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Bookstore Donate 908-769-5400 Small-Group Experiences ARISE Together in Christ Be My Witness Why Catholic? Parish Catalyst Sacramental Prep Events & Webinars Upcoming Events & Webinars Webinar Library Support RENEW Sharon Krause May 13, 2024 Unity At the Last Supper, when Jesus took the bread and the wine and told his apostles that the bread was his body and the wine was his... Read More Bill Ayres May 11, 2024 ’Hear the Word!’ by Bill Ayres: Seventh Sunday of Easter Note: In the archdioceses and dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and... Read More Charles Paolino May 8, 2024 ’Hear the Word!’ by Deacon Charles Paolino: Solemnity of the Ascension Note: In the archdioceses and dioceses within the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and... Read More Sharon Krause May 6, 2024 Time to Catch Up: What if? What if you were in your early 30s and had a heartfelt desire to walk for miles with good news to spread, but you had only meager... Read More Bill Ayres May 4, 2024 ’Hear the Word!’ by Bill Ayres: Sixth Sunday of Easter A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48) The first great internal crisis that the early Church... Read More Charles Paolino May 2, 2024 Seekers When a high school classmate of mine knew he was dying, he asked me to speak at his funeral, but he cautioned me, Don’t you dare... Read More Sharon Krause Apr 29, 2024 Time to Catch Up Is it time to review, rethink, and renew our faith? We are reminded in today’s gospel reading from John 14:21-26 that the... Read More Bill Ayres Apr 27, 2024 ’Hear the Word!’ by Bill Ayres: Fifth Sunday of Easter A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 9:26-31) Let us try to imagine for a moment what it was like to be a Christian... Read More Charles Paolino Apr 22, 2024 "They recognize his voice" by Deacon Charles Paolino When I visited Italy for the first time, in 1977, I was driving toward my family’s village when I saw a shepherd leading a flock... Read More Bill Ayres Apr 20, 2024 ’Hear the Word!’ by Bill Ayres: Fourth Sunday of Easter A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 4:8-12) Peter and the apostles are being criticized by the scribes and Pharisees... Read More 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe Recent Posts Unity READ MORE ’Hear the Word!’ by Bill Ayres: Seventh Sunday of Easter READ MORE ’Hear the Word!’ by Deacon Charles Paolino: Solemnity of the Ascension READ MORE Time to Catch Up: What if? 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