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This year, October 20th marks a very special World Mission Sunday, our annual, worldwide Eucharistic celebration of our shared call to mission. It takes place during an Extraordinary Missionary Month, called for by Pope Francis in honor of the 100th anniversary of Pope Benedict XV’s Apostolic Letter Maximum Illud, which emphasized the missionary call to proclaim the Gospel.

Did Jesus ever go to school? The Bible doesn’t say so we cannot be sure. Did you ever wonder about that? The New Testament does tell us that Jesus could read, something he had to learn somewhere. The New Testament also suggests that Jesus could write, again something he had to learn somewhere. Jesus also knew the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament, since he quoted it often. Where did he learn the Jewish religion and all its rules and practices?

St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery & Mausoleum, Lakewood NJ is seeking an individual to help prepare graves and maintain cemetery grounds.

Candidate must demonstrate strong keyboard skills (organ/piano) and ability to sing Candidate must demonstrate knowledge of catholic liturgy and liturgical documents Candidate must be able to work/coordinate with church ministries Candidate must be Virtus trained and fingerprinted

St. Catharine School, a PreK-8th Catholic Elementary school located in Spring Lake, NJ is now accepting applications for anticipated openings for the 2019-2020 school year

The Church of Saint Catharine (Holmdel, N.J.) seeks a full-time Parish Catechetical Leader.  Reporting to the pastor, the Parish Catechetical Leader is responsible for strategically planning and administering the Parish catechetical program with a vision towards leading future generations back to the Church, including fall and summer religious education programs for students in grades 1-8, sacramental preparation, and Children’s Liturgy of the Word. 

Observing the Lord Jesus turning so often to prayer in his ministry, the disciples asked him to teach them to pray. Without missing a beat, he offered them the words we have repeated so often throughout our lives and have come to know as “The Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:1-4; Matthew 6:5-15).”

With every passing year, the public assault on human life from conception to natural death seems bolder and more blatant. Although research studies indicate that there has actually been a decline in surgical abortions since 2014, the alternative choice of medical abortions in which the mother takes a drug to cause a miscarriage has risen dramatically, by 75 percent in the last 10 years according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Whether surgically performed or medically induced, abortion is abortion. If we truly believe that life begins at conception, then neither “choice” is morally acceptable.

On Sept. 20, 2019, the Diocese of Trenton was informed by a representative of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office of the arrest of Father Brendan Williams on charges of criminal sexual contact with a child occurring in the late 1990s. Father Williams is the former pastor of St. Veronica Parish, Howell, and has been out of active ministry since 2012.

El 20 de septiembre, 2019, un representante de la Oficina del Fiscal del condado de Monmouth informó a la Diócesis de Trenton  que el padre Brendan Williams fue arrestado por cargos de contacto sexual criminal con un niño que pasó en los 90. Padre Williams era el párroco de la Parroquia Santa Verónica, Howell, y ha estado fuera del ministerio actio desde el 2012.

The Church of Mother of Mercy in Asbury Park, NJ is seeking a part-time parish secretary/receptionist to work Monday – Thursday 9AM to 2:30PM.  Some of the responsibilities for this position include: general office duties like answering phones, greeting and referring visitors, distributing mail, and typing correspondence.  In addition, this individual will also be responsible for: maintaining mass schedules and accurately recording and filing existing parishioner.

Middletown, NJ -- The 2019 New Jersey Catholic Charismatic Conference – “Arise!” (Is. 60:1) will be held in St. Mary, Mother of God Church and parish center Oct. 25 and 26, 2019. The New Jersey Catholic Charismatic Conference remains the longest-running teaching Conference in Charismatic Renewal in the United States, with workshops that complement the keynote talks at the general Conference gatherings.

St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery & Mausoleum is looking for a part-time Administrative Assistant to work from St. Mary of the Lake Cemetery & Mausoleum in Lakewood, 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.

Saint Junipero Serra Parish in Seaside Heights/Seaside Park is seeking a full-time executive assistant/bookkeeper for our parish office. This is a full-time 30-hour per week position. 

The Church of St. Gregory the Great, a large Catholic parish and school community located in Hamilton Square, N.J., is accepting applications for the position of Director of Communications.  The Director of Communications is responsible for overseeing and maintaining the primary digital and written communications channels for St. Gregory the Great Parish.  Reporting to the pastor, the Director of Communications works closely with the pastoral leadership team and parish ministry/organization leaders to deliver broad and highly effective digital and written communications to the parish and local communities.

The diocesan Department of Pastoral Care will sponsor a diocesan-wide Recovery Mass at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. The theme of the evening, which includes refreshments and fellowship in the parish hall following Mass, is “Grace for the Journey.” Father Robert S. Grodnicki, pastor of St. Luke Parish, Toms River, will serve as celebrant.

The House Democrat Majority refuses to allow a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, or even an official hearing where Congress could learn the facts. So, the House Republican minority hosted a hearing to draw attention to why the Born-Alive Act is needed + why it deserves a vote!

Lunes, el 9 de septiembre, el superior provincial del Tercer Orden de Franciscanos Regulares (TOR por sus cifras en inglés), avisó a la Diócesis de Trenton de una alegación singular de abuso sexual de alguien menor de edad que llegó a los Franciscanos en contra el padre Gabriel Zeis, TOR, actualmente empleado por la Diócesis de Trenton

The Diocese of Trenton was notified by the Provincial Superior of the Third Order Regular Franciscans (TOR) on Monday evening, Sept. 9, that a single allegation of sexual abuse of a minor dating back to 1975 has been made to the Franciscans against Father Gabriel Zeis, TOR, currently employed by the Diocese of Trenton as Catholic chaplain at Princeton University and Diocesan Vicar for Catholic Education. Although Father Zeis denies the allegation, he has resigned from his positions, effective immediately.

This year, the theme and accompanying logo for Catechetical Sunday seem to be especially poignant in the context of where we are as Church, and civilization overall. The 2019 theme is “Stay With Us,” and is depicted by an image of Christ walking arm-in-arm with two young followers as they engage with people in all walks of life. This call to stay with Christ and be part of his mission of salvation speaks to us at a time when each day brings new reports of despicable assaults on innocent human life, when too many profess belief in Christ, yet reject the Gospel mandate to care for the least among us, and when more young people than ever have disengaged from the faith.