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The parish community of St. Patrick in Chatham welcomed Bishop Sweeney during his pastoral visit Feb. 21. During the visit, the Bishop celebrated Mass marking the First Sunday of Lent.

Bishop Sweeney made a pastoral visit to St. Virgil Parish in Morris Plains Feb. 20 where he celebrated the vigil Mass marking the First Sunday of Lent.

Bishop Sweeney celebrated Mass in the chapel of St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, the first day of Lent, where he blessed and sprinkled ashes on the heads of employees during the Mass. Afterward, the Bishop visited patients’ rooms to give them ashes and to pray with them.