The DePaul Catholic High School community in Wayne marked Catholic Schools Week on Jan. 29 with a Mass. Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated the Mass, concelebrated by several other priests, including chaplains who serve DePaul.

The Paterson Diocese honored men and women who serve in religious life — as priests, brothers, and sisters — during a Mass on Feb. 4 for World Day for Consecrated Life. The Mass was celebrated by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.

Leaders of churches in Paterson joined Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney for an ecumenical worship service to celebrate Black History Month on Feb. 4 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.

helped young Catholics in Eastern Africa plant seeds of faith in their neighborhoods — first by helping them in their mission to plant thousands of trees to benefit their people and the environment.

There is no time to get star-struck. That’s because time is tight when a priest celebrates a Mass for Catholic players, coaches, and staff of an NFL team — 30 minutes at most. This past season, Father Charles Lana and Father Frank Lennie, priests of the Paterson Diocese and football fans, experienced the thrill of celebrating Mass for the N.Y. Giants and opponents of the Giants and N.Y. Jets.

All of us who live in the United States know that the month of February is synonymous with St. Valentine. As soon as we put our Christmas decorations away, we start seeing how department stores decorate their windows with chocolates, roses, and hearts, thus announcing the arrival of a month dedicated to love.

We gather here today to recall how Richard Berdnik got into our hearts to change our lives. He was able to get into our hearts and to fix our lives, not because he was a trained mechanic but because he was a magnanimous man. Magnanimity is one of the most important of all virtues, for without magnanimity, all the other virtues are never as strong as we hope them to be.

“Ready or not,” … Lent is quickly approaching. We can say that Lent (and Easter) comes “early” this year. This is also the second time in six years (and only the third time in 79 years) that Ash Wednesday falls on Feb. 14 — also known as (St.) “Valentine’s Day.”

The Paterson Federation Knights of Columbus honored Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney at its annual Bishop’s Night held on Jan. 26 at Our Lady of the Holy Angels Parish in Little Falls. The event was hosted by Our Lady of the Highway Council 3835.

The community of Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) School in Wayne on Jan. 28 welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who helped kick off Catholic Schools Week (CSW) in the diocese by celebrating a Mass in the parish church.

It takes “deeds, not only words” to live as a disciple of Christ. Madeline Herbes, 16, came to that revelation after reading the story about Mary of Bethany anointing the feet of Christ with expensive perfume in the Gospel of Mark. At the time, she and a small group of fellow teens were reading, praying, and meditating over the bible passage. It was part of a diocesan retreat for youths in grades 8 to 12 on Jan. 27 at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What does God want me to do with my life?” The diocesan vocations office is hosting a discernment retreat during the first weekend of March to help young men get a step closer to answering that question. 

To help offset financial hardship experienced by many low-income families, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law the “Working Class Families Anti-Hunger Act” on Jan. 16, expanding eligibility for free school meals to include nonpublic schools.

Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney will lead a discernment retreat to help participating young men discover their calling in life from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 3, at the Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown.

The Paul Street Journal podcast has begun its second season by getting a closer look at Catholic Social Teaching through the lens of the papal encyclicals — how they have taken the timeless truths found in Scripture and applied them to modern economics.

On Thursday and Friday, Jan. 18 and 19, I had the privilege to travel to Washington, D.C., to attend the 51st annual March for Life. The first March for Life took place on Jan. 22, 1974, on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion throughout the United States. I have shared some of my own experiences and history of the March for Life in previous columns. I wanted to take the opportunity to share some things that I learned and some new experiences that I had at this year’s March.

Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney traveled to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 18 to participate in activities for the 51st National March for Life. He attended the National Prayerful Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

While Facebook was created in 2004 by a college student, fast forward 20 years later, several other social media apps reign superior for today’s youth.

Science-minded students at Morris Catholic High School (MCHS) in Denville recently got a chance to try their hands at the present and — future of — cutting-edge medicine. On a visit to Morris­town Medical Center, they took turns operating the Di Vinci surgical robot.

Bishop W. Darin Moore, presiding prelate of the Mid-Atlantic Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, will be the guest preacher for a Black History Worship Service on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.