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Youth
protection office established
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Rosemarie
Petraglia |
To
emphasize its strong commitment to both the Charter for the Protection
of Children and Young People and the principle of ensuring a safe
environment for the youth it serves, the Archdiocese of Newark recently
established an Office of Child and Youth Protection and announced
that Rosemarie Petraglia has assumed responsibilities as director
of this new office.
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Archdiocese
in compliance
At
the conclusion of its second annual review of policies and procedures
established in the Archdiocese of Newark to protect children and
youth and promote a safe environment, auditors from the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reaffirmed that the archdiocese is in
total compliance with the requirements of the Charter for the Protection
of Children and Young People.
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In
1994, when the Archdiocesan Center opened in Newark, there was an
open house for families of archdiocesan employees. My family came
for the day of touring, which began for us in the chapel. It was here
that my sisters came upon a contemporary rendering of Mary that was
totally different from any statue of Mary that they had ever seen.
The chapel in the Archdiocesan Center has a unique, commissioned statue
of the young maiden, Mary. This artist’s rendering was so completely
out of my sisters’ realm of familiarity that they assured me
it could not be an image of her.
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A
question box about faith and practice
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Msgr.
Arnhols |
Today’s
Question: Given the Creation story in Genesis, why is Sunday
the day of rest for Catholics, which is the first day of the week,
and how did it originate?
– St. John’s 6th Grade CCD Class
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Swartzberg
named chair of Women's Commission
The new chair of the Women’s Commission of the Archdiocese of
Newark is Pamela Muller Swartzberg. Her task in the new year, as she
sees it, is to lead the commission through a transitional phase, to
develop its mission and plan, with an immediate focus on the annual
Day of Reflection, to be held in the spring.
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Following
example of great servants of God
By
Andrew Kaczynski
During December our Church celebrates the lives of two great
men in our faith’s history, Blessed Juan Diego (Dec. 9)
and St. John the Apostle and Evangelist (Dec. 27), as well as
the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
As I have done several times in the past, I thought that highlighting
their lives and how they lived as Christian stewards would be
a great topic for this issue.
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Remembering
the hungry during season of giving
In announcing the Year of the Eucharist this
fall, Pope John Paul II declared that more devotion to the Eucharist
can help heal a world torn by terrorism and poverty, and urged local
communities to adopt concrete expressions of solidarity and charity
for the poor.
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A
funeral Mass was celebrated Monday morning, Dec. 6 at St.
Agnes Parish, Clark for U.S. Army Pfc. Stephen C. Benish,
20 of Clark, who was killed Nov. 28 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, while
on foot patrol. He had a lifetime dream of becoming a firefighter.
At the age of 18 he became a call man volunteer with the Cranford
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Immaculate
Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University, South Orange,
received a $2,000,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
for a pastoral ministry initiative. Shown here are the rector
of the seminary, Msgr. Robert F. Coleman, J.C.D., and the
associate dean, Dianne Traflet, J.D., S.T.D., who spearheaded
the grant process. Full story in the next issue of The
Catholic Advocate. |
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