Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to Our Lady of Mount Carmel (OLMC) Church in Passaic on March 1, where he celebrated Mass to mark the Second Sunday of Lent.

On Sunday, March 1, Bishop Serratelli presided over the annual combined Boy Scout and Girl Scout Sunday Mass in St. Peter the Apostle Church here, where he presented Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts with religious awards and special Girl Scout recognitions for girl scouts and adult leaders and an award for a Boy Scout troop.

What does it mean to “take the road less traveled” as Catholics, witnessing to our faith in today’s world?

If you look at a picture of 8-year-old Santino Anastasia, you’ll notice the smile on his face long before the fact that he is battling leukemia. In the fight of his life, Santino continues to be brave — through the treatments and setbacks — inspiring his family and the parishioners at Our Lady of Magnficat here, where he and his family worship.

Today’s Catholic women all have something in common — the desire to take time for their faith and to affirm who they are in Christ.

When I heard the news that Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame had died Feb. 26 at 97, like any other Notre Dame alumnus a flood of memories of this great priest came to my mind.

The Renaissance artist Veronese depicted the first miracle of Jesus in John’s gospel in a large scale painting designed for the refectory of the Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. He deliberately transposed the biblical event from the time of Jesus to the 16th century. He turned a simple wedding banquet into a sumptuous feast.