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FOUR THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED YEARS! Give or take a few decades, that is the amount of time that has cumulatively been served in ministry by the men and women featured in this year’s religious anniversaries tribute – Lives of Faith.

This year’s special commemorative issue – honoring the priests, deacons and consecrated religious who are marking anniversaries – is

our largest to date with 56 pages of stories, profiles, photos and congratulatory messages.

The overwhelming response from members of our local parish and school communities to publicly express their gratitude to these men and women tells a powerful story of the impact each of the honorees has had on the lives of the faithful they have served.

Whether it is the young priest marking his

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first milestone of five years, or the religious sister who is looking back on her 65 years in community, every one of this year’s anniversary honorees offers an example to us all. We at The Monitor consider this issue a labor of love, and we join our local communities in giving thanks for the gift of these Lives of Faith.

– Rayanne Bennett, Associate Publisher

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God our Father,

you will all men and women to be saved and come to the knowledge of your Truth.

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Send workers into your great harvest that the Gospel may be preached to every creature and your people, gathered together by the word of life and strengthened by the power of the sacraments, may advance in the way of salvation and love.

A Message From

Most Rev. David M. O’Connell, C.M. Bishop of Trenton

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

t is with the deepest gratitude that we honor the priests, deacons and consecrated religious men and women who have served here in the Diocese of Trenton over the past decades. We have all been blessed by their commitment to living out God’s call in their lives. We offer them our prayerful best wishes as they celebrate their anniversaries of ordination or religious profession, and we ask God to bless them throughout their continued ministry to His people.

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Sister of Charity Margaret Mary Fitzgibbon Sister of Charity Margaret Mary Fitzgibbon, who currently serves in the Catholic Charities’ Diocese of Trenton’s El Centro para de Recursos, a program that provides support to members of the Latino community in inner-city Trenton, entered the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth June 24, 1949.

The former Sister Mary Madonna was first assigned to teach sixth grade in Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ridgewood, from 1951 to 1960. She later taught in Our Lady of Victories School, Harrington Park, and Our Lady of Sorrows School, South Orange.

In 1966, Sister Margaret Mary traveled to Pensacola, Fla., to become principal of St. Joseph Elementary and High School. She was also a junior high school math teacher in St. Joseph while continuing to serve as principal of the elementary school. After returning to New Jersey for a three-year tenure as a teacher in St. Rose of Lima School, Newark, Sister Margaret Mary became a parish minister in St. Helen Parish, Armory, Miss.

In 1980, Sister Margaret Mary moved to Mexico to begin doing mission work. She spent five years in Santiago, Chile, and also worked on the Sanctuary Media Project in Washington. She also worked for the Washington Board of Education and returned to Cuernavaca Mo-

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relos, Mexico, for one year to work as a pastoral minister.

Sister Margaret Mary returned to New Jersey in 1995 to work as a caregiver and substitute teacher in Trenton. She began teaching a General Educational Development (GED) program in Mercer County Community College in 1997 then went on to become an adult education teacher at the college where she served from 2002 until she began her work in El Centro.

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Christian Brother George Berrian Christian Brother George Berrian taught grades 5-7 in St. Augustine School in Bronx, N.Y., from 1947-51, and taught in Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., from 1951-52. In the 1950’s he taught in various schools in New York including Lincoln Hall, Lincolndale; Manhattan Preparatory School, Bronx; St. Joseph Collegiate High School, Buffalo, N.Y.; and De La Salle High School, N.Y. He was a teacher and guidance counselor in Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington, from 1960-62, before returning to the Bronx to serve as director and principal of Manhattan College Prep from 1962-71. From 1970-92 he served in various positions in Manhattan College in the Bronx, then in his retirement he came to De La Salle Hall, Lincroft, in 2012.

Sister of Saint Joseph Anne Brennan Sister of Saint Joseph Anne Brennan entered her novitiate in the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, N.Y., in 1954. She served as a Catholic school teacher in the Diocese of Brooklyn for 11 years, then as a religious educator in the Diocese of Rockville Center, N.Y. Sister Anne conducted a number of workshops and retreats throughout the Diocese of Trenton including in St. Joseph Parish, Toms River; St. Joseph by the Sea Retreat House, South Mantoloking, and in the Princeton area. She retired in 1996 and lives in Brick.

Dominican Sister Delphine Croft Born January, 1932 in Jersey City, Dominican Sister Delphine Croft (formerly Sister Marie Michael) entered the novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, N.Y., in September, 1954. She made her first profession in June, 1956, and her final profession in August, 1959. She earned a bachelor’s degree in the humanities from Villanova University, Villanova, Pa., and a master of divinity degree in pastoral ministry in Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington.

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St. Joseph School, Toms River, from 1956-1958 and St. Cecilia School, Iselin, from 1972-1980. St. Cecilia School has since become part of the Metuchen Diocese. Her other Catholic school experiences, which include serving as principal, have taken her to the Dioceses of Camden and Hawthorne, N.Y. Catholic schools, however, were not Sister Delphine’s only teaching venue. Her interest in education also led her to serve as director of religious education in the Paterson Diocese from 1981-1998, and then become associate director for parish catechetics for the Archdiocese of Newark’s Catechetical Office in Newark from 1999-2006.

Now in retirement, Sister Delphine lives in Asbury Towers where she volunteers with Scripture classes and continues her ministry of teaching and preaching.

Dominican Sister Jean Marie Darling In the Trenton Diocese, Dominican Sister Jean Marie Darling may trigger fond memories of the years she taught in St. Joseph School, Toms River, from 1956-1959 or, more recently, of her 16year tenure as pastoral associate in St. Elizabeth Parish, Avon, where she worked with the elderly and homebound from 1985-2011.

Born in November, 1936 in Jersey City, Sister Jean Marie entered the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, N.Y., in September, 1954, where her sister had entered nine years earlier. Sister Jean Marie earned a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education from Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, N.Y., and a master of arts degree in guidance and counseling from Villanova University, Villanova, Pa. She also attended The Catholic University of America, Washington, and Siena College, Loudenville, N.Y. Sister Jean Marie’s teaching ministry began in Toms River. She then went on to serve in grammar schools and high schools in New York, Raleigh, N.C. and New Rochelle, N.Y. She was director of the guidance and counseling department in Mount St. Mary Academy, from 1972-1979, and was academic advisor to the students who were preparing to become registered nurses in Mount St. Mary College, from 1979-1985.

Sister Jean Marie currently volunteers in Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, and visits homebound and those who reside in nearby healthcare and rehabilitation facilities.

Mercy Sister Margo Kavanaugh Mercy Sister Margo Kavanaugh just retired as principal of St. Catharine School, Spring Lake, a position she held since 1993. She has also been principal of St. Matthias School, Somerset; Holy Cross School, Rumson, and St. Paul School, Burlington. She taught in St. John School, Lambertville; Our Lady Star of the Sea School, Atlantic City, and St. Francis School, Metuchen. Sister Margo also served on the Trenton Diocesan leadership team as secretary of education in 1998, and as a lecturer and trustee in Georgian Court University, Lakewood. She has a master of arts degree in adminis-

tration from Notre Dame University and a bachelor of arts degree in history from Georgian Court University.

Mercy Sister Dorothy Lazarick Mercy Sister Dorothy Lazarick is serving in Georgian Court University, Lakewood. She has taught in St. Joseph School, Bound Brook; and has served as a guidance counselor in Camden Catholic High School; St. Mary School, Perth Amboy; Mount St. Mary Academy, Watchung, and St. Mary High School (now Cardinal McCarrick High School), South Amboy. She has a master of education degree in pastoral counseling from Iona College, N.Y., and a bachelor of arts degree in history from Georgian Court University. She entered the Sisters of Mercy from St. Martin of Tours Parish, Philadelphia.

Christian Brother John Norton Christian Brother John Norton was a training instructor in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-46. He then taught in Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., from 195862. He served as a guidance counselor and vice principal in Mater Christi High School, Astoria, N.Y., from 196272, and then as a teacher, guidance counselor and principal in La Salle Academy, Providence R.I., from 1972-76. Brother John served as a family counselor in Ocean Tides School, Narragansett, R.I., from 1977-83 and in Tides Family Services, West Warwick, R.I., from 1983-2008. He retired in 2008 in Christian Brothers Center, Narragansett, and moved to De La Salle Hall, Lincroft in 2011.

Christian Brother William Marshall Christian Brother William Marshall taught in St. Augustine School in New York City from 1957-58, and was a prefect in La Salle School, Albany, N.Y., from 1958-67. He studied in New York University from 196770, and taught in Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, N.Y., from 1970-73. Brother William then taught in St. Peter’s High School, Staten Island, N.Y., from 197377. His longest tenure was as a prefect in La Salle School, Albany, from 1977-2006. Since 2006, he has resided in De La Salle Hall, Lincroft.

Charity Sister Mary Morley Sister of Charity Mary Morley (formerly Sister James Therese) entered the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth in 1954. She is currently the administrator of Maris Stella Retreat and Conference Center, Harvey Cedars. She has served in St. Mary High

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School, Academy of St. Aloysius High School, and the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth’s Northern Provincial House, all in Jersey City. She has also worked in the administration offices of the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth in Convent Station.

Dominican Sister Patricia Anne Murtha Sister Patricia Anne Murtha, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, N.Y., currently resides in Tinton Falls and ministers in Emmaus House, a holistic facility that provides care for women religious in Ocean Grove.

Sister Patricia Anne, formerly known as Sister Richard Patrice, is a native of New York City. She entered the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill in 1954 and professed her final vows in 1961. She holds a bachelor of science degree in education from St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, and a master’s degree in English from Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y. She was a teacher and administrator in St. Agnes, Sparkill; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Richmond Hill, N.Y.; St. Paul, Norwich, N.Y., and St. Martin of Tours, Bronx, N.Y. Sister Patricia served as principal in St. Helena School, Bronx, N.Y. from 1977 to 1982; was coordinator in Alina Lodge, Blairstown, and then served as principal in schools in the Archdiocese of Newark.

She began her journey as a staff member in Emmaus House in 1997.

Mercy Sister Mary Simon Robb Mercy Sister Mary Simon Robb entered the order from St. John Parish, Collingswood and graduated with a degree in elementary education from Georgian Court University, Lakewood, in 1968. She spent 19 years teaching in various schools throughout the Trenton Diocese, including St. Mary, Trenton; St. Mary, Bordentown; St. Mary Academy, Lakewood, and Holy Cross, Rumson. Sister Mary Simon earned her master’s degree in education from Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), Ewing, in 1973, then was certified in social gerontology by Rutgers University, New Brunswick, three years later.

In 1975, Sister Mary Simon co-founded and directed the Bayshore Senior Day Center, Keansburg, and was named executive director of the Monmouth County Office on Aging in 1981. Bishop John M. Smith appointed her diocesan coordinator of ministry to the aging in the Office of Family Life/Respect Life in 2001. She has served as a member of the board of trustees of the American Society on Aging in New Jersey, the United Way, the Central Jersey Health Planning Council, Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital, and Georgian Court University. Sister Mary Simon is presently director of Elder Care Ministry in St. Pio of Pietrelcina Parish, Lavallette.

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CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

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Is proud to honor these men on their th anniversary

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BROTHER GEORGE BERRIAN, FSC

BROTHER WILLIAM MARSHALL, FSC BROTHER JOHN NORTON, FSC

For their years of dedication to the Church and the

Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in service to the poor through education.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY Over 50 years of excellence in Catholic education in the Lasallian Tradition.

