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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Christ the King Parish in New Vernon welcomed Bishop Kevin Sweeney as he made a pastoral visit to the parish on Saturday, April 10. During his visit, the Bishop served as main celebrant and homilist of the vigil Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday, also the Second Sunday of Easter.

2021 Columns

04/15 A ‘Great Comeback’? – By an ‘Easter People’

04/01 The Paschal Triduum

03/25 And the Word became Flesh…

03/18 John 3:16 and the Equality Act

03/11 The Feasts of St. Patrick and St. Joseph

03/04 The Transfiguration and some ‘highlights’

02/25 ‘Pitchers and catchers’ and some lessons to be learned

02/18 Welcome Home to Healing

02/11 ‘Now is the acceptable time…’

02/04 World Day for Consecrated Life

01/28 Catholic Schools Week

01/21 ‘One Nation under God’

01/14 Living the Year of St. Joseph

01/07 Life: Some Thoughts on a Sad Anniversary

2020 Columns

12/31 The Lessons of the Magi

12/24 What is Christmas all about?

12/17 What does a ‘Year of St. Joseph’ mean for us?

12/10 Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas

12/03 Reasons for Hope in a Season of Hope

11/26 Homily for the annual Respect Life Mass Nov. 21

11/05 Praying for our Beloved Deceased

10/29 Called to Holiness, Called to be Saints

10/22 ‘Love Thy Neighbor’

10/01 Respect Life Month and the Month of the Holy Rosary

09/10 September 11th: Then and Now