A severe Arctic cold front threatens to bring up to 14 inches of snow from late Saturday night to Monday afternoon, impacting northeast New Jersey, southern Connecticut, and southeast New York as the...
Morris County is among the wealthiest counties in New Jersey, but food insecurity is very real for many families living there. For this episode, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney and Communications Director...
Saint Francis of Assisi has been quoted as saying, “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” It’s a statement that so perfectly captures the spirit of hope that...
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 11 a.m. in Holy Family Chapel in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J., for Sister of Charity Emily Marie Walsh, who...
This year, the Discalced Carmelite Monastery of the Most Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel is celebrating 100 years of Carmelite presence in Morristown, N.J. To commemorate the centennial anniversary...
The Diocese of Paterson comprises New Jersey’s three northwest counties of Morris, Passaic, and Sussex, with an area of 1,214 square miles and a population of 1,134,000.
The Holy See created the Diocese in 1937 by separating the three counties from the Archdiocese of Newark.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney is the leader of the Diocese of Paterson and was installed as the eighth bishop of the Diocese in July 2020.
The diocese counts some 430,000 Catholics in a rich tapestry of 109 parishes where Mass is offered in 14 different languages and is a good neighbor to five Eastern-rite Churches.
The Diocese of Paterson includes 22 Catholic Schools, 70 Catholic Charities programs, and various ministries in the three counties of Passaic, Morris, and Sussex in northern New Jersey.