregory the Great, Hamilton Square, is seeking a part-time Youth Ministry Coordinator.

Parishes across the Diocese of Trenton will hold special catechist commissioning ceremonies and other observances of Catechetical Sunday Sept. 17, coinciding with the opening of their catechetical year.

Please keep Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., and the priests of the Diocese of Trenton in prayer this week as they participate in their annual convocation.

The following was released by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., on Sept. 11, 2017:

As the Diocese and its parishes enter the homestretch of the multi-year endowment campaign, Faith to Move Mountains, there is much cause for gratitude.

After a summer hiatus, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.’s, hour-long, monthly radio program, “The Shepherd’s Voice” returns to WFJS 1260 AM, WFJS 89.3 FM, WGYM 1580 AM and WSMJ 91.9 FM beginning at 3 p.m. Sept. 8.

St. Mary of the Lakes parish office in Medford, N.J., is seeking a part-time Administrative Assistant, approximately 15 hours per week. 

Thousands of children across the Diocese of Trenton’s four counties embarked on a year of spiritual and academic growth the week of Sept. 5. 

The Trump Administration has announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program or “Dream Act” this morning, establishing an expiration date on the legal status of some 800,000 people who entered the United States illegally as children. 

In his message for the 2017 World Day of Care for Creation, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., focuses on the Catholic Church’s recent history of environmental stewardship and asks the faithful to put differences of opinion aside when caring for the Earth.

Pope Francis designated September 1 – Friday this year – as a “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.”

The Diocese of Trenton is seeking an energetic Help Desk Analyst for a part-time position in the Department of Computer Services.

Special collection slated in parishes across Diocese of Trenton this weekend Drawing from the powerful memories of the Super Storm Sandy disaster, and the overwhelming Catholic response to local relief efforts, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., announced a special collection to be taken in all parishes of the Diocese of Trenton on Sept. 2 and 3 to assist communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey in southeast Texas.

In a message addressed to the faithful of the Diocese of Trenton Aug. 28, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., announced a special collection during Masses Sept. 2 and 3 to aid those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

The following message was issued Monday, Aug. 28, by Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.: