“T he community of believers was of one heart and mind…” (Acts 4:32) This description of the Church, at its beginnings, in its earliest days, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, was the first line of the First Reading this past Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as “Divine Mercy Sunday.”
Our Lady of Fatima/St. Nicholas Parish in Passaic rejoiced that “Christ is truly risen” on March 31, Easter Sunday, during a Mass with Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney.
The Easter season is an opportunity to renew our baptismal promises and recommit ourselves to Christ. For episode 49 of Beyond The Beacon, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney reflects on the significance of Holy Week. Learn what it’s like to experience Holy Week from the perspective of a bishop.
St. Gerard Majella School students in Paterson performed the Live Stations of The Cross on Friday, March 22, and again on Good Friday, March 29, in the parish church.
More than 1,000 faithful of St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Morristown helped carry out the living Stations of the Cross through the streets of Morristown on March 29, Good Friday
In a demonstration of unity, parishioners from various nationalities at St. Margaret of Scotland in Morristown were invited to have their feet washed during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, March 28, in the church.
Those seeking full initiation into the Catholic Church, known as the elect, received the sacraments of initiation — baptism, confirmation, and Holy Eucharist — at the Easter Vigil Mass on the evening of Holy Saturday, March 30, in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.
At the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, more than 100 parishioners once again brought Jesus' final hours to life with their presentation of Via Crucis, or the Way of the Cross, on March 29, Good Friday. The annual tradition in the city included a procession through the streets of Paterson, which concluded inside the cathedral.
The community of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who presided over the celebration of the Lord’s Passion for Good Friday on March 29.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday evening, March 28, in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson. The Mass commemorates the institution of the Sacraments of the Eucharist and Holy Orders by Jesus Christ.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney was the homilist and main celebrant of the diocese’s annual Mass of Chrism on March 26 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.