Rev. George L. Mader, director of the International Liaison Office of the Archdiocese of Newark, places an advertisement aimed at recruiting new volunteers on the side of a bus in … Learn More
Father Stephen Landherr presents an acousticon listening device to Deaf parishioner Nellie Holliday at a convention for the Apostolate for the Deaf at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral on October 17, 1937. … Learn More
Archbishop John J. Myers blesses the Divine Mercy statue at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Newark on May 19, 2004. The eight-foot statue, imported from Italy, was purchased through donations. … Learn More
Archbishop Boland presided at the formal opening of the Union County Center for the Mount Carmel Guild Apostolate for the Deaf on March 1, 1959 at St. Michael’s Church in … Learn More
Bishop Pechillo blesses the baptismal font with the Paschal candle during an Easter Vigil service at Sacred Heart in Jersey City in 1963. (Photographer: Archdiocese of Newark Archives, Catholic Advocate … Learn More
Archbishop Thomas Aloysius Boland blesses the Palms during a Palm Sunday Mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in 1965. (Photographer: Archdiocese of Newark Archives, Catholic Advocate collection) Editor’s note: All … Learn More
A Mass was offered for peace in Ireland at Holy Cross Parish in Harrison on March 11, 1984. Members of the Harrison Fire Department, seen in the background, listen to … Learn More
Dominican Sisters of Caldwell have lunch with locals at a Red Cross donation center after giving blood in July 1958. Thirty two sisters donated blood, many of whom were studying … Learn More
Three women greet each other before the biennial Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women communion breakfast on March 29, 1969. Left to right: Julia Flannelly, chairman of the event; Rosemary Higgins … Learn More
Members of the Perpetual Adoration Society pray in St. Mary’s, Elizabeth in 1963. Volunteers each scheduled an hour per week of prayer before the tabernacle, resulting in a day and … Learn More