850 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ 07738 • 732-747-1959 www.cbalincroftnj.org • admissions@cbalincroftnj.org

St. Catharine– St. Margaret Parish Family Would like to congratulate

Sister Margo Kavanaugh on her

and Retirement as Principal of St. Catharine School

60th Anniversary as a Sister of Mercy

~ Fr. Cullen and the parish family ~ 215 Essex Ave. Spring Lake

732-449-5765

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Filippini Sister Geraldine Contento Filippini Sister Geraldine Contento, who observes her 50th jubilee this year as a Religious Teacher Filippini, is a native of Trenton.

A graduate of St. Joachim School, Trenton, Sister Geraldine graduated from Villa Walsh College, Morristown, with an associate’s degree in elementary education; Seton Hall University, South Orange, where she was awarded a bachelor of science degree in elementary education, and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, Pa., where she pursued religious studies. She earned certification in patrology and formation from St. Mary’s Abbey, Trappist, Ky., and in spiritual direction from Upper Room Spiritual Center, Neptune.

Sister Geraldine received a religious studies certificate from the Sacred Congregation of Clergy, Rome; was chosen by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick to serve on the homiletic committee and was elected by the Religious Teachers Filippini as provincial chapter delegate.

In the Trenton Diocese, Sister Geraldine taught sixth grade in Holy Innocents School, Neptune; served in parish spiritual formation in Holy Family School, Lakewood; served as director of religious education in St. Pio of Pietrelcina Parish, Lavallette, and was a member of the retreat staff in St. Joseph by the Sea Retreat House, South Mantoloking.

Good Shepherd Sister Virginia Marie Daniels Sister of the Good Shepherd Virginia Marie Daniels received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and education from Pace University, N.Y. in 1973; a master’s degree in special education from the College of St. Rose, Albany, N.Y. in 1979, and a post-master’s certificate in gerontology from Hunter College, New York City in 1992. From 1964 to 1997

she served in various Good Shepherd programs in New York and Massachusetts.

Sister Virginia has served as coordinator of English as a Second Language in Project Paul, Keansburg, since 1997 and as an English as a Second Language teacher in Brookdale Community College’s Hazlet campus since 2004. She is a foundation board member for Collier Youth Services, Wickatunk.

Sacred Heart Sister Frances de la Chapelle Around the Trenton Diocese and especially in the Princeton area, Sacred Heart Sister Frances de la Chapelle may well be remembered for the many years she served as headmistress in Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton. But her 50 years in religious life and her constant dedication to youth have given her an impressive and extensive background in the ministry of education.

After making her first vows March 9, 1964, Sister Frances began her classroom ministries as a mathematics teacher in Kenwood Academy, Albany, N.Y. She went on to teach lower school students in Stone Ridge, Washington, then Stuart Country Day School, Princeton. On July 2, 1969, she made her final profession as a member of the Sacred Heart Sisters in the Society’s motherhouse in Rome.

Sister Frances was named dean of students in Newton College, Newton, Mass., for six years before returning to Princeton to serve as head of Stuart’s Upper School, a position she held for five years. She returned to Massachusetts where for 11 years she held a variety of positions including teaching psychology, serving as director of admissions and as a college guidance counselor. Her ministry then led her to serve as principal of Woodlands Academy, Lake Forest, Ill., and director of the ongoing formation and ministry team in the Society of the Sacred Heart Office in St. Louis.

In 1993, Sister Frances returned to Stuart to fill the role as headmistress. During her tenure, she updated facilities, expanded the education programs, increased enrollment, and helped to establish Stuart’s “brother school,” Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart.

Sister Frances currently serves as director of ministry for the United States-Canada Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart, a position that requires her to divide her time between Washington and Boston.

Filippini Sister Carolyn Houck Born in Yonkers, N.Y., Filippini Sister Carolyn Houck’s investiture to the Religious Teachers Filippini occurred Aug. 22, 1964.

She holds an associate’s degree in elementary education from Villa Walsh College, Morristown; a bachelor’s of science degree in elementary education from Seton Hall University, South Orange, and a master of arts degree in religious studies from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, Pa.

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In the Trenton Diocese, Sister Carolyn was assigned to retreat work in St. Joseph by the Sea Retreat House, South Mantoloking; served as a theology teacher in Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing; was principal of Holy Family School, Lakewood, and currently serves as director of religious education in Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Trenton.

She holds a religious studies certificate from the Sacred Heart Congregation of Clergy, Rome.

Good Shepherd Sister Marie Francis Lomeo Good Shepherd Sister Marie Francis Lomeo entered the Novitiate then located in Peekskill, N.Y., Aug. 2, 1964.

Sister Marie Francis has served as a child-care worker, business teacher, provincial secretary, vocation director and local formation mentor.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she began her current ministerial work in the fields of social work and spiritual direction.

Sister Marie Francis currently serves the Trenton Diocese as an adjunct spiritual director in the Upper Room Spiritual Center, Neptune, with certification from the Center for Spirituality and Justice in New York and a master’s degree in religious education from Fordham University. During a recent sabbatical, she attended Chicago Theological Union for continuing theology studies. She also completed additional training in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and made the 30-day Ignatian Exercises at Gloucester, Mass. In addition to her work in the Upper Room, she gives retreats and days of prayer to local parish groups and to ‘Mission Partners’ of the Good Shepherd – Good Shepherd Associates, Good Shepherd Volunteers and others who collaborate in the sisters’ mission.

A licensed clinical social worker, Sister Marie Francis arrived in the Trenton Diocese in 1997. She helped found the Sisters Academy in Asbury Park and was its first social worker. She also worked as a counselor for Catholic Charities offices in Red Bank, Spring Lake and Toms River. She served as a counselor and family therapist in Howell Youth and Family Services, then went on to a new assignment in Mercy Center’s Family Resource Center, Asbury Park, where she served as the family worker coordinator and clinical supervisor and conducted parenting classes. Sister Marie Francis also facilitated classes in the Monmouth County Correctional Facility, Freehold. She has served as a field instructor for social work interns at Monmouth and Rutgers universities. She holds certifications in child and adolescent mental health and in clinical supervision from Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She earned a master’s in social work from Yeshiva University, N.Y., and she completed a two-year post-graduate program in advanced clinical social work in Hunter College’s School of Social Work, also New York.

Sister of St. Francis Georgina Marmino Sister of St. Francis Georgina Marmino was born in Beverly, where she was a member of St. Joseph Parish. Since 2012, she has volunteered in St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.

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"To be a joy-bearer and a joy-giver says everything; it means that one is faithfully living for God and that nothing else counts, and if one gives joy to others we are doing God's work."

—Janet Erskine Stuart

Congratulations on 50 years of joyful service as a Religious of the Sacred Heart and for fully half that time, 25 years, spent as teacher, educator and Head of School at Stuart Country Day School. We have been blessed by your loving leadership, extraordinary vision and deep commitment to the Goals and Criteria of the Sacred Heart. May God continue to bless your work as the Director of Ministry for the Society of the Sacred Heart.

With love from the entire Stuart Community

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Diocese of Trenton includes teaching in Blessed Sacrament School, Trenton, St. Leo the Great School, Lincroft and Cathedral Grammar School, Trenton.

Sister Georgina also served as school psychologist in Blessed Sacrament School, the Catholic Welfare Bureau and Cathedral Grammar School.

Mercy Sister Diane Matera Mercy Sister Diane Matera resides in Monmouth County where she serves as a hospice chaplain. She has taught in Mount St. Mary Academy, Watchung; St. Mary Academy, Lakewood and St. Matthew School, Edison. She has also served in social services and pastoral care in the Monmouth County Hispanic Affairs Resource Center, Asbury Park and as hospital chaplain in Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She has a master of arts degree in reading from Seton Hall University, South Orange, and a bachelor of arts degree in music from Georgian Court University, Lakewood.

Franciscan Sister of St. Francis Edythe Hester Norman Sister of St. Francis Edythe Hester Norman (formerly Sister Alice Patricia), was born in Riverside. Prior to her entrance into the congregation of the Sister of St. Francis in Aston, Pa. she lived in Levittown (now Willingboro) where she was a member of Corpus Christi Parish. She recently

completed her ministry as a teacher assistant at J.C. Stuart Elementary School, Willingboro, a position she has held since 2006. From 199298 and from 2002-06, Sister Edythe served as a driver for the retired elderly sisters in both the Trenton and Philadelphia areas. During those years, she lived in various convents in the Trenton Diocese, including All Saints, Burlington; Corpus Christi, Willingboro, and Immaculate Conception Convent, Trenton. She also ministered at St. Michael Home, an orphanage in Hopewell.

Franciscan Sister Natalie Panas Sister Natalie Panas, (formerly Sister Michael Helene), a Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia, was born in Baltimore, where she was a member of Little Flower Parish.

She has ministered in the Diocese of Trenton for 50 years, and has taught in St. Gregory the Great School, Hamilton Square, since 1983. She also taught in St. Leo the Great School, Lincroft; Blessed Sacrament School and Holy Angels School, both in Trenton; Corpus Christi School, Willingboro, and St. Augustine School, Kendall Park.

Franciscan Sister Paula Marie Randow Sister Paula Marie Randow (formerly Sister Mary John), a Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia, is a native of Trenton.

Prior to her entrance into the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, she was a member of St. Anthony Parish and Cathedral High School, both in Trenton.

Sister Paula currently resides in Corpus Christi Parish, Willingboro. Since 1992, she has served as principal of Our Lady of Hope Regional School, Blackwood. In 2003, she was a National Catholic Educational Association nominee for the Dr. Robert J. Kealey Distinguished Principal Award.

Good Shepherd Sister Theresa Stanek Contemplative Sister of the Good Shepherd Theresa Stanek entered the novitiate of her congregation in Peekskill, N.Y., Sept. 8, 1964. She has lived in the Diocese of Trenton since 1986, moving with her contemplative sisters to St. Raphael Parish, Hamilton (now part of St. Raphael-Holy Angels Parish, Hamilton), where she stayed for 17 years sharing her prayerful and cheerful presence with the parish community. In 2003, she moved with her community to the campus of Collier

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Youth Services, Wickatunk, serving many children and families through Collier’s programs. She has served as local superior and as a member of the regional council of the Contemplative Sisters.

Mercy Sister Carol Wilson Mercy Sister Carol Wilson is an administrative assistant in Raritan Bay Catholic Preparatory School, South Amboy, and also serves as director of the after-school program. She resides in St. James Convent, Red Bank, and served in St. Ann Parish, Keansburg, from 1984-2009. She has taught in St. Francis Cabrini School, Piscataway; St. Mary School, Alpha; St. Mary Academy, Lakewood; St. Elizabeth School, Bernardsville; St. James School, Red Bank; St. Ann School, Keansburg, and Sacred Heart School, South Amboy. Sister Carol has a master of arts degree in reading from Seton Hall University, South Orange, and a bachelor of arts degree from Georgian Court University, Lakewood. She entered the Sisters of Mercy from Holy Cross Church, Trenton.

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Mercy Sister Phyllis F. McGuire Born and raised in South Amboy, Sister Phyllis F. McGuire is residing in St. James Convent, Red Bank and volunteers in Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank and McAuley Care Center, Watchung.

She entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1989 in St. Matthew Convent, Edison. Sister Phyllis served as vice president and team member for the Tioga County Rural Ministry, Owega, N.Y. She also worked in secretarial services in Mount Saint Mary Academy, Watchung, and as secretary for the Dominican Sisters of Caldwell.

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or your loved ones?

Readers’ Prayer Circle Remembering in prayer the special intentions requested in The Monitor by our readers.

Father Daniel F. Gowen

To submit a prayer online, go to TrentonMonitor.com, click on Our Faith and Readers’ Prayer Circle.

A feature on Father Daniel F. Gowen and his ministry will appear in an upcoming issue. Father Gowen serves as administrator, St. Michael Parish, West End.

Best Wishes

There is no charge to run a request in the Readers’ Prayer Circle.

Will you join us in prayer?

Certain times in our lives require that we “storm heaven with prayer.”

Thank You God bless our Pastor, servant and friend,

Fr. Pat, on this milestone of your devoted service. Thank you for the work you do!

In your 10 years of service and dedication to God, the church and especially to the community of Saint Joseph. May the Lord continue to bless you greatly in this long but beautiful walk. Thank you from the Parish of Saint Joseph Church, Trenton

Rev. Edward Blanchett,

on his 10 anniversary as a priest. th

Dad & Mom Blanchett

Congratulations to

Deacon Dan Meehan

on the 10th

anniversary of your ordination.

You are an inspiration to your family, friends and fellow parishioners and you make such a difference in all our lives every single day. God has truly found one of His Shepherds to carry on His word.

All our love from your children and grand children,

Maryann, Brian, Jason & Zachary

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Whiting Staff & Congregation

Blessed Congratulations to Msgr. Edward Arnister On the 35th anniversary OF YOUR

ordination to the Priesthood.

“Babs”

Deacon John Grussler

Celebrating with you

on the

25th Anniversary of your

Ordination to the Diaconate.

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We thank God for our son,

Happy 40th Anniversary.

May you continue to be filled with God’s blessings, peace and joy!

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en who dedicate their lives to serving as missionaries in the Society of the Divine Word know very well that theirs is a ministry that often requires them to leave the comfort zones of their homelands, their families and friends, and take up a life of proclaiming the Gospel to people in other parts of the world.

For Divine Word Father Victor Butler, his 50 years of priesthood led him to leave behind his native Dominica, West Indies, for a life of service in the United States. The greatest majority of his years were spent ministering in parishes and schools in the Diocese of Trenton. He is fondly remembered as being “Father Vic,” the much-loved and highly respected chaplain in Holy Cross High School, Delran.

“I really loved working with the students,” Father Butler said, as he reflected on the thousands of young people he encountered in Burlington County’s only Catholic high school. It gave him great joy to be among the students who were so filled with enthusiasm, energy, questions and wonder for so many years.

“If anything, I wanted to be there for them and help them to grow and be proud of who they were,” he said.

In turn, Father Butler readily admitted that it was the school community, especially the students, “who taught me a thing or two about wanting to be the best that I could be.” It was from them, he said, that he learned to develop and hone some of his own personal attributes such as patience and understanding.

“He was a man ahead of his time at Holy Cross,” recalled Dennis Guida, principal. “He offered our students both spiritual and personal counseling on a student’s terms. This was new for Holy Cross and took some time to be accepted. Many students still ask

“I wanted to be there for them and help them to grow and be proud of who they were.” about Father Vic and speak very lovingly of him. He was always there for our students and Holy Cross,” Now living in the Divine Word Missionaries’ residence for retired priests in Techny, Ill., Father Butler enjoyed sharing a bit about his own young adult days and being 18 years old when he decided to travel to the United States to join the Society of the Divine Word and begin studies for the priesthood.

The young Victor had been familiar with the work and charism of the Redemptorist community who served in his hometown, but it was meeting a Divine Word missionary who was visiting Dominica and hearing about his experiences as a priest that sparked Father Butler’s desire to seriously consider a vocation of his own.

Father Butler completed his novitiate and studies in philosophy and theology with the Divine Word Missionaries in Techny and was ordained a priest Feb. 2, 1964, in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Techny.

Rev. Victor Butler

After serving as parochial vicar of St. Elizabeth Parish, Chicago, for six years, Father Butler spent several years teaching in schools in Missouri, Ohio and other parts of Illinois, before moving to New Jersey to teach French and sociology in Divine Word Seminary, Bordentown. It was at the recommendation of his friend and colleague, Divine Word Father Martin Padovani, that Father Butler began part-time youth ministry work in Holy Cross High School.

Although he was only scheduled to be in Holy Cross 10 hours a week, the number of hours increased as he became more involved in the life of the Delran school. In 1982, he gave up teaching in the seminary and turned his part-time youth ministry work into serving as a full-time chaplain, a position which he held for 13 years until health issues prompted him to submit his resignation. After about two years, Father Butler was happy to return to the Holy Cross campus where for four days a week he ministered as a student counselor and presided over liturgies. Father Butler also served as a weekend assistant in area parishes including Sacred Heart, Riverton. He also had a productive healing ministry in which he led prayer groups across the Diocese and retreats for young people in Holy Cross.

Other positions and appointments that Father Butler held in the Diocese included a brief pastorate in Our Lady of the Divine Shepherd Parish, Trenton, which is now part of Blessed Sacrament-Our Lady of the Divine Shepherd Parish. On a diocesan level, he served as a member of the Diocesan Administrative Board and the inaugural Inter-Parish Assistance Fund Commission. He furthered his education and was awarded master’s degrees in sociology from Fordham University, New York, and youth ministry from La Salle University, Philadelphia.

For his 50th anniversary, Father Butler said he enjoyed traveling to England in May for a three-week visit with his sister, Clara Gosine. In retirement, he may be found strolling the grounds around the Divine Word residence, at Mass or spending time in prayer in the residence chapel and, being an avid bookworm, he’s continuously on the search for material, especially books that give insight into the Catholic faith and offer a Catholic perspective.

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FATHER ROBERTO IGNACIO

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DEACON JOSEPH DONADIEU

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REVEREND ALBERT RICCIARDELLI on the occasion of his

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Thank you for your dedicated service to God’s people and our parish.

May God bless you as you have blessed others and May the Lord always continue to pour His spirit on you and your priestly ministry.

Grace, peace and blessings to you, Staff and Parish Family

Heartfelt, Prayerful Congratulations to our Pastor, Fr. John Ruffo, OFM Conv. and our former Pastor, Fr. Emmett Carroll OFM Conv. on their 40th and 60th Anniversaries, Heartfelt, Prayerful Congratulations respectively, of their Ordination to the Priesthood .to

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Father Rocco Cuomo, celebrating his golden anniversary as a priest, greets parishioners in St. Leo the Great Parish, Lincroft, where he serves as weekend assistant.

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Father Rocco Cuomo, Hospital ministry proved reflecting upon his half-century to be a favorite, and Bishop of ministry in the Diocese of John C. Reiss afforded him Trenton. “I understand a parish permission to be the first priest priest to be one who lives in the to establish a full-time Catholic midst of those he serves and chaplaincy in a secular hospital: shares with them the joys and Jersey Shore Medical Center, sorrows of their lives. That service Neptune. has been ministered in the spirit “[It] was personally of the reform and renewal of the very rewarding for me from Second Vatican Council.” a spiritual point of view,” Born in 1938 in Newark, the Father Rocco said of his five journey to the priesthood began years ministering to patients during his second year in high facing surgery and families of school. Discussions with his parish Father Rocco Cuomo those admitted through the priest and correspondence with emergency room.

“However seminarians he had met while brief they may have been, those assisting with vacation Bible school both nurtured occasions allowed me to develop an intensely deep that vocation. “I think my family was rather relationship with some patients and family members surprised about my choice of going to the seminary at very critical moments in their lives. Facing the because I had been awarded a full tuition scholarship mortality of our human existence often allows to Rutgers University,” Father Cuomo remembered. people to think deep thoughts about here and The future priest known to all as “Father Rocco,” hereafter.” studied at St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., Father Rocco served as pastor of St. Ann Parish, and St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore, Keansburg, from 1986 to 1990, and St. Barnabas then was ordained May 23, 1964, in St. Mary of Parish, Bayville, from 1994 to 2000, but the selfthe Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop professed “parish priest” preferred a simpler form of George W. Ahr. His first series of parochial vicar ministry as an assistant priest. “[Serving as pastor] assignments from 1964 to 1981 led him to minister probably demands a special grace which I do not to parishioners in St. Ambrose, Old Bridge; St. have,” he said frankly.

“I relish the freedom I have Anthony, Hamilton; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, had in our diocese in choosing not to be a pastor Maple Shade; Sacred Heart, Mount Holly; St. Mary, after I found that role did not suit me. Instead that Colts Neck; St. Paul, Princeton, and St. Mary of the power of choice has allowed me to minister in a more Lake, Lakewood. personal way as an assistant on a parish level for the “During my time in various parishes, I have also greater part of my active ministry.” had the opportunity to minister in other ways as the Following his resignation as pastor from St. occasion and need arose,” Father Rocco recalled as he Barnabas, Father Rocco was appointed parochial detailed years spent teaching religion to high school vicar of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Freehold. He retired and grammar school students, in parish religious from active ministry in May, 2008, but returned as education programs and in prison ministry. In the Freehold parish’s temporary administrator in addition to his parish work, Father Rocco served on June 2009 and served there until May 2010. Since the Continuing Education Committee of the Council 2012, he has served as a weekend assistant at St. Leo the Great Parish, Lincroft.

Last fall, Father Rocco embarked upon what he referred to as a “spiritual journey of remembrance” of his 50 years as a priest. In a letter sent to each of the parishes he had been assigned to over his years of active ministry, the once and ever selfdescribed “parish priest” requested neither gifts nor receptions be given him, but simply the opportunity to celebrate a weekend Mass of Thanksgiving.

The priest shared his homily notes from one such liturgy, celebrated this May 25 in St. Barnabas Church, as he thanked the parishioners for the spirit of collaboration and cooperation he had enjoyed while stationed there.

“While I was here trying to do God’s work by preaching, teaching and celebrating the Sacraments, God was forming and fashioning me through the gift of the priesthood,” Father Rocco told the congregation. “I believe the people of this parish, and all the other parishes that I served in, have been God’s instruments in helping to form and fashion me as a priest. It is because of you that I am able to be on my ‘spiritual journey of remembrance’.”

