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The latest from the Bishop
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLI
FOR THE BLESSED MOTHER Marking the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, Bishop Sweeney was main celebrant of a vigil Mass at St. Therese Church in Paterson Dec. 31. -
Bishop Sweeney’s Columns – 2022
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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