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BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLIST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE MASS In a section of Morristown, often known as the “Dublin” neighborhood, Bishop Sweeney celebrated the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade Mass in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Morristown on March 11. -
Bishop Sweeney’s Columns – 2023
03/16/2023
Remembering a ‘friend of Jesus’ on St. Patrick’s Day03/09/2023
Our Catechetical Conference, Blessed Miriam Teresa, and Brother Marinus03/02/2023
Welcoming and Praying for Our Newest Members02/23/2023
Welcome Home to Healing02/16/2023
Are you ready for Lent? Have you considered Daily Mass?02/09/2023
‘Come and See’02/02/2023
Celebrating Culture and Honoring Our History01/26/2023
The ‘great news’ about Catholic Schools01/19/2023
Giving Thanks for the Life and Ministry Of Pope Benedict XVI01/05/2023
The Feast of the Holy Family
Bishop Sweeney’s Columns – 202212/22/22
The Living Nativity12/15/22
The Bible in a Year
(Or, The Seasons of the Year and Listening to God’s Word … on Route 80)12/8/22
Praying with our Blessed Mother
(and with the Church) on the Advent journey12/1/22
Bishop Barron’s ‘Strategies for Growth’
(and a few questions for readers)11/24/22
Choosing Hope: The USCCB meetings, Thanksgiving, and Advent11/10/22
A Beautiful Morning for Life … and Vocations Awareness Week11/3/22
Faithful Citizenship … and our responsibility to vote10/27/22
The Diocesan Ministries Appeal … and the Inspiration of the Saints10/20/22
Vivere Christus … And the Universal Call to Holiness10/13/22
‘Choose life’: How can we work together to build a ‘Culture of Life’?10/6/22
A week filled with blessings:
The Eucharistic Congress and Priests’ Convocation9/22/22
A meeting with Pope Francis9/15/22
‘What is a ‘Diocesan Eucharistic Congress,’
and why is it so important?9/8/22
‘We are one Body, One Body in Christ
Celebrating the Eucharist and the Church in Rome9/1/22
Back to School… with Gratitude and Prayers for all our Catechists8/18/22
A Great Cloud of Witnesses and the Mystery of the Eucharist
in the Life of the Church8/11/22
A New Saint – And a New Name for a Shrine in Sussex8/4/22
The Synod on Synodality: What have we heard … and what comes next?7/28/22
God’s ‘All-Stars’ and our help and inspiration7/21/22
A visit to Ireland: Faith, Family, and Vocations7/7/22
The Corpus Christi Food Drive and Being the Body of Christ6/30/22
‘Walking with Moms in Need’ – One response to the ‘Dobbs’ decision6/23/22
The Holy Eucharist: Past, Present and Future6/9/22
Women in Leadership6/2/22
The Feast of Pentecost … and Seven New Priests5/26/22
Archbishop Cordileone, the Eucharist, and the Church5/19/22
From Ascension Thursday to Ascension Sunday?5/12/22
Can we change the tone?5/5/22
Vocations: Mother’s Day, World Day of Prayer, and Father Stu4/28/22
Thank God for Moms and Dads and all our Catechists4/21/22
St. Faustina, St. Pope John Paul II, and the Feast of Divine Mercy4/14/22
Encountering the Risen Lord:
On the Synodal Journey and in the Breaking of the Bread4/7/22
‘Opening Day’ – or ‘As we journey together during our most Holy Week’3/31/22
‘Opening Day’ – or ‘Hope Springs Eternal’3/24/22
Solidarity and Generosity, Prayer and Consecration3/17/22
Celebrating St. Patrick and St. Joseph, as we pray for peace3/10/22
The Synod: Have you heard that we are listening?3/3/22
Prayer and Fasting for Peace2/24/22
Welcome Home to Healing … and Reconciliation2/17/22
Are you ready for Lent? Have you considered Daily Mass?2/10/22
St. Valentine: Love, Marriage, and Vocations2/3/22
World Day for Consecrated Life … and the Synod1/27/22
Catholic Schools Week: Faith, Excellence, Service1/20/22
Laws: Just and Unjust – ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’1/13/22
January 22, 1973 -
Bishop Sweeney’s Columns – 2021
12/23/21
The Journey to Bethlehem12/16/21
Teaching our children at Christmastime and throughout the years12/09/21
We are One Body, One Body in Christ12/02/21
Walking with Moms in Need11/25/21
Thanksgiving and Advent11/18/21
On preparing to receive Christ worthily in the Eucharist11/11/2
God bless our veterans and all who serve our country11/04/21
Encounter, Listen, Discern10/21/21
Remembering and celebrating St. Pope John Paul II10/14/21
For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission10/07/21
Respect Life Month09/30/21
‘Let Your Light Shine’09/23/21
September is National Recovery Month09/16/21
A New Office of Hispanic Ministry09/09/21
9/11/2001 – 9/11/2021: ‘We Will Never Forget’09/02/21
‘Back to school’08/19/21
Discerning and Responding to God’s Call: In the beginning and to the end08/05/21
John, Chapter 6: The Bread of Life Discourse07/22/21
World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly07/15/21
Reasons for Hope – Our 7 New Deacons07/01/21
After a year: gratitude, looking forward, and a change in plans06/24/21
The USCCB Meeting and our Diocesan Feast Day06/17/21
Father’s Day in the Year of St. Joseph06/10/21
Graduation season and our Catholic schools06/03/21
Corpus Christi: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ05/27/21
The Holy Trinity: Love, Relationships, and Obligations05/20/21
The Feast of Pentecost05/13/21
From the Ascension to Pentecost05/06/21
A ‘Spiritual Bouquet’04/29/21
St. Joseph the Worker04/22/21
Blessed Carlo Acutis04/15/21
A ‘Great Comeback’? – By an ‘Easter People’04/01/21
The Paschal Triduum03/25/21
And the Word became Flesh…03/18/21
John 3:16 and the Equality Act03/11/21
The Feasts of St. Patrick & St. Joseph03/04/21
The Transfiguration and some ‘highlights’02/25/21
‘Pitchers and catchers’ and some lessons to be learned02/18/21
Welcome Home to Healing02/11/21
‘Now is the acceptable time…’02/04/21
World Day for Consecrated Life01/28/21
Catholic Schools Week01/21/21
‘One Nation under God’01/14/21
Living the Year of St. Joseph01/07/21
A Sad Anniversary