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 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
Italian Americans from St. Lucy’s Parish in Newark celebrated the festival of St. Gerard from October 15–18, 1972.
Bishop Joseph A. Francis celebrates Mass for the Deaf at St. John’s, Newark, in April 1979.
Most Rev. Thomas H. McLaughlin, the first auxiliary bishop of Newark to be consecrated in Sacred Heart Cathedral, was ordained on July 25, 1935.
As members of the First Saturday Club of the Archdiocese of Newark prepared to depart on a pilgrimage to the shrines of Canada, they attended a Mass in the terminal … Learn More
On June 25, 1965, nurses from St. Mary’s Hospital in Orange and St. Michael’s Hospital in Newark classified and labeled bottles of medicine while volunteers packed them into boxes to … Learn More
More than 25,000 participants from over 70 Irish-American organizations in Northern New Jersey marched down Broad Street in the 1962 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Newark.
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, marked the beginning of Lent by distributing ashes to hundreds of Catholics during two Ash Wednesday Masses on March 5 at St. … Learn More
El cardenal presidirá dos misas: una en inglés al mediodía y otra en español a las 7:30 p.m. — el 5 de marzo.
