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Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney made a pastoral visit to St. Monica Parish in Sussex June 6 where he celebrated Mass to mark the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. During the Mass, the Bishop administered the Sacrament of Confir­ma­tion to young people of the parish.

At some point in a young person’s life, he or she is asked the question, “Where are you going in life?” The question at times can seem daunting to answer, especially when there is no direction or guidance available to that person. To help answer this age-old question for young men, the diocesan Vocations Office is offering high school students (including those who just completed eighth grade and high school) Quo Vadis, a one-day retreat on Friday, June 25 at Camp Shiloh in Hewitt.

Today the sunlight that streams into the worship space in St. Philip the Apostle Church in Clifton casts a new light — in a bright rainbow of colors — on the faith of the 77-year-old parish through a series of 13 new windows that tell a story of its patron saint, its history, and its mission etched in luminescent stained-glass images.