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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! 

What is the Eucharistic Revival? It is a movement of Catholics across the United States to be healed, converted, formed, and unified by an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist—and sent out in mission “for the life of the world.” The National Eucharistic Revival and National Eucharistic Congress are a direct response to the Holy Father’s call for a “pastoral and missionary conversion which cannot leave things as they presently are” so that the Church in the United States might be “permanently in a state of mission” (Evangelii Gaudium, n. 25).

Saturday, June 4: Pentecost Vigil Celebration 8:00pm-11:00pm in the Church A time of song, prayer, reflection, and more! Sunday, June 5: Pentecost Celebration Following all Sunday morning Masses on the parish lawn A time of music, food, celebration, and fellowship. Join with our parish family as we celebrate the birthday of the Church with great joy! Come, Holy Spirit!

The date of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord has been moved this year from May 21 to May 24 in the five (arch)dioceses across New Jersey.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and its Committee on Pro-Life Activities have encouraged the Dioceses of the United States to join in fasting and prayer for a renewed national commitment to the sacredness of all human life from conception through natural death this coming Friday, May 13, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. As Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, I invite the clergy, religious, and faithful of the Diocese to pray the rosary this Friday, May 13, for this intention. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!

Young men who want to learn more about discerning a vocation to the priesthood are invited to a special event with Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., June 16 located at St. John the Baptist Church, Allentown. The event will begin with Mass celebrated by the Bishop at 5:30 p.m. in the church to which all are welcome to come and pray for an increase of vocations to the priesthood. Following Mass, a barbecue, featuring games, activities and discussions, will be held on church grounds for those interested in discernment. The gathering is being organized by the Diocesan Department of Vocations to provide an opportunity to connect those who may be discerning a call to the priesthood. Registration for the barbecue is required. St. John the Baptist Church is located at 1282 Yardville-Allentown Road, Allentown. To register, contact Father Jason Parzynski, Vocations Director, at [email protected] or call (609) 406-7448. To learn more about the priesthood and discernment opportunities, visit GodisCallingYou.org.

St. Paul Parish is seeking a full-time director of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. Under the Pastor’s direction, the Director of Religious Education and Youth Ministry Program organizes, directs, and coordinates the Parish Religious Education and the Youth Ministry Program and assists the parish community in building a solid foundation for adult spirituality. The DRE conducts and coordinates the parish religious education programs including but not limited to CCD program, preparation for First Communion, and Confirmation, and additional activities related to this minister. Receives direction from the Pastor and exercises control over catechists and staff in the Religious Education and Youth Ministry programs.

Many thanks to all of the members of our Hispanic community who attended Listening Sessions faciliated in Spanish for the Synod process. Sessions will begin in English on March 19.