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ooking back, where have Father De Sandre said, chuckthe years gone,” mused ling. The two buildings shared a Father John Gerard De common wall, and the guards’ Sandre as he recalled his 50 years attempts to quell a riot impacted of ministry. “It’s been a wonderthe high school. Its principal ful ride with the Lord.” Born recalled, “Once I had to dismiss in Passaic in 1935, the veteran school early because there was a priest’s diverse responsibilities riot next door and the police were while wearing a Roman collar using tear gas.” have included teacher, high school In 1974, Bishop George W. principal, sports coach, itinerAhr called him to serve as chapant priest and jail chaplain in his lain in Georgian Court College, quest to bring others closer to his Lakewood, and St. Joseph ParCreator. ish, Toms River, offering Father Father De Sandre rememDe Sandre the opportunity to

By Christina Leslie bered first professing his desire minister near his mother, who Staff Writer to become a priest when he was had moved to Toms River. He was Father John Gerard De Sandre but three or four years old. “I was incardinated in the Diocese of playing with my cousin and my Trenton in 1985. Father De Sansister when all of us said what dre also served as parochial vicar they wanted to be when they grew up,” he recalled. in St. Theresa Parish, Little Egg Harbor, and Epiphany “My cousin wanted to be a fireman, and my sister a Parish, Brick. nurse, but I said, ‘A priest.” My father said, ‘But you The priest’s next assignment as parochial vicar don’t know how to behave in church’ because I was a in 1990 was unique in that it predated the physimonster, but I said I would learn.” cal church itself. Father De Sandre and Father Frank The future priest attended Seton Hall University, Santitoro were assigned to serve the population of the South Orange, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, future St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, Toms River, but Darlington, before his ordination May 23, 1964, in had no permanent place to worship, celebrate Mass St. Brendan Parish, Clifton, by Bishop James Navagh or administer sacraments. “We were living in Holiday of the Paterson Diocese. His first assignment was as City [a senior housing development] but we weren’t parochial vicar in Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock, then seniors yet and were younger than everyone else in he was appointed to work at Paterson’s Cathedral of the complex,” Father De Sandre said. “We used their St. John the Baptist while also serving as part-time clubhouse to say Mass and hear confessions. We were “Listen above the parochial vicar in St. James Parish, Totowa. travelling priests.” He and hundreds of clergy and “While I was [at the cathedral], I also served as parishioners were present when the church was comcacaphony, principal of St. John Cathedral High School, and a pleted and dedicated by Bishop John C. Reiss Oct. 10, full-time teacher, and its athletic director of the sports 1992, and the parish family finally had a permanent He is still calling.” program’s baseball and basketball and moderator of place to call their own. the cheerleaders,” Father De Sandre recalled. “I didn’t Father De Sandre was assigned to St. Mary Parish, like sports, but I had to go to all the games. It was Deal, in November, 1996 as a temporary administrator God’s sense of humor.” and was named the pastor a month later. He remained The busy priest also ministered to the gentlemen there until his retirement from ministry in 2010, who lived next door: at the Passaic County Jail. “Every and was hard-pressed to name a favorite aspect of day I woke up and there was something different,” ministry or event. “My favorite was… everything!” he exclaimed. “The people I worked with, the experiences, it was all a wonderful, wonderful experience.”

The senior priest, though admittedly not computer savvy, believes reliance upon the electronic devices can prevent clear communications with one another and the Lord.

“I feel sorry for young people today… no one is talking to each other,” he said. “Their noses are in their computers. There is no intercommunication, it’s sad, there are a myriad of distractions, so many discordant voices. I would advise them to find a mentor, a good solid priest or teacher and pray and listen to the voice of the Lord. Listen above the cacophony, He is still calling.”

Though officially retired, Father De Sandre assists in St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish on the weekends. “You CAN go home again,” he said. Noting that he first ministered in the Toms River parish while only in his 40s, he laughed, “Now I can say [to the congregants] ‘we senior citizens’.”

The veteran priest summed up his long ministry FROM THE BEGINNING • Father De Sandre was assigned as parochial vicar in St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish two simply. “As you look back, you can see the work of God in your life,” he said. “He was always there, he is there years before the Toms River church was built. He and its future pastor, Father Frank Santitoro, served as ‘travelstill.” ling priests’ for the parish and were present at its dedication by Bishop John C. Reiss on Oct. 10, 1992. File photo

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‘It’s Been One Great Trip’ For Father Raymond Lennon, the world has been his parish

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ather Raymond Thomas community have been to me over Lennon chuckles when he these past 78 years. I am happy thinks back to his teenage to be a Divine Word religious and years and how an “argument” missionary priest.” with his brother had set the stage Father Lennon readily states for his becoming a Divine Word that he has “bounced all over the Missionary priest. world” in his years of ministry.

Raymond was a student in He has indeed traveled the world Northeast Catholic High School, over, spending lengthy periods Philadelphia, when he and his of time as student and professor brother had a disagreement. Out in Taiwan, and, as a Divine Word of exasperation, Raymond found priest, serving in various leaderbrochures on religious communiship capacities in Brazil, Canada ties he had picked up during the and the United States. Academic

By Mary Stadnyk school‘s vocation awareness prohonors to his name include a Associate Editor gram months before and decided bachelor’s degree in philosophy, to write for more information. doctoral courses in the University Father Raymond Thomas Lennon Though he earnestly did of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, master find the Divine Word Missionary of science in linguistics, and a brochure appealing because it showed two vested mislicentiate in philosophy. He also attended a Chinese sionaries standing on top of a globe with the phrase language school in Hsinchu, Taiwan, as a student to “The world is our parish” printed on it, Raymond’s help prepare him for his professorship in Fu Jen Uniimpulsive motivation for contacting the community versity, Taipei. at the time was simply because “I thought that I could Assignments he has held include serving as go away, study and not have to be bothered with my formation director and provincial counselor member; brother and me arguing from time to time.” provincial of Eastern USA province, provincial of the Again, months went by and Raymond long forgot Chicago Province and several terms as rector and spiriabout the letter – and the run-in with his brother. tual director in Divine Word residences in Washington, That was until the day when a Divine Word priest from Montreal, Bay St. Louis, Mo., and Bordentown.

Bordentown followed up on Raymond’s inquiry and Among the special memories that Father Lennon “…all the people that I have traveled to Philadelphia to pay an unexpected visit to regards as being “one of the happiest times” in his life the Lennon household where he met with Raymond goes back to 1973 when he was asked to open a small had the joy of serving, have and his parents, John Henry and Mary Veronica Cancommunity of philosophers in the City of Campinas, contributed their parts with non Lennon, and tried to determine if Raymond was Sao Paulo, Brazil. indeed serious about a vocation.

Father Lennon and other Divine Word seminarGod’s grace to make me into “I told him that I was just asking for information ians lived among the residents and since there was no about the priesthood and missionary life as a possible active Catholic Church in the neighborhood, he would the person I have become.” choice for me,” Father Lenbring the community together in faith by celebrating non recalled. “That was all.

Mass in his large, open-space garage. Though it was Father Lennon’s main duty to serve as a formation direcWe talked and my parents tor and to teach at the university, he ended up working were very supportive of with archdiocesan officials and helped to found and this as a vocational choice build the new Church of St. Andrew, the Apostle. if it was what I wanted.”

“Those four years that I spent in Campinas were Over the next several special years for me. It was the only time I ever had a months, Raymond ponreal hand in physically building up a little church and dered the priesthood, and experiencing a parish community of believers that when he decided that he really became the people of God and my family. I had would begin studies, it such a love for those people; they, along with the semiwas recommended that narians, gave me a life, the likes of which I still hold so he transfer “immediately” dearly in my heart.” and complete his high Father Lennon currently resides with Divine Word school studies in St. Joseph priests and brothers in their residence that’s located Mission House, the Divine on a sprawling campus in Bordentown. In addition to Word seminary in Borhis responsibilities as the community’s rector, he may dentown, which he did in be found assisting with weekend Masses and other 1952. sacramental celebrations in “my beloved Corpus Chris“I took to the place like a fish to water,” Father Len- ti Church,” Willingboro, and he also celebrates Masses for the sisters who reside in the Poor Clare Monastery non recalled. “I loved the in nearby Chesterfield. life then and I still do.”

“Every experience I have had, whether it was As Father Lennon good or bad, and all the people that I have had the joy celebrates the 50th anniof serving, have contributed their parts with God’s versary of his Aug. 1, 1964 grace to make me into the person I have become,” said priestly ordination, he Father Lennon. “I only have thanks to God for all that shares how his anniversary has come my way. It has been one great trip and I hope “has given me the chance MEETING A SAINT - Divine Word Father Raymond Lennon, who celebrates his that somehow the world in which I have walked is a to recall how good God, my 50th anniversary of ordination this year, had the opportunity to meet Pope John wee bit better because of my life.” family and the Divine Word Paul II during a visit to Rome in 2000. Courtesy photo

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Rev. K. Michael Lambeth On The 20th Anniversary

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The anniversary is a milestone for a vocation driven by a passion for family life, rooted in his childhood then blossoming into his life’s work.

Born in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1937, Paul Engel was the second of seven children born to Rose and Walter Engel. He spoke of them affectionately, saying “I owe a lot to my family.”

A product of Catholic schools, he entered the Capuchin Franciscan friary in 1956, soon after his graduation from Rice High School, Manhattan, which was run by the Christian Brothers.

He entered St. Anthony College, Hudson, N.H., a four-year program affiliated with The Catholic University of America, Washington. After graduating in 1960, he entered Mary Immaculate Seminary in Garrison, N.Y., for theological studies. Ordained a priest Nov. 28, 1964, he was assigned to Our Lady of Sorrows Parish on New York’s Lower East Side.

In 1966, he was named assistant chaplain to the Downtown Business Chapel of St. Francis, Springfield, Mass., where his work with youth groups immersed him in the needs of troubled children, who were often homeless after being discharged from foster care.

After much research, Father Engel and three

“There is so much joy and life if you help others.” kindred spirits helped launch a mission for homeless children, which eventually became Downey Side.

With its mantra “Kids belong in families, not foster care,” Downey Side became the only national adoption agency exclusively devoted to recruiting families for youth seven to 17 years old who need permanent families. The organization finds and prepares families who want to adopt older children, then connects them with older homeless children in the foster care system.

The program supports the family through the adoption process and beyond. Today the nonprofit, nonsectarian organization has offices in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and New Jersey. The office in Sea Girt is directed by Father Engel’s sister, Dominican Sister Elizabeth Engel.

Since its inception, Downey Side has successfully placed over 6,000 children in permanent homes. The average age of adoptees is 12 years.

Father Engel currently spends his weekdays in St. John the Baptist Parish, New York, and heads for Bay Head on the weekends where he celebrates Mass and the Sacraments.

“I love the people there. I am partial to the seniors, being one myself,” he joked.

When asked what is most rewarding about his vocation, he said, “I love being free to help people.

There is so much joy and life if you help others. God can work with any of us if we let him.”

As for his future, he said, “I will take it a year at a time..I am still doing fine, praise God, and I don’t want to give up!”

Msgr. Zaccardo excited as ever about ministry after 50 years

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n celebrating his 50 years as a priest, Msgr. Peter J. Zaccardo is inspired by the excitement of the parishioners in the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Trenton to whom he still ministers in his retirement years.

Msgr. Zaccardo was born in 1937 in Orange, one of two children of the late Pete and Clara Zaccardo, and baptized in Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Orange. He attended Our Lady of the Valley Grammar School and High School. After graduating from high school in 1955

“That was key, being excited about ministry. It’s just a very fulfilling 50 years.” he was a divinity student in Seton Hall College (now Seton Hall University), South Orange, where he studied in preparation for entrance into Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington. He was ordained by Archbishop Thomas A. Boland of Newark May 23, 1964.

As a parochial vicar Msgr. Zaccardo served in Holy Trinity Parish, Westfield, from 1964-65, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Newark, from 1965-68; St.

John the Evangelist Parish, Bergenfield, from 1968-75, and Our Lady of the Visitation Parish, Paramus, for six months.

He then went on to serve in Epiphany Parish, Cliffside Park, where he was part of a “team ministry,” working with a team of three priests as co-pastors, as part of Msgr. Peter J. Zaccardo a vision of Archbishop Peter L. Gerety.

Msgr. Zaccardo served as pastor in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Newark, until 1981; St. Bartholomew the Apostle Parish, Scotch Plains, from 1981-88; Holy Family Parish, Nutley, from 1988-97, and Queen of Peace Parish, Maywood, from 19972004.

Msgr. Zaccardo has also served as the Bergen County director of the Catholic Youth Organization, head of the Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission and on the priest council for the Archdiocese of Newark.

“During that time period we were going through Vatican II, putting ministries together in the parishes,” he shared. “The excitement of the youth Masses, teaching the kids in grammar school, it was a full time job … Every parish was just very active. They were great, exciting years trying to fulfill the vision of Pope John

XXIII with the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Paul VI with the new order of the Mass.”

