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 […]

Cardinal concludes Holy Week with Easter Sunday Mass in filled cathedral

Cardinal concludes Holy Week with Easter Sunday Mass in filled cathedral

NEWARK, NJ — For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started two years ago, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, celebrated Easter Sunday Mass before a filled Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on April 17. Tobin told adherents that Easter is the ideal time to reaffirm their faith, just as […]

Cardinal Tobin distributes ashes during two Newark Masses

Cardinal Tobin distributes ashes during two Newark Masses

NEWARK, NJ — Many Catholics attended two Ash Wednesday Masses celebrated by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark on March 2.  Tobin distributed ashes to long lines of people by sprinkling them on the tops of heads, forgoing the traditional forehead placement out of an abundance of caution […]

Archdiocese to hold 29th annual Business & Labor Reception on March 1

Archdiocese to hold 29th annual Business & Labor Reception on March 1

NEWARK, NJ — Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, will honor Thomas Calimano, senior vice president of institutional asset management for PNC Bank, and John F. Capo, director of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Administrative District Council, at the cardinal’s 29th annual Business & Labor Recognition Reception on Tuesday, March 1, at Mayfair Farms […]

Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raises funds for students in East Orange, Newark

Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raises funds for students in East Orange, Newark

NEWARK, NJ — The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children recently launched the Torch of Learning campaign, a new three-year initiative that aims annually to match the $150,000 the Archdiocese of Newark provides each year to fund its “We Are Living Stones” Catholic Tuition Assistance Program offered through SFIC. Established in 2021, the yearly “We Are […]

Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raises $300,000 at annual gala

Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raises $300,000 at annual gala

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children raised $300,000 — which is $50,000 more than its target goal — to fund partial tuition assistance scholarships for underprivileged students attending Archdiocese of Newark schools at its annual gala in West Orange’s Pleasantdale Chateau on Nov. 11. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, […]

Students create Thanksgiving cards in gratitude for tuition assistance scholarships

Students create Thanksgiving cards in gratitude for tuition assistance scholarships

NEWARK, NJ — Last spring, the Archdiocese of Newark and the Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children provided 100 students with $1,500 each in scholarship support to assist them in receiving a high-quality, values-based Catholic education for the 2021-2022 school year through “We Are Living Stones” Catholic tuition assistance. Recently, in celebration of Thanksgiving, many of […]