NEWARK—The Archdiocese of Newark’s Office of Vocations will sponsor a “Harvest Family Day” at Saint Elizabeth Parish, on Sunday, Oct. 14, beginning with noon Mass. The event will include age-related breakout sessions and workshops, Eucharistic Adoration, a barbecue and various family activities. In addition, the Office of Vocations will host a series of vocation discernment evenings at the Archdiocesan Youth Retreat Center, Kearny.

Around 70 young men from throughout the archdiocese attended the Vocations Awareness Evening Prayer Service in the crypt of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on April 25. The Archdiocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry hosted “Continuing the Journey” April 27-29 at its Kearny center.

BY WARD MIELE
Managing Editor

February 10, 2010

The depth and scope of human suffering, death and destruction from last month’s horrific earthquake that struck Haiti is almost beyond comprehension. As a result, Catholics throughout the four counties of the Archdiocese of Newark generously have answered the call to assist Haiti by raising $1 million (as of press time) from special collections in the parishes and schools of the archdiocese. The amount represents the largest collection in archdiocesan history in response to disaster relief.

As executive assistant to Archbishop John J. Myers, Roseann Vazquez spends her days bustling, organizing and ensuring that the Church in Newark's leader is prepared for his daily activities. As a busy wife and mother, she views all three responsibilities as one vocation; a way to strengthen her relationship with the Lord while doing His work.

Vazquez has been at the archbishop's side since he arrived in Newark in eight years ago and has been working at the Archdiocesan Center for 34 years. "I handle the archbishop's travel arrangements, calendar and appointments. I coordinate and supervise the archbishop's office staff. Everything that touches the archbishop has to go through my little hands first. It can be a lot of pressure," she explained.