Cardinal ordains five new priests for Archdiocese of Newark

Cardinal ordains five new priests for Archdiocese of Newark

NEWARK, NJ — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, ordained five men to the priesthood during the Rite of Ordination on May 28 in Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. As their loved ones looked on, the five priests-to-be — Roberto Julio Moreno Andrión, Matthew Gonzalez, David Hinojosa, Peter Jacob Volz, and Ashton […]

Officials, leaders in Essex County call for stricter gun laws following massacre

Officials, leaders in Essex County call for stricter gun laws following massacre

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The nation was again plunged into despair on May 24 when a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, injuring many others. This was the third-deadliest school shooting in a U.S. school, after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 and the Sandy Hook Elementary […]

Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raises $450,000 at annual gala

Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raises $450,000 at annual gala

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raised more than $450,000 — meeting and exceeding its target goal — to fund partial tuition assistance scholarships for underprivileged students attending Archdiocese of Newark Catholic schools at its annual gala in West Orange’s Pleasantdale Chateau on May 11. This year’s gala honored three leaders […]

Archdiocese welcomes five new priests, four new deacons

Archdiocese welcomes five new priests, four new deacons

NEWARK, NJ — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, will ordain five men to the priesthood during the rite of ordination on Saturday, May 28, in Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Tobin also ordained four transitional deacons during a separate ordination at the cathedral on Sunday, May 22, at noon. This year’s […]

Monsignor McCarren appointed interim rector, dean of SHU theology school

Monsignor McCarren appointed interim rector, dean of SHU theology school

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Archdiocese of Newark and Seton Hall University announced that Monsignor Gerard McCarren will begin a one-year appointment on July 1 as the interim rector and dean of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall. McCarren currently serves as associate professor of systematic theology and the seminary’s spiritual director.  […]

Archdiocese of Newark celebrates 500 years of Filipino Christianity with vibrant festivities

Archdiocese of Newark celebrates 500 years of Filipino Christianity with vibrant festivities

NEWARK, NJ — Following a year-long jubilee, hundreds of Filipino Catholics from throughout Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties filled Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart for the Archdiocese of Newark’s final celebration of the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines on May 1. The festivities began with a massive procession that highlighted […]