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Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney will ordain seven transitional deacons of diverse eth­nicities and backgrounds as priests of the Paterson Diocese at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 28 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.

On May 13, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated Mass at the National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Ashbury to mark the Blessed Mother’s apparition in Fatima, Portugal on May 13, 1917 before three shepherd children. From around the Diocese and the state, many attended the Mass. The shrine is operated by the World Apostolate of Fatima.

As the Diocese of Paterson marks the Year of the Eucharist, a yearlong celebration, which kicked off in January to focus on Jesus’ Real Presence in the Eucharist and to inspire a Eucharistic revival, the diocesan catechetical office will host a Eucharistic Retreat at St. Paul Inside the Walls in Madison in English from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at the St. John Paul II Center in Clifton in Spanish from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., both on Saturday, June 11.

The popular Pentecost Project faith-formation series at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson will wind down on the weekend of June 3–5, closing with a retreat. The event will feature two powerhouse speakers, one in English and another in Spanish, who will drive home the purpose of the Pentecost Project: to fire up participating Catholics with the passion to become “missionary disciples” as part of the New Evangelization.

Young people at St. Bonaventure Parish in Paterson received the Sacrament of Confirmation administered by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney during his pastoral visit May 5, which also marked the Fifth Sunday of Easter.