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The Catholic Spirit is the official Newspaper of the Diocese of Metuchen
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Editor’s Note: When Msgr. Seamus F. Brennan, former pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Somerville, and Msgr. Charles W. Cicerale, former pastor of St. James Parish, Woodbridge, retired in September, “The Catholic Spirit” asked them to reflect on their decades of experience in Catholic education. Natives of County Laois, my family benefited from the emphasis on faith and scholarship, fostered in our Catholic education in Ireland. For nearly 40 years of my 48 year-priestly ministry in America, I have been assigned to parishes with schools. As a young priest assigned to St. Philip and James Parish in Phillipsburg, which had a K-12 school system, including Phillipsburg Catholic High School, I had my first view of the American Catholic school system and was impressed by the spiritual and academic formations.Read More
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When she was a junior at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, life changed for Franciscan Sister of Penance Lisa Marie Shatynski. She began discerning religious life that year when her spiritual director suggested she read, “Discerning the Will of God,” by Timothy Gallagher. “By the end of that book, it was just blatantly clear that the Lord was calling me to religious life,” Sister Lisa said. She recalled telling her spiritual director, “I feel like God is my boyfriend.”Read More -
I recently had a wonderful opportunity to witness one of our third-year theologians (seminarians) become a Candidate for Holy Orders. The candidacy ceremony marks a moment in a man’s journey toward priesthood when, having achieved a certain level of qualification and maturity, he asks the Church to formally hear of his continuing commitment to prepare for the sacrament of holy orders for the sake of God and his people.Read More -
SOMERVILLE — Immaculata High School recently announced its seventh Hall of Fame class.Read More -
METUCHEN — Upon hearing about the search for a president of Saint Joseph High School, John G. Nolan was sure the position would be a perfect fit for him. It would combine his 35-plus years in fundraising experience, his commitment to his Catholic faith, and his dedication to the high school. His son, John, graduated from Saint Joe’s in 2009.Read More -
NEW BRUNSWICK — Saint Peter’s University Hospital recently recognized one of its longtime employees for 60 years of service.Read More
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News from the Diocese
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November 10
Statement on Holy See’s Report on Theodore McCarrick Most Reverend José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles President, United States Conference of Catholic BishopsRead More -
November 10
PISCATAWAY – Like Catholic dioceses across the nation and even around the world, the Diocese of Metuchen eagerly awaited the release of the Holy See’s findings of its investigation into disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick – and the report finally cameRead More
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Catholic News Service
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Concelebrating Mass with newly created cardinals, Pope Francis said Advent is...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One by one 11 senior churchmen, including two U.S. citizens —...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a 5-4 decision issued just before midnight Nov. 25, the Supreme...
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