Under Pope John Paul II, he was named a Prelate of Honor with the title of Monsignor in 1998.

Archbishop John J. Myers officially granted Msgr.

Zaccardo retirement July 1, 2007 from Queen of Peace Parish, and he now resides in Brick. He celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving for his 50th anniversary of ordination June 1 in Our Lady of the Valley Parish, where he received all of his sacraments.

In his retirement, he has served in the Diocese of Trenton, ministering to parishioners as a weekend assistant in Nativity Parish, Fair Haven – assisting Father Robert Schecker, the pastor – since 2009. Since 2012, he has helped out as a weekend assistant in St. Anselm Parish, Tinton Falls, assisting Father Gene Vavrick, the pastor. He also helps out in Christ the King Parish, Long Branch, as a weekday assistant.

Msgr. Zaccardo shared, “When I had my anniversary Mass, being able to realize that there were so many people involved in the celebration – there were 45 priests, the choir from St. Bartholomew, Scotch Plains – everybody was so excited to be a part of the celebration. That was key, being excited about ministry. It’s just a very fulfilling 50 years.”

He said it has also been a pleasure to work with Trenton Diocesan pastors Father Schecker and Father Vavrick, saying their parishes are very active as well.

“They like to participate. This is the whole encompassing vision that is part of the Church today.”

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Scott Shaffer, pastor, St. Joseph Parish, Toms River, addresses students from St. Joseph Grade School and Monsignor Donovan High School during a Nov. 12, 2012 Mass, the first to be celebrated after Superstorm Sandy hit the New Jersey coastline, affecting many in the community.

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here’s something about an pastor of St. Aloysius Parish, old melody that can linger in Jackson, in 2000. Just over one one’s memory despite distracyear later, he simultaneously tion or misdirection or cacophony. assumed the pastor position in Father Scott Shaffer, pastor of St. nearby St. Monica Parish. “It Joseph Parish, Toms River, has kept was an exciting time in ministry,” he recalled. “So many the melody of his priestly service on people were moving to town key for a quarter century of service from up north and New York. to the Diocese of Trenton by never We experienced exponential taking his eyes off the Supreme growth in Jackson; we started Conductor. with about 2,000 families, and Father Shaffer was born in 1957 when I left it was over 6,000 in Mount Holly, one of four children families.” of Joan and the late George Shaffer. A member of the town’s Sacred Due to the size of the fast Heart Parish, he attended its school growing parish, Father Scott where he first heard the call to the built a new, modern style church Father Scott Shaffer priesthood. He confided his plans building. “The biggest compliment was when people would to assume the mantle of priest to a tell me, ‘I feel welcome here, I can really pray here’,” Fafriend after graduation from Rancocas Valley Regional ther Scott said. Not surprisingly, both parishes’ music High School, Mount Holly, but went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in music education from West Chester ministries flourished under his leadership.

State College, West Chester, Pa., in 1979.

July, 2012 brought a joyful new assignment: Father Shaffer, who is proficient on the saxophone Father Scott’s return to St. Joseph Parish, Toms River. and keyboard, taught music in his grammar school “I started [there] as a ‘baby priest,’ I was returning alma mater and in Westampton Township schools for home,” the now seasoned cleric remembered thinking. a period of time while indulging his passion for perfor- “It had been 18 years since I was here. I loved my time mance as a member of his own swing-and-standards at my other parishes, but I had always kept up with wedding band, the Ray Scott Band, for about 12 years. what was going on here.”

Five years after his college graduation, after an injury The huge complex, which encompasses not only during a job on a construction site, he decided to anthe church but St. Joseph Grade School and Monsiswer the long-submerged call to the priesthood. gnor Donovan High School, attracts hundreds of famiAfter his graduation from Mount St. Mary’s lies to Masses and school events. “We support a child’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md., with a master’s degree in relationship with the Lord from kindergarten through 12th grade,” Father Scott explained. “[It] has always divinity, he was ordained Dec. 2, 1989, in St. Mary of been a huge parish; it was not unusual to celebrate the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop John Mass with 1,000 people in the church. I’m starting to C. Reiss. Upon ordination he was assigned as parochial see this again.” vicar first in St. Joseph Parish, Toms River, then Lawrenceville’s St. Ann Parish.

During his quarter century of priestly service, Father Scott also has been chaplain to the Mercer County The priest, affectionately known as “Father Scott” Holy Name Federation, a member of the diocesan to his flock, assumed his first pastorate position in Holy Innocents Parish, Neptune, in 1997, then became Priest Personnel Board, and Dean of the North Ocean County Deanery. He served as chaplain of Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, from 1994 to 1997.

Reflecting upon both his 25-year journey as a priest, and what may lie on the road ahead, Father Scott notes his love of Pope Francis’ reflections on the sacred ministry. He said, “More and more I realize that God didn’t call me to be someone else. He called me, Scott Shaffer, to serve as a priest with all my faults and failures. Christ will direct me where I need to go.” He continued, “We yield to the One who knows. The times when I find myself in the most trouble is when I try to lead without listening to Jesus.”

The lifelong musician quoted lyrics from a song popularized by the 1960s band “American Breed” as his philosophy of what his priesthood should be.

“Bend me, shape me, any way you want me,” Father Scott chuckled. “Or, remember that old song, ‘You are the potter, I am the clay.”

He recalled the words of a speech delivered by a friend at his parents’ 60th wedding anniversary to explain his goals as a priest. “I played at many, many weddings and watched people dance,” Father Scott said. “One of my great joys is watching people my parents’ age dance. [His friend] said ‘his mother and father found their way as they danced through life.’ We should let Jesus lead in the dance.”

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The parishioners of

HOLY INNOCENTS CHURCH, NEPTUNE, offer best wishes and heartfelt thanks

Rev. Phillip C. Pfleger

35 years- Pastor, St. Isaac Jogues Parish, Marlton

Rev. Mark T. Devlin

to our pastor,

35 years- Pastor, Holy Family Parish,Keyport

REV. MICHAEL W. WALLACK

35 years- Pastor, St. Barnabas Parish, Bayville

on the 10th anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood.

Rev. Stanley P. Lukaszewski Rev. Daniel C. Hesko

30 years- Pastor, St. Catherine Parish, Middletown

Rev. William J. Lago

15 years- Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual Help-St. Agnes, Highlands/Atlantic Highlands

Deacons Raymond R. Rainville - 15 years

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

and Robert J. Johnson - 5 years Our Lady of Perpetual Help,St. Agnes

Deacon Martin K. Mc Mahon

10 years- St. Mary, Mother of God, Middletown

With gratitude for your dedication and faithful service, We extend our heartfelt congratulations to:

With gratitude for your dedication and faithful service, We extend our heartfelt congratulations to:

Reverend Monsignor Walter Nolan Reverend Monsignor Walter Nolan

Deacon Frank Crivello Deacon Frank Crivello

Deacon Thomas Baker Deacon Thomas Baker

Deacon Lovejoy DeaconDouglas Douglas Lovejoy

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Father Daniel F. Swift ‘sets the tone’ for the next 25 years

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s Father Daniel Swift, “While I was on leave, two Gospel pastor of St. Benedict passages haunted me: the parable Parish, Holmdel, will be of the talents (Matthew 25:14the first to tell you, his journey 30) and the one where the rich in ministry has been filled with young man wanted to follow blessings. Whether in his role as Jesus and was told to sell all you a parish priest, a diocesan vicar have and follow me (Matthew and council member, or even time 19:16-23),” he admitted. Deeper spent as a hospital chaplain in self-examination led him to Virginia, he has rejoiced in his return to the priesthood. initial answer of ‘yes’ to that life“The Lord called me back changing call to the priesthood for to ministry,” he said. “Bishop over 25 years.

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By Christina Leslie The priest known to all as came back a much [spiritually] Staff Writer “Father Dan” was born in Camden richer priest.” Upon his return to in 1961 and graduated from St. the Diocese of Trenton, Father Joan of Arc School and Cherokee Dan was appointed temporary Father Daniel Swift High School, both in Marlton. He administrator in Holy Trinity remembered hearing a call to the Parish, Long Branch, in 2002 priesthood between his junior and was named its pastor the and senior years of college; though he had been dating following year. In October, 2005, he began his current a girl seriously for three years, the young man often pastorate in St. Benedict Parish. pictured himself as a priest.

Over his quarter century of service to the “The thoughts were daily,” he said, explaining his Diocese, in addition to his parish assignments, family was active in St. Joan of Arc Parish and the Father Dan has served as the diocesan director of Church was very much a part of their daily lives. “I Vocation Recruitment, a member of the Pastor’s knew there was something to it.” His pastor at the Advisory Committee for the Bishop’s Annual Appeal time, Msgr. Armand Pedata, advised him to pray (now known as the Annual Catholic Appeal), a over the vocation, and Father Dan took steps toward Project Rachel chaplain and an Education Advisory uttering that momentous ‘yes’ to the priesthood.

Committee member for the Office of Catholic Schools.

“If you follow God’s Upon receiving a bachelor’s degree in business Currently, he is Vicar Forane of the Bayshore Deanery, marketing at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and serves on the Expansion and Restructuring will, you will be one Father Dan entered Mount St. Mary Seminary, Council and Episcopal Council. happy man.”

Emmitsburg, Md., where he earned a master of Now in St. Benedict for nine years, his longest divinity degree and a master degree in moral assignment to date, Father Dan’s philosophy is theology. He was ordained May 20, 1989 in St. Mary “full steam ahead” in the Holmdel parish whose of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop membership includes 3,287 families. “I like it because John C. Reiss.

I know everybody here. I can look at someone and Father Dan served right away know if they are visitors. It’s always been as parochial vicar first important for me to know people’s names,” the pastor in St. Rose of Lima said. “We are a growing parish, new families are Parish, Freehold, then registering all the time.” in St. Joseph Parish, St. Benedict Parish recently received the “Top 100 Toms River, in 1995. parishes in the U.S.” designation by Parish Catalyst In May, 1997, sensing for its vibrancy, growth and ministry. “Later we were the need for a period told we made the top 12, like the 12 apostles,” Father of discernment about Dan joked. The organization sponsors representatives his priestly service, he from each of the dozen finalist parishes at workshops requested and received held four times over a two-year period to compare best permission from Bishop practices.

Reiss for what became Father Dan’s goal for his flock is to create a four-and-a-half year as many small-group ministries in the parish as leave of absence from possible. Currently, St. Benedict lists 92 separate active ministry. Father ways for parishioners of all ages to serve, from Dan moved to Roanoke, the littlest Church Mice (four- to six-year-old Va., to work in the children tasked to ‘keep God’s house neat’) to private and not-forthose involved in various senior care missions profit sectors, including such as transportation, nutrition assistance and as a hospital chaplain companionship visitations. in Roanoke Memorial “It’s a privilege to put St. Benedict in a position to Hospital. receive this recognition from Parish Catalyst,” Father Though immersed Dan said. “Though the pastor sets the tone, it’s the in his work and active in flock who is engaged and spirit-filled.” The priest who his parish, St. Andrew, said ‘yes’ twice to God had straightforward advice for FAITHFUL TO THE PRIESTHOOD • Father Daniel Swift, pastor of St. Roanoke, Father Dan a man considering the priesthood: “If you follow God’s Benedict Parish, Holmdel, greets children during his 25th anniversary of ordination celebrated on the Feast of Pentecost, June 8 in his parish. Courtesy photo remained unsettled. will, you will be one happy man.”

