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The Diocese of Trenton has a full-time position available in the Department of Pastoral Care.  This position provides support for the ministry programs and meetings offered by the department.

The Monitor has just released its annual High School Showcase profiling Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Trenton. The 16-page guide has been sent to all eighth graders in the Catholic schools of the Diocese to provide helpful information as they consider their choice for Catholic high school. The showcase is also included in the Oct. 18 issue of the Monitor.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Annually, the next-to-last Sunday of October marks the Church’s Eucharistic celebration for the Missions, World Mission Sunday. In his message for this year’s celebration on October 21, Pope Francis explains that “life is a mission.” “Each one of us is called to reflect on this fact: ‘I am a mission on this Earth; that is the reason why I am here in this world’ (Evangelii Gaudium 273),” he writes. Focusing on young people, he notes: “In speaking to you, I also address all Christians who live out in the Church the adventure of their life as children of God.”

The long-awaited, official launch to the Year of Youth is finally here! The Year of Youth Fest is set for Sunday, Oct. 14 in St. Mary of the Pines Church, Manahawkin. Youth throughout the Diocese of Trenton are encourages to bring friends and family members to the Mass and following festival.

St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold was filled to capacity Oct. 11 as more than 700 representatives of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Trenton gathered for the annual Catholic Schools Mass. Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., was principal celebrant and homilist for the annual celebration that brought the school community together in prayer, to give thanks for the gift of Catholic schools.

On Thursday, Oct. 11, students, educators, priests and volunteers from around Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties will gather for the annual Catholic Schools Mass at 10a.m. in the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold.

The Diocese of Trenton ushered in Respect Life Month by announcing the 2018-19 Respect Life Poster, Essay and Photo-Meme Contest, open to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Submissions are now being accepted for the contest, which has adopted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ 2018 Respect Life theme, “Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent.”

El Monitor y PECES comparten esta edición especial sobre el V Encuentro Nacional en Grapevine, Texas.

Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York and Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued a statement today for Respect Life Month. New resources have been developed around the theme "Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent" and are available at www.usccb.org/respectlife. Respect Life Sunday is October 7.

The office of Catholic Cemeteries for the Diocese of Trenton is looking for an Administrative Assistant to work from the Jesus Bread of Life Cemetery in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. This position requires a kind and caring individual with strong organizational and interpersonal competencies. The role calls for excellent verbal and written communications abilities responding to daily telephone and in-person inquiries.

Proving pastoral care to those battling drug addiction, seeking God’s blessings for those involved in the legal profession, and affirming the men and women who support Catholic schools through the PTA were front and center as members of the diocesan community took part in several events during the last weekend of September.

Calling it “an extraordinary accomplishment for the Diocese,” Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., congratulated five Catholic schools of the Diocese of Trenton that received word Oct 1 that they had achieved the coveted “2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools” designation from the U.S. Department of Education.

Obispo David M. O'Connell, C.M., Obispo de Trenton, felicita a las cinco escuelas católicas de la Diócesis de Trenton reconocidas hoy de parte del departamento de educación de los Estados Unidos con el premio "Blue Ribbon".

Calling it “an extraordinary accomplishment for the Diocese,” Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., congratulated five Catholic schools of the Diocese of Trenton that received word Oct 1 that they had achieved the coveted “2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools” designation from the U.S. Department of Education.

El obispo David M. O'Connell, C.M., agradeció a los diez delegados de la Diócesis de Trenton que viajaron a Grapevine, Texas, para el V Encuentro Nacional. El Encuentro Nacional es el próximo paso de un proceso pastoral nacional para elaborar y desarrollar la participación y voz de los católicos hispanos/latinos en los Estados Unidos.

In his annual Respect Life Month message, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., affirmed the noble fight for human life in all its stages and encouraged his flock to be “culture warriors” for life. He writes:

La expresión, “guerrero cultural”, se usa en la conversación contemporánea para describir a personas que luchan por las causas que corren contra la corriente de los valores y preferencias, principal entre ellos, la protección de la vida humana en todas sus etapas desde la concepción hasta la vida natural. Parece muy poco que se habla o se escribe de ella de una manera positiva. Sin embargo, las personas llamadas “pro-vida”, de hecho, han luchado de una manera significativa para convencer a sus oponentes y críticos que, como el papa san Juan Pablo II afirmó, “cuando algunas vidas incluyendo a las vidas por nacer pierden su valor por las opciones de otras personas, no se podrá garantizar ningún valor ni derecho por mucho tiempo”.

The expression “culture warrior” is used in contemporary conversation to describe people who fight for those causes that run counter to prevailing cultural values and preferences, chief among those causes, the protection of human life in all its stages, from conception to natural death. It is rarely spoken or written in a positive way. And, yet, those who are labeled “pro-life” are, indeed, engaged in a significant battle to convince their opponents and critics that, as Pope St. John Paul II affirmed, “When some lives, including the unborn, are subjected to the personal choices of others, no other value or right will long be guaranteed.”

This weekend brought the beginning of autumn and cooler weather, setting the perfect atmosphere for a busy weekend in the Diocese of Trenton. People across the diocese celebrated their faith and service to others during the annual Guardian Angel Dinner Dance, the NJ Charismatic Conference and the annual spiritual assembly for the diocesan St. Vincent de Paul society.

The birth of a child is usually considered a “blessed event” for parents, and so it was for Italian Catholics Domenico and Rosa Luciani Sulprizio on April 13, 1817 when a son, Nunzio, was born. It was roughly a week after Easter that year and Nunzio, who was named for his recently departed grandfather, was the bright spot in a year of widespread famine in his native Pescara, (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies), Italy. His devout parents had him baptized before sunset that same day. Three years later, they presented him to the bishop of the newly created Diocese of Sulmona for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Two months later, in mid-summer, his father died leaving a widow, Nunzio and a baby daughter Domenica. Sadly, Nunzio’s sister died five months later on Dec. 7, 1820.