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Bishop O’Connell has announced that there will be a Memorial Mass for the late pope this Thursday, Jan. 5, at noon in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold. This will allow an opportunity for the clergy, consecrated religious and faithful in attendance to pray together as a diocesan family. For those who cannot attend the diocesan Mass, it will also be livestreamed at youtube.com/trentondiocese.

On Dec. 31, 2022, as the world learned of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., of the Diocese of Trenton released a personal reflection about the pontiff who named him a bishop in 2010 and who had visited The Catholic University of America in Washington during then-Father O’Connell’s tenure as president.

Benedict XVI, one of the world’s foremost theologians and the first pope to retire in almost 600 years, died on Dec. 31 at the age of 95.

As we continue our diocesan participation in this first year of the “Eucharistic Revival” announced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for our country, I thought it appropriate, as Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, to prayerfully compose some reflections on the Holy Eucharist and share them with the clergy and faithful of the Diocese.

These choirs are back and we are filling these choirs now with members – new and returning!

These choirs are back and we are filling these choirs now with members – new and returning!

We are happy to welcome Eric Kim as our new Children’s Choir and Teen Music Ministry Director! Eric is a graduate student at Westminster Choir College, majoring in Choral Conducting and is currently a graduate assistant for the Symphonic Choir at Westminster under the guidance of Dr. James Jordan. Eric has significant experience working with children’s choirs here in the US and abroad and has plans of staying here in Princeton to further that vision. Eric will be mentored here at St. Paul’s by Carole Moore, who held the position of Director for many years and has now retired. Eric will also be mentored by Ernie Andreoli, St. Paul’s Director of Music.

Turnout for this event was greater than we'd imagined, and yet there was plenty of food and fun to go around! The food, the games, and the music were fantastic, but most importantly,  after three years, we were back! Your presence was heartwarming and I'm so grateful to have been able to spend that time togther

As the only national collection taken for higher education in the United States, the upcoming collection for The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., is vital to scholarships for financially deserving students. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops designates the first or second Sunday in September for its national collection for CUA. This year the collection will be taken up in parishes of the Diocese of Trenton on Sept. 3-4.

Our parish is thrilled to welcome Dcn. Aldofo Baeza to our community!