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Our Warmest Heartfelt Congratulations

Rev. Jerome M. Nolan God’s Blessings to you on the celebration of your 40th Anniversary of ordination to the priesthood.

TO OUR FOUNDING PASTOR

Very Rev. Phillip C. Pfleger, E.V. IN HONOR OF YOUR PRIESTLY

35th Anniversary Abundant Blessings, Love and Prayers from

From your parish family at

ASCENSION CHURCH

Bradley Beach

YOUR PARISH FAMILY

Church of St. Isaac Jogues MARLTON

Holy Family Parish, Keyport Congratulates

Rev. Mark T. Devlin Pastor of Holy Family

On the 35 th Anniversary of His Ordination

Your thirty-five years of faithful service has been a generous gift to the Church.

May the Lord bless you with abundant joy just as you have blessed so many in your priestly ministry.

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Father Gerard S. Sloyan Father Gerard S. Sloyan, born in 1919 in Bronx, N.Y., but raised in Red Bank, spent the majority of his 70-year ministry as a priest serving in academia.

He attended Seton Hall University, South Orange; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington; and Theological College of The Catholic University of America, Washington. He was ordained a priest by Bishop William A. Griffin June 3, 1944, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, upon which time he was assigned to St. Anthony Parish, Trenton.

After a summer in Trenton, he began his full-time work in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at The Catholic University of America, spending much of his career after three years as an assistant pastor working in academia.

During his summers as a graduate student, he assisted in Sacred Heart, Bay Head, and, upon graduation, as an assistant pastor first in St. Francis of Assisium Parish, Trenton, and then Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Maple Shade.

In 1955, Father Sloyan served briefly as assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The Catholic University of America, Washington, and in 1957 as head of the graduate department of religious education, a position he held for a decade before resigning and taking a post at Temple University, Philadelphia, where he remained until his retirement in 1989. At that time, he returned to Washington as an adjunct professor of theology in CUA and in Georgetown University, where he still teaches.

A prolific author, Father Sloyan has published numerous books, articles and book reviews on the Catholic faith, focusing primarily on New Testament scholarship and the celebration of the liturgy in parishes.

Father James A. Thompson It has been 70 years since Father James Thompson, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., was ordained a priest.

Born in 1919, Father James A. Thompson, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., attended St. Francis College, Brooklyn, and Our Lady of Angels Seminary, Niagara University, N.Y. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Trenton on June 3, 1944, by Bishop William A. Griffin in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral.

After his ordination, Father Thompson served in St. Gabriel Parish, Marlboro, and later as parochial vicar in Our Lady of Peace Parish, Fords; Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, Long Branch; Our Lady of Mount Virgin Parish, Middlesex; St. Joseph Parish, North Plainfield, and St. Denis Parish, Manasquan.

On June 13, 1958, Father Thompson was named pastor of St. Theresa Parish, Little Egg Harbor, and during his four-year tenure as pastor there, he served as the Ocean County director for Catholic Relief Services. He then served as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Highlands, later moving to Sacred Heart Parish, Mount Holly.

Next, Father Thompson served as pastor of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish, Edison, before resigning in 1977 due to illness. During his sick leave, he resided in St. Rose of Lima Parish, Freehold, and later Holy Cross Parish, Rumson.

Returning to ministry in 1980, he served as associate pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, Laurence Harbor, and later in St. Mark Parish, Sea Girt, in the same capacity.

He was installed as pastor of St. John Parish, Lakehurst, in 1982.

Father Thompson retired July 1, 1989, and until 2004, he served as chaplain of the Serra Club of Ocean County. At that time, he moved to Emmaus House, Ocean Grove, where he has since served as chaplain.

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Conventual Franciscan Father Emmett J. Carroll Conventual Franciscan Father Emmett J. Carroll was born in 1925 in Toms River. After attending that town’s St. Joseph School and Toms River High School, he attended St. Francis College, Staten Island, N.Y., did undergraduate work in Siena College, Loudonville, N.Y., and received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Villanova University, Villanova, Pa. Father Carroll prepared for the priesthood in St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary, Rensselaer, N.Y., and made his simple profession March 19, 1948. After his ordination on June 12, 1954 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany, N.Y., he taught English and economics in Trenton Catholic High

School for Boys.

Father Carroll was reassigned by his order to Toronto, Canada, where he served as associate editor and promotion manager of The Companion Magazine and as vocation director for Canada. During a subsequent assignment in Albany, N.Y., as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Parish, he helped found two Samaritan shelter homes for neglected teenagers, one of which bears the name Emmett House.

Father Carroll returned to the Diocese of Trenton in 1976 and served as pastor of St. Catharine of Siena Parish, Seaside Park, for 12 years. Subsequent pastorates were in Immaculate Conception Parish, Trenton; another six-year term in St. Catherine of Siena, then Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Seaside Heights, until his retirement in 2005. Father Carroll is now in residence at St. Catherine of Siena Parish.

Father Carroll served on the diocesan Council of Priests and as a judge on the diocesan tribunal for two decades. In 2000, while at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Father Carroll and the parish received the Archbishop Peter L. Gerety award for Outstanding Parish and Priest. He and fellow Knights of Columbus helped found a fraternal council of the organization in St. Catharine of Siena Parish.

Father Arthur F. Conlon While Father Arthur F. Conlon’s seminarian studies took him across international borders, his ministry as a priest took him to various parishes across the Diocese of Trenton.

Born in 1922 in Somerville, Mass., he attended St. Anselm College, Manchester, N.H., and studied for the priesthood at University Seminary, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

He was ordained by Bishop George W. Ahr June 12, 1954, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.

As parochial vicar, Father Conlon first served in St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Red Bank, before moving to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Seaside Heights. He also spent a brief tenure in St. Ann Parish, Keansburg, before moving to St. Joseph Parish, Bound Brook. He later served Immaculate Conception Parish, Spotswood; St. Mary Parish, Bordentown, and St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel, as well as St. Matthias Parish, Somerset.

In 1971, he received his first pastorate when he was appointed to lead St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Yardville, where he served for 10 years.

In the latter years of his ministry as a priest, Father Conlon dedicated his time to serving those in need across the Diocese of Trenton. In 1982, he was named diocesan director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a position he held until his retirement from active ministry in June 1998. However, his service to the organization continued for another five years as he served as the society’s spiritual moderator.

Father Adam Kearns It has been 60 years since Bishop George W. Ahr ordained Father Adam Thomas Kearns, a Matawan native, a priest in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, June 12, 1954.

Born in 1928, Father Kearns attended St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., where he studied for two years before transferring to Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington, to begin his preparation for the priesthood. He later completed See Priest • S-25

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Congratulations to all priests, deacons and religious

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The parish family of St. John RC Church in Lakehurst,

Wishes to Congratulate

Our Pastor, Rev. Bernard Keigher, celebrating his 40Th Ordination Anniversary.

Also Congratulations to Deacon Ron Kerr and Deacon Edward Holowienka celebrating their 25Th Ordination Anniversary And Deacon Richard Glogoza celebrating his 5Th Ordination Anniversary.

Deacon Kerr

Fr. Keigher

Deacon Holowienka

Deacon Glogoza

The parish family of St. John would like to express their thanks for the many years of dedicated service of these individuals not only here at St. John but also to the many Church communities they have served.

May God continue to bless their endeavors and service to His Church.

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his formation in St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore.

Following his ordination, Father Kearns spent a year at The Catholic University of America, Washington, as well as his alma mater, St. Charles College. His first parish assignment came in 1956 in St. Peter the Apostle Parish, New Brunswick. He later moved to Sacred Heart Parish, Mount Holly, and then Our Lady of Peace Parish, Fords.

His first pastorate came in 1971 when he was appointed to head St. Helena Parish, Edison. He resigned as pastor the following year, and was named associate pastor of St. Catharine Parish, Spring Lake, where he served for a 14-year tenure. He later spent five years as parochial vicar in St. Paul Parish, Princeton. He also spent a single year each as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, West Trenton, and St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, Freehold.

Father Kearns began his final assignment at St. Joan of Arc Parish, Marlton, in 1993, serving as parochial vicar there until his retirement at the start of 1999.

Msgr. Hugh A. O’Donnell While Msgr. Hugh A. O’Donnell is not formally a priest of the Diocese of Trenton, to the St. Gabriel Parish, Marlboro community, he is family.

For the past 10 years, Msgr. O’Donnell – ordained to the priesthood May 29, 1954, in St. Patrick’s ProCathedral, Newark, by Archbishop Thomas Boland of the Archdiocese of Newark – has provided support to the Marlboro parish in between his ministerial duties in his home archdiocese.

Msgr. O’Donnell attended Seton Hall University, South Orange, and prepared for the priesthood in Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington. His first assignment was in Our Lady of Visitation Church, Paramus, during which time he also served as chaplain in Bergen Pines Hospital.

He was also named director of sodalities for Bergen County and regional director for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. His duties included overseeing a parish religious education program with some 1,000 children, and serving as chaplain to the Paramus Police Department and PBA Local 105.

In 1967, he was transferred to St. Aedan Parish, Jersey City, during which time he had the opportunity to serve as chaplain of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade – also celebrating Mass to kick off each year’s festivities. In 1981, his ministry took him to Holy Cross Parish, Harrison, where he served as pastor.

In 1986, then-Father O’Donnell was elevated to the title of Monsignor by Pope John Paul II. His more recent honors include Irishman of the Year for the Union County Emerald Society in 2004, and Irishman of the Year for the Friendly Sons of Union County in 2012.

Msgr. O’Donnell continues to serve as chaplain for the Elizabeth Police and Fire Departments, the New Jersey State Fireman’s Mutual Benevolent Association, and Union County’s Emerald Society and Police and Fire Pipes and Drums organizations. He is also a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council in Elizabeth. Msgr. O’Donnell continues to be active in police chaplaincy, attending annual conferences and training programs, and he preaches for Catholic Relief Services.

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Father Patrick J. Castles Father Patrick J. Castles was born in 1943 in New Brunswick. He attended St. Paul School, Highland Park, and prepared for the priesthood in St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., and St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore. He was ordained a priest May 31, 1969, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop George W. Ahr. As parochial vicar, he served in St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton; Sacred Heart Parish, South Plainfield; St. Dominic Parish, Brick; St. Joseph Parish, Beverly, and St. Paul Parish, Princeton.

Father Castles was named pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Hightstown, in October, 1985, and remained there until 2000 when he was named pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Allentown.

He also served the Diocese as a member of the diocesan Liturgical Commission, 1975; a member of the Council of Priests, 1975; and as a member of the diocesan Social Concerns Committee, 1986. Father Castles served as director for the Newman Center at the University of California at Davis from 1980-1985.

Father Castles retired last year and is currently residing in Wildwood.

Father Ronald J. Cioffi Father Ronald J. Cioffi, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Keyport, was born in 1941 in Long Branch.

He is a graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School and prepared for the priesthood in St. Charles Seminary, Catonsville, Md., and St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore. He was ordained a priest May 31, 1969, by Bishop George W. Ahr in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.

As parochial vicar, he served in St. Joachim Parish, Trenton; St. Leo the Great Parish, Lincroft, and St. Mary Parish, South Amboy.

In 1977, he was relieved of his duties in St. Mary, South Amboy, to become a faculty member of St. Mary’s Seminary, Roland Park, Md. Father Cioffi has a long history with St. Joseph Parish. He was named parochial vicar at the Keyport parish in 1981, upon his return to the diocese from Roland Park. He also served as the parish’s temporary administrator, and in 1989, he was named pastor of St. Joseph.

