6 Inspiring films to watch during Holy Week
During Holy Week, we are invited to reflect upon the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and how God’s merciful love impacts our daily lives. Salvation history has long been … Learn More
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Sights & Sounds: The man who saves relics
On April 5, hundreds of people braved rain and chilly temperatures to view and venerate more than 500 sacred relics at Montclair’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory. Among the … Learn More
Reaching out in faith: Why would Jesus curse a fig tree that was out of season for not producing fruit?
Q: Why would Jesus curse a fig tree that was out of season for not producing fruit? (New Jersey) A: The Fathers of the Church taught that sacred Scripture could … Learn More
Meeting Jesus at midnight or in the wee small hours
We all have them, those desperate times, particularly in the wee small hours of the morning, when illness or anxiety pulls us up from our beds and down to our … Learn More
Man of Sorrows images evoke the paschal mystery
One of the most compelling figures in religious art is the Man of Sorrows, a frontal image of the dead Christ cut off at the waist: bereft of the crucifixion … Learn More
Pope says carrying the cross, Jesus asks, ‘Do you love me?’
VATICAN CITY — As a statue of Jesus bearing his cross is carried through the streets of Sonsonate, El Salvador, on Good Friday, Pope Francis asked Catholics to respond to Jesus’ … Learn More
Reaching out in faith: Should Jesus be depicted on crucifixes as alive or dead?
Q: I have a friend who observed that some crucifixes depict the Savior with his eyes open and some depict him with his eyes closed. He wants to know which … Learn More
Jesus wants all people to be saved, pope says at Angelus
VATICAN CITY — Christians should pray for the grace to look at others with the same mercy and care with which Jesus looks at them, Pope Francis said. “No one … Learn More
Big-screen presentation on Shroud of Turin coming to N.J.
Book signing, documentary viewing this Friday.
Nutley’s Little Church on the Hill blesses big addition
It could be the home to the largest religious statue in the Nutley area.