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February 20
Jason Evert, a Catholic speaker on the virtue of sexual chastity, often gets this sly question from young men in the audience, “How far [in the act of romance] can I go with a young woman” that would be allowed by the Church? In his talk, “Purified” on Feb. 13 at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison, Evert told 400 young people, grades 7-12, and adults that the young men’s question not only shows what is on their minds, but also misses the point of chastity — saving themselves for marriage to love and honor their future spouses long before they exchange vows.Read More -
February 20
The Family Life award, the Servant Leader award and the Education award will be given to honorees by the Assumption College for Sisters (ACS) here at the 19th annual Caring Basket Gala on March 26 at the Hanover Marriott, Whippany.Read More -
February 20
Employees of the Paterson Diocese are being proactive when it comes to their health and are most effective in utilizing their healthcare insurance plans, according to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. For this, Gallagher has presented the Diocese with the 2019 award for “Best in Class” for healthcare costs controls recently. Gallagher is an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm. More than 4,400 companies completed its survey and based upon the results of the survey, it was determined that the Diocese’s plan design and healthcare cost controls were “Best in Class.”Read More -
February 20
Chocolate surely makes the world go ’round — putting smiles on people’s faces, soothing their every “sweet tooth” and melting hearts this past Valentine’s Day. But Amanda Jo Wildey and her chocolate shop in the capital city of Peru are banking on the decadent delight also going a long way toward helping save their corner of the world from the evils of cocaine trafficking.Read More -
February 20
To mark its golden anniversary of the Murray House Dinner Dance, the Department for Persons with Disabilities (DPD) hosted its annual event at the Brownstone in Paterson Feb. 16 with 1,000 guests attending. Special guests included lifetime achievement award recipients who were recognized for making a lasting impact in the lives of people served by the DPD. Also in attendance at the event were members of the Murray family and almost all the individuals the DPD serves in Passaic, Morris and Sussex counties.Read More -
February 20
In his speech at the University of Notre Dame’s Law School, U.S. Attorney General William Barr pointed out that because the Trump Administration, in which he serves, firmly supports accommodation of religion, the battleground for religious freedom has shifted to the states. Barr said that some state governments are now attempting to compel religious individuals and entities to subscribe to practices, or to espouse viewpoints, that are incompatible with their religious beliefs.Read More -
February 13
With the Supreme Court deciding the fate of the blatantly anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments that have long struck a blow to the heart of religious liberty, it is good to know that we have someone who has our backs when it comes to religious freedom issues. That person is U.S. Attorney General William Barr, one of this nation’s foremost proponents of religious liberty’s vital importance to our nation.Read More -
February 13
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Therese Parish in Paterson where he celebrated the vigil Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Feb. 8. During the visit, the Bishop installed Father Yasid Salas as pastor of St. Therese Parish.Read More
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Bishop Serratelli's article
Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Descent to Hades
On March 25, 2019, both the New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed the Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. This means that, just as in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, D.C., physicians can now help someone kill themselves. Legally! Doctors now become dealers in death. So contrary to the Hippocratic Oath that states “I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrong-doing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course.”
Statement by the Catholic Bishops of New Jersey on What the Catholic Church has done and continues to do to Protect Children
March 4, 2019
Much attention has been given to the meeting of bishops in Rome last month called by Pope Francis to address a morally reprehensible, shameful and horrific crime – the sexual abuse of children.
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News from the Vatican
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At a time when many within the Catholic Church are at odds with each other, Pope Francis on Sunday said that Jesus wasn’t “using nice turns of phrase” when he called upon those who follow him to...
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N.J. Independent Victim Compensation Program
PATERSON Starting on June 15, the New Jersey Independent Victim Compensation Program (IVCP) will begin accepting claims related to the sexual abuse of minors by diocesan priests and deacons of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Paterson, Metuchen, Trenton and Camden and the Archdiocese of Newark.
The IVCP is administered by Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros, two noted victims’ compensation experts who have designed and administered similar compensation programs for the Catholic Dioceses in New York and Pennsylvania. They also have administered similar programs for Penn State sexual abuse claims, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and the BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Fund. -
Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The only acceptable form of extremism for a Christian is an "extremism of love," Pope Francis said, concelebrating Mass...
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Life Teen Blog
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Just as these saints and so many others have witnessed to us, our universal call as Christians challenges us to live in the world but not of the world, but this does not mean we are called to live in...
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Today’s Readings
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Reading 1 Lv 19:1-2, 17-18Responsorial Psalm Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13Reading 2 1 Cor 3:16-23Gospel Mt 5:38-48
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