Father Cioffi also had a long tenure serving the diocese as director of the Office of Social Concerns.

Father Harold Cullen Father Harold Cullen, the newly appointed pastor of St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake, was born in 1944 in Cork City, Ireland. He joined the Redemptorist Fathers and completed his studies for the priesthood in Chuain Mhuire Seminary. Father Cullen was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Galway, Ireland, by Bishop Michael Browne on Sept. 15, 1969.

In his first assignment, Father Cullen served as vocation school chaplain for the Archdiocese of Dublin from 1970 to 1975. He was then sent to the United States where he served in St. Bartholomew Parish, Cincinnati, Ohio. Father Cullen then spent four years in the Diocese of Camden, serving in St. Patrick Parish, Woodbury.

Father Cullen came to the Diocese of Trenton in 1982 to serve in St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton. From 1986 to 2005, he served in St. Mary Parish, Barnegat. In 2005, he was named pastor of St. Jerome Parish, West Long Branch, where he remained until his current assignment as pastor of St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish.

He was incardinated a priest of the Trenton Diocese July 12, 2006.

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The Parishioners and Staff of

St. Pius X Church in Forked River

wish to thank

~ 30 years a Priest Deacon Earl Lombardo ~ 25 years a Deacon Deacon Michael Maione ~ 15 years a Deacon Fr. Richard Basznianin

for their service to God and His people God Bless You! WE APPRECIATE

all YOU DO FOR US.

Congratulations

Monsignor Sam A. Sirianni, V.F. On the occasion of your 30th Anniversary as a Priest!

“We are so proud of you” Love ~ Mom Michael and Michael Sirianni Father Anthony Sirianni Joseph and Ann Marie Sirianni Andrea Sirianni Alexandra Sirianni and Domenic Ranieri

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Msgr. Walter E. Nolan Msgr. Walter E. Nolan, who retired as pastor of St. Paul Parish, Princeton, in 2011, was born in Jersey City in 1933. Prior to becoming a priest, he attended the College of Pharmacy at Fordham University, N.Y., and spent 10 years working as a pharmacist.

In 1965, he enrolled in Pope John XXIII National Seminary, Weston, Mass., and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop George W. Ahr May 31, 1969, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton. He was then assigned to St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square, as parochial vicar. The following year, he was named moderator of the Mercer County Catholic Youth Athletic Center and Mercer County vocational director.

Msgr. Nolan joined the faculty of Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, in 1971. He was also appointed pro-synodal judge of the diocesan tribunal in 1980.

On June 12, 1981, Msgr. Nolan was assigned to serve as parochial vicar of St. Ann Parish, Lawrenceville. He also became chaplain of Rider College, also in Lawrenceville. In 1982, he was named an executive board at large member of the Council of Priests and president of the Priests Senate. He was later reappointed as pro-synodal judge and appointed as defender of the bond of the tribunal.

In 1984, Msgr. Nolan was appointed to a three-year term as assistant director of priest personnel. At the completion of his term, he was named to a three-year term as director of priest personnel and was reappointed to a second term in 1992.

He also served as coordinator of campus ministers for the Diocese, chairman of the Continuing Education Committee and a member of the Engaged Encounter Team.

Msgr. Nolan was reappointed to an indefinite term as judge of the tribunal in 1992. He was later appointed to the Board of Seminarian Recruitment for Vocations and continued to serve as chairman of the Continuing Education Committee and director of priest personnel.

On Sept. 14, 1993, he was named a Chaplain to His Holiness with the title of monsignor by Pope John Paul II and was named pastor of St. Paul Parish on June 13, 1997. As pastor, Msgr. Nolan oversaw the completion of an addition to St. Paul School and encouraged the development of new ministries to increase the parish’s outreach efforts.

Msgr. Nolan also served a five-year term on the diocesan College of Consultors and on July 1, 2007, was appointed dean of the Northern Mercer Deanery. Now in retirement, Msgr. Nolan continues to serve as the longtime host of the diocesan cable television program The Catholic Corner and serves as a weekend assistant in parishes in the Diocese.

Father Robert Schulze Father Robert R. Schulze was born in 1943 in Trenton.

He prepared for the priesthood in St. Charles Seminary, Catonsville, Md., and St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore. He was ordained a priest May 31, 1969, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop George W. Ahr. As parochial vicar he served in St. John Vianney Parish, Colonia; St. Joseph Parish, Beverly, and Assumption Parish, New Egypt.

Father Schulze began serving in prison ministry in 1976. He was chaplain at Otisville Correctional Facility, N.Y., and at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix. In 1997, he was named diocesan coordinator of Jail and Prison Ministry; in 1998, he was appointed to the chaplaincy consulting committee and the advisory board for Ministry in New Jersey State Institutions. In May, 2005, he was named full-time director of the diocesan Office of Jail and Prison Ministry and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2012.

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Father Pedro Bou Divine Word Father Pedro Bou, a native of Puerto Rico, was born in 1945, and ordained to the priesthood in 1974 by Bishop Justin Driscoll of Fargo, N. D., in the Holy Spirit Chapel of the Divine Word Missionaries in Techny, Ill. In 1976, he completed a master’s degree in Catholic Theological Union of Chicago before being assigned to his first parish, St. Peter Claver, where he ministered to a small but growing Hispanic community.

In 1980, he was asked by the Diocese of Trenton to help establish a parish for the Hispanic community in Neptune – and Our Lady of Providence was born out of a former church structure built by another denomination that was remodeled. A small school on the campus was also converted to serve as the parish rectory.

In 1992, Father Bou enjoyed a sabbatical in Rome and spent time traveling in Spain. Upon his return, he served Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Trenton, where his call was to celebrate regular Spanish Masses. He also spent time in St. Anthony Claret Parish, Lakewood, from 1993-2002 where he similarly ministered to the Latino community that was beginning to grow there.

After overseeing the building of a new church community there, he moved among a number of parishes ministering to Latino communities, including St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton; St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Yardville, and St. Mark Parish, Sea Girt. In 2005, he was assigned to St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Red Bank, before returning to St. Anthony Claret Parish, Lakewood, where he currently serves as pastor.

Father William Dunlap Father William M. Dunlap, parochial vicar of St. Catharine – St. Margaret Parish, Spring Lake, was born in 1947 in Trenton, where his family attended Sacred Heart Parish. He attended Trinitarian College, Baltimore; and St. Bonaventure University and Christ the King Seminary, both in St. Bonaventure, N.Y. Father Dunlap was ordained May 18, 1974, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop George W. Ahr. Upon his ordination, he was assigned to St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood, where he spent seven years. He continued his service to Ocean County parishes during his appointments as temporary administrator of Epiphany Parish, Brick, and later St. Justin the Martyr Parish, Toms River. In 1984, he was named parochial vicar of St. Dorothea Parish, Eatontown.

After a brief period as temporary administrator of St. Jerome Parish, West Long Branch, Father Dunlap returned to his hometown when he was appointed parochial vicar of St. Anthony Parish, Hamilton. He served there from 1989 until late December 1990, when he was named pastor of Visitation Parish, Brick. He has since moved to his new parish community in Spring Lake.

Father Dunlap was twice appointed to the diocesan Priest Personnel Committee, first in 1991 and again in 1995, each time to serve a three-year term. He also spent more than a decade as spiritual director of the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese of Trenton.

Father Joseph J. Farrell Father Joseph J. Farrell, pastor of Assumption Parish, New Egypt, was born in 1947 in Perth Amboy. He grew up joining his parents as parishioners of St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel. He attended the School of St. Phillip Neri, Boston; St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md.; and St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore.

He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop George W. Ahr May 18, 1974 in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.

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administrator. Within two months, he returned from his temporary post to assume the role of parochial vicar in St. Joseph Parish. He later served in the same capacity in St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford, before taking a one-year sabbatical. He returned to his active ministry in 1987 and spent the following year as parochial vicar in St. Ann Parish, Keansburg.

Father Farrell received his first pastorate in St. Agnes Parish, Atlantic Highlands, in 1989, where he served as pastor for six years before resigning due to health issues and taking a leave of absence from the Diocese of Trenton. He returned a year later, when he served as parochial vicar, and eventually temporary administrator, of Holy Eucharist Parish, Tabernacle. He received his latest and current assignment, as pastor of Assumption Parish, in 1999. He also recently spent a period as chaplain of Monmouth University, West Long Branch.

Father John T. Folchetti Father John T. Folchetti, pastor of St. Leo the Great Parish, Lincroft, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1946. He attended Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, Queens, N.Y., and the Pontifical North American College, Rome, where he pursued graduate degrees in the Gregorian University.

He was ordained a priest in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, June 27, 1974,

by Bishop James A. Hickey, rector of Pontifical North American College. His first assignment was in Immaculate Conception Parish, Astoria, N.Y. He then served in St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Brooklyn. In 1982, Father Folchetti was assigned to the faculty of Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst, N.Y., where he spent three years. He was then assigned to Cathedral College, his alma mater, as the dean of students and professor of psychology.

In 1982, he accepted a post as chaplain of Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, while serving as a weekend assistant in St. Rose of Lima Parish, Freehold. He was formally incardinated to the Diocese of Trenton in 2009, and was named pastor of St. Leo the Great Parish by Bishop John M. Smith.

Last November, he was invested as a Knight in the Equestrian of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Father Roberto E. Ignacio Born in Mandaluyong City, Philippines, in 1946, Father Roberto E. Ignacio was ordained to the priesthood Dec. 2, 1974, in the Cathedral of the Diocese of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines, by Bishop Cirilo Almario.

Father Ignacio attended the University of Santo Thomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines; and Central Seminary,

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In 1984, Father Ignacio came to the United States as a visiting priest in St. Ignatius Parish, Long Beach, N.Y. The following year he attended a spirituality school of the Focolare Movement in Florence, Italy, before joining St. Joseph Parish, Spring Valley, as a visiting priest. Over the next six years he served as associate pastor at several parishes in the Diocese of Trenton, including St. Joseph, Toms River; Holy Innocents, Neptune; St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, and St. James, Red Bank.

In 1992, Father Ignacio took on a new role as chaplain for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, working in Allenwood, Pa., and Bryan, Texas. He returned in 1996 to St. Joseph Parish, Toms River, as parochial vicar and was incardinated in the Diocese of Trenton Feb. 15, 2000.

In 2006, Father Ignacio was named co-chaplain for the Serra Club International of Ocean County and spiritual advisor to the Diocese of Trenton’s BukasLoob Sa Diyos charismatic prayer community. He also served as chaplain at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, while in residence at Holy Innocents Parish, also in Neptune.

Father Ignacio began his current assignment of parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Parish, Riverton, Sept.

2, 2008.

Father Bernard J. Keigher Father Bernard J. Keigher, pastor of St. John Parish, Lakehurst, was born in 1948. He attended St. Charles College and St. Mary Seminary and University, both in Baltimore, in preparation for his ordination to the priesthood. He served as a transitional deacon in Sacred Heart Parish, New Brunswick, and ordained a priest May 18, 1974 by Bishop John C. Reiss in St. James Church, Red Bank. As parochial vicar he served in Corpus Christi Parish, Willingboro, and St. Dominic Parish, Brick.

Father Keigher was appointed to his first pastorate in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Maple Shade, March 8, 1985. During his 14 years as pastor Father Keigher also served a three-year term on the diocesan council for ecumenism and inter-religious affairs. On July 31, 1999, Father Keigher was named pastor of St. John Parish, Lakehurst, where he has continued to serve for the last 15 years.

