WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities urges Catholics nationwide to participate in “Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage,” Jan. 19-27, marking the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.

James J. King, who recently served as the director of the Office for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has been selected as the director of social concerns for the New Jersey Catholic Conference (NJCC).

The first day at a new school is always an adventure for any student. However, in seven Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Newark, it won’t just be the students who are new. Seven new principals at schools will be taking the helm come September.

The following is a commentary article and an “open letter” to The Star-Ledger, penned by Father Jim Chern, the director of campus ministry for the Archdiocese of Newark. Earlier this year, Fr. Chern mailed a similar letter to editors at the Newark-based newspaper, which never was published.

Since 1919, the Catholic Church in the United States has worked for universal healthcare. No other organization has as long and as dedicated a record of support for universal healthcare. No other organization can equal the more than a century long record of establishing hospitals to care for the sick, especially for the poor who have no means to pay for their healthcare.

SOUTH ORANGE—When Alan B. Delozier researched his book telling the vibrant and intriguing history of the Archdiocese of Newark in pictures, he did not have to go far.

NEWARK—Kevin Cummings, president and chief executive officer of Investors Bank, and Sister Deborah L. Humphreys, S.C., councillor of the leadership team of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, will serve as grand marshal and deputy grand marshal, respective, of the Newark Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, which steps off on Friday, March 16.

PARAMUS—The Catechetical Office of the Archdiocese of Newark will host its annual Catechetical Convocation Saturday, Nov. 12, at Paramus Catholic Regional High School, 425 Paramus Rd. The event is organized to provide information and serve the needs of parish catechetical leaders, catechists, Catholic school teachers, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) catechumenate teams, eucharistic ministers, parish sacramental teams, youth ministers, social justice teams, adult spirituality teams, liturgists, priests and deacons and adult faith formation teams.

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Continuing their efforts to advocate for maintaining the definition of marriage as that of a union of one man and one woman only, the Catholic Bishops of New Jersey have called on all Catholics in the state to observe Sunday, Nov. 29, as a “Day of Prayer” for the Vocation and Sacrament of Marriage.

The bishops also called on Catholics to pray that the NJ State Legislature preserves the definition of marriage. In addition to praying, the bishops asked Catholics to “pledge their personal support for family members, including those who choose to remain single, to help those entering marriage to prepare for the challenges, sacrifices and joys of marriage, and to reach out with the special compassion of Christ to those married couples and families experiencing difficulties, anxiety, and illness.”

Issued through the Trenton-based New Jersey Catholic Conference to the almost 700 parishes throughout New Jersey, the bishops reiterate the clear and emphatic teaching of the Church that marriage, as a union of one man and one woman, has its roots not only in human tradition and history, but also in natural law, which transcends all man-made law.

Reimbursement from State to Drop by $111M


NEWARK-Nine of the remaining 13 Catholic hospitals in New Jersey will operate in a "strained financial situation" for the foreseeable future as they face a major reduction in state funding of Charity Care.

Msgr. Cruz Expresses Thanks for His 'Cuban Refugee' Journey



Pope Benedict XVI has named Rev. Msgr. Manuel A. Cruz, 54-a priest who has spent his life in service in both parish and in medical and pastoral care ministry- as a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark. Archbishop John J. Myers made the announcement during a June 9 press conference at the Archdiocesan Center.

NEWARK-With rising gang violence plaguing their city, students and administrators of Saint Rose of Lima School are fighting back.

As the first private school in the state to offer the federal Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program curriculum, the parish school on Orange Street is combating the recruitment of gang members at a younger age.

GREAT is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum. With prevention as its primary objective, the program is intended to resist youth violence and gang membership. Offered to the third, fourth and sixth grade students, it is taught by Officer Raymond Vonderheide, senior parole officer in the street gang unit of the New Jersey State Parole Board.

Archbishop Myers to Ordain Nonet of Priests on May 24 at Cathedral Basilica Mass



Archbishop John J. Myers will ordain nine men to the priesthood for service to the Church of Newark on Saturday, May 24 at 10 a.m. in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. As was the case last year, the Archdiocese of Newark is among the national leaders with the number of men to be ordained. Newark led the nation the last two years with 13 and 17 newly ordained respectively.