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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="https://rcdop.org/news?page=1" target="_blank">Diocese of Paterson</a><br /><span class="rss-item">News - Home</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/the-baptism-of-the-lord" target="_blank"> The Baptism of the Lord</a><br />');
document.write('Bishop Sweeney made a pastoral visit to St. Therese Parish in Paterson Jan. 10. During his visit, he celebrated Mass marking the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/faithful-stewards-of-gods-creation" target="_blank"> Faithful stewards of God’s creation</a><br />');
document.write('When the first man and woman disobeyed God’s command not to eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden, it touched off a cycle of environmental devastation of earth, our common home, by the human race that continues to this day. It started when they “decided to do things their way, not God’s way,” which disturbed forever God’s perfect order for the world, Bishop Emeritus Arthur Serratelli said in two talks he gave during Advent about our duty to be faithful stewards of God’s creation at St. Joseph Church in Mendham.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/special-needs-mass" target="_blank"> Special Needs Mass</a><br />');
document.write('Msgr. Geno Sylva, rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, wears a dramatic expression on his face as he holds up a wooden starfish during his homily. He points to the object, asking the faithful, especially the young people, to identify it by completing the sentence, “This is …” “A starfish!” shouts Mia Campagna, 14, who has mild learning and developmental challenges due to Williams Syndrome, a rare neurodevelopment genetic disorder. She waves her hands in excitement from her pew during that 5 p.m. vigil Mass on Jan. 2 for the Feast of the Epiphany, which also marks St. John’s third Special Needs Mass that began last October.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/pray-for-life" target="_blank"> Pray for Life</a><br />');
document.write('The Bishops of New Jersey have designated Friday, Jan. 22 as a day of fasting and prayer to mark the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision, which made abortion legal. To mark the grim anniversary, Bishop Kevin Sweeney is inviting all in the Diocese to join him in prayer during a livestreamed event at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson with a limited number of young people from the city of Paterson joining in person.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/pray-and-fast-for-life" target="_blank"> Pray and fast for Life</a><br />');
document.write('After gains were made in the pro-life movement in 2020 to protect life, the outlook for further gains in 2021 is certainly not as promising at both the federal and state levels. With Democrats now holding the White House and both chambers of Congress, a key focus of pro-lifers at the federal level is the preservation of certain pro-life “riders,” or amendments, enacted by Congress that are attached to spending bills.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/living-the-year-of-st-joseph" target="_blank"> Living the Year of St. Joseph</a><br />');
document.write('Pope Francis announced a Year of St. Joseph for the whole Church just over a month ago. Shortly afterward, in my Beacon column, I wrote that friends had given me two copies of Father Calloway’s book Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, which offers a 33-day preparation and a form for the consecration.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/haskell-parish-welcomes-bishop" target="_blank"> Haskell parish welcomes Bishop</a><br />');
document.write('Bishop Sweeney celebrated the vigil Mass marking the Feast of the Epiphany or Three Kings Day at St. Francis of Assisi Church in the Haskell section of Wanaque Jan. 2.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/an-outpouring-of-generosity" target="_blank"> An outpouring of generosity</a><br />');
document.write('Christmas 2020 may be over and the Church will soon be back to Ordinary Time on its liturgical calendar, but the generosity of so many around the Diocese and beyond has left a smile on the faces of the many in need served by Diocesan Catholic Charities during the holiday season.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/pastoral-visit-to-paterson-parish-11" target="_blank"> Pastoral visit to Paterson parish</a><br />');
document.write('The parish community of St. Gerard Majella in Paterson welcomed Bishop Sweeney during his pastoral visit Jan. 3. The Bishop celebrated two Masses — one in English and one in Spanish — marking the Feast of the Epiphany.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://rcdop.org/news/new-years-day-mass-1" target="_blank"> New Year&apos;s Day Mass</a><br />');
document.write('Bishop Kevin Sweeney celebrated Mass on New Year’s Day marking the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God in St. Francis DeSales Church in the McAfee section of Vernon Jan. 1.');
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