In addition to his pastoral duties, Father Keigher has also previously served as moderator of the Burlington County Catholic Youth Organization and as chaplain of St. John the Apostle Council of the Knights of Columbus, Lakehurst. Other posts he has held included serving as a member for Priests On-Going Education and as a member of the Priests’ Council.

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Father Jerome M. Nolan Father Jerome M. Nolan, pastor of Ascension Parish, Bradley Beach, was born in Neptune in 1945, the third of five children.

He grew up in Philadelphia and Brooklyn before attending St. Mary College in Kentucky. He completed his priestly formation at Christ the King Seminary, St. Bonaventure, N.Y., and was ordained May 18, 1974 in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop George W. Ahr. Father Nolan’s first assignment was as associate pastor in Sacred Heart Parish, South Plainfield. During his time at the parish he also served as chaplain to the South Plainfield police department. He later served as associate pastor of St. Paul Parish, Burlington; St. Dorothea Parish, Eatontown; and St. Dominic Parish, Brick.

On Sept. 12, 1986, Father Nolan was named pastor of Holy Spirit Parish, Asbury Park, then pastor of Nativity Parish, Fair Haven, on Jan. 10, 1992. He served the community of Nativity Parish as pastor for 12 years before receiving his current assignment to Ascension Parish on June 11, 2004.

As pastor of Ascension Parish, Father Nolan assisted in the preparations for the parish’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2007. In 2006 he also simultaneously took over as temporary administrator of St. Elizabeth Parish, Avon.

Father Pasquale A. Papalia Father Pasquale A. Papalia, pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Whiting, was born in 1946 in Teaneck. He attended Seton Hall University, South Orange, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington, prior to being ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark on May 25, 1974 by Auxiliary Bishop John J. Dougherty.

In the early years of his priesthood, Father Papalia served in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Montclair, where he directed a branch of the Third Order Carmelites and the parish’s large Altar Boy Society. He also served as chaplain of the Serra Club of Montclair and West Essex.

Father Papalia moved to St. James Parish, Red Bank, Aug. 1, 1997, and served the parish for three years. He spent one year at St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel, before transferring to St. Mary Parish, New Monmouth, in 2001.

After being incardinated in the Diocese of Trenton Feb. 13, 2003, Father Papalia continued to serve as parochial vicar of St. Mary Parish. He was named administrator of Holy Name Parish, Delran, on June 11, 2004, and installed as pastor on Nov. 27, 2005.

Father Papalia left Holy Name Parish in 2008 and spent several months in residence at Corpus Christi Parish, Willingboro. On Sept. 10, 2008, he was named pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton following the retirement of longtime pastor Msgr. Joseph C. Shenrock.

Among the highlights of his first year as pastor, Father Papalia prepared a pasta dinner in January at which members of the parish youth group were able to break bread with novices of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal of Most Blessed Sacrament Friary, Newark.

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Conventual Franciscan Father John Ruffo Conventual Franciscan Father John Ruffo, pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Seaside Park, was born in 1947 in Binghamton, N.Y., one of five children of the late Peter and Beverly Ruffo. He attended St. James School in Johnson City, N.Y. and St. Francis Seminary, Staten Island, N.Y. He studied English for two years in Sienna College, Loudenville, N.Y.; and did his novitiate as a Franciscan in Middleburg, N.Y. He was ordained May 11, 1974, by Bishop Edwin B. Broderick of Albany in Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Albany. His first assignment was as parochial vicar in St. Bonaventure Parish, Toronto, where he stayed for five years. From 1979 to 1988 he served as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, St. Lambert, Quebec. In 1988 he went back to St. Bonaventure Parish to serve as pastor for four years.

Father Ruffo then took a sabbatical year to study in Berkeley, California, in the School of Applied Theology, a Jesuit program. Returning to ministry, from 1993-94 he was parish administrator in St. Cyril Parish, Binghamton. From 1994-96 he served as pastor in Holy Family Parish in Elizabeth City, N.C. From 1996-99 he served as pastor of Infant of Prague Parish, Jacksonville, N.C. His next assignment was in Elon University, N.C., where he was Catholic chaplain until 2005.

From 2005-06, he was the director of the postulancy program for Conventual Franciscans in Philadelphia; from 2006-07 he was the Catholic chaplain in Syracuse University, N.Y. From that ministry he moved on to become as pastor of Assumption Parish in Syracuse until 2010.

In August 2010 he was incardinated into the Diocese of Trenton by Bishop John M. Smith, and was assigned pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Seaside Park.

Father John Wake Father John F. Wake, chaplain of Morris Hall Home for Aged and St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Lawrenceville, was born in 1947 in Jersey City. He attended St. Peter College, Jersey City, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington, prior to being ordained to the priesthood May 18, 1974, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral by Bishop George W. Ahr. Father Wake was assigned to St. Rose Parish, Belmar, for two years and later served in St. Thomas Parish, Old Bridge. He then took a leave of absence from the Diocese of Trenton, during which time he was chaplain of the Christian Brothers Retreat House, St. Helena, Calif. He also entered the novitiate of the

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On April 22, 1988, Father Wake was named pastor of St. David the King Parish, West Windsor. In August of 1994, he was assigned to St. William the Abbot Parish, Howell, as parochial vicar.

Following assignments as parochial vicar of Epiphany Parish, Brick, and St. Ann Parish, Browns Mills, Father Wake was appointed temporary administrator of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Maple Shade, Jan. 26, 1999. He was installed as pastor on Sept. 10, 1999, and remained at that assignment until being appointed chaplain of Morris Hall on July 2, 2010.

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Msgr. Edward J. Arnister Msgr. Edward J. Arnister, pastor of St. Rose Parish, Belmar, was born in 1953 in Trenton, and his home parish was St. Hedwig Parish, Trenton.

A graduate of St. Hedwig Grammar School and Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, Msgr. Arnister attended St. Mary College, Orchard Lake, Michigan, and later entered Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, also in Orchard Lake. He received a master of divinity degree from Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in May, 1979, as well as a master of theology degree from the University of Detroit. He was ordained a priest May 19, 1979, by Bishop George W. Ahr in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.

Upon his ordination, Msgr. Arnister was assigned to Corpus Christi Parish, Willingboro, before being asked by then-Bishop John C. Reiss to further his education. He received his license in canon law from The Catholic University of America, Washington, in 1983, and upon his return to the Diocese of Trenton, Msgr.

Arnister worked in the Chancery Office as assistant chancellor. He was later appointed vice chancellor of the Diocese and secretary and master of ceremonies to Bishop Reiss.

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diocesan Tribunal. He was named a monsignor in 1993.

On the parish level, Msgr. Arnister has served Holy Cross Parish, Trenton, in the capacities of parochial vicar, temporary administrator and pastor, a post he was named to in 1995. In 1999, in addition to his duties with the diocese and Holy Cross, Msgr. Arnister was asked to take on the pastorate for St. Stanislaus Parish, Trenton, and the administrator post for Sts. Peter and Paul Parish.

In 2005, when the diocese conducted a study of parishes in the Greater Trenton area, the three parishes Msgr. Arnister headed were merged into Divine Mercy Parish, where he was then named founding pastor.

Msgr. Arnister was named pastor or St. Rose Parish, Belmar, in 2011.

Father Mark T. Devlin Father Mark Thomas Devlin, pastor of Holy Family Parish, Union Beach, was born in 1949 in Newark. He attended Don Bosco College, Newtown, and spent his time preparing for the priesthood at Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, Ohio, from 1974 to 1979.

He was ordained a priest May 26, 1979 by Bishop Edward Herrmann in Columbus, Ohio. He joined the Diocese of Trenton in 1997 and served in St. Barnabas Parish, Bayville; St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford, and St. Theresa Parish, Little Egg Harbor. Father Devlin was incardinated into the Diocese of Trenton in 2003, at which time he was named parochial vicar of St. Theresa Parish.

He has since served as parochial vicar in St. Leo the Great Parish, Lincroft; St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel, and St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood. His ministry as a priest has also included time spent as temporary administrator in Sacred Heart Parish, Bay Head, and St. Alphonsus Parish, Hopewell. He was named pastor of Holy Family Parish in 2010.

Prior to his arrival to the diocese, Father Devlin spent 18 years holding a number of provincial assignments at Archbishop Shaw High School, Marrero, Louisiana; Don Bosco Prep School, Ramsey, and Don Bosco Tech, Boston.

Father Stanley P. Lukaszewski Father Stanley P. Lukaszewski, pastor of St. Barnabas Parish, Bayville, was born in 1950 in Trenton. His home is Holy Cross, now part of Divine Mercy Parish, Trenton, and he is a graduate of Holy Cross Grammar School and Trenton Central High School.

Father Lukaszewski prepared for the priesthood in St. Mary College, Kentucky, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington. As a transitional deacon, he served Ascension Parish, Bradley Beach. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop George W. Ahr on May 19, 1979 in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, in his hometown of Trenton.

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After his ordination, Father Lukaszewski served as parochial vicar of St. Mary Parish, New Monmouth; St. Veronica Parish, Howell, and Corpus Christi Parish, Willingboro, where he was named pastor in 1994. He served in his first pastorate for five years before being named pastor of St. Denis Parish, Manasquan, in 1999. He was appointed pastor of St. Barnabas, Bayville, in 2012.

In addition to his parish assignments, Father Lukaszewski has served as associate moderator, and later moderator, of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; assistant director of the Priests’ Personnel Office for several terms; friar of the John Tatham Assembly; Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus in Burlington County; and chaplain of the Sacred Heart Council, Knights of Columbus, Willingboro. In March 2007, he was appointed to the Diocesan Building Commission and continues to serve in that position. In July 2007, he was appointed dean of the Coastal Monmouth Deanery for a three-year term. He also served on the Educational Advisory Counsel Finance and Planning Committee.

Father Phillip C. Pfleger Father Phillip C. Pfleger, founding pastor of St. Isaac Jogues Parish, Marlton, administrator of St. John Neumann Parish, Mount Laurel, and Episcopal vicar of Burlington County, was born in 1953. The Jersey City native attended Immaculate Conception Grammar School, Secaucus, and St. Mary High School, Rutherford. He earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Jersey City State College before beginning his seminarian studies in Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington. He began his service to the Diocese of Trenton as a transitional deacon in St. Martha Parish, Point Pleasant, and was ordained by Bishop George W. Ahr May 19, 1979, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.

He has served several posts since his ordination, including as parochial vicar in St. Rose Parish, Belmar; and St. Barnabas Parish, Bayville. He has also spent time as chaplain at Rider University, Lawrenceville, and Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. His ministry as a priest has also included serving as diocesan director of vocations, temporary administrator of St. Gabriel Parish, Marlboro, and as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Seaside Heights.

Father Pfleger was assigned in 1996 to serve as pastor of the newly formed parish, St. Isaac Jogues, Marlton. His service to the Diocese has included time on the priest personnel board; the council of priests; the building commission; the Episcopal council; the college of consultors, and the committee of Expansion and Restructuring. He also served as master of ceremonies for Auxiliary Bishop Edward U. Kmiec.

Msgr. Leonard F. Troiano Msgr. Leonard Francis Troiano, pastor of St. Pio of Pietrelcina Parish, Lavallette, was born in 1945 in Newark. After attending Ramapo College, he worked in the advertising department of The Star-Ledger. Feeling a call to take a different path, Msgr. Troiano attended Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington, during which time he was placed as a transitional deacon in St. Raphael Parish, Hamilton.

He was ordained May 19, 1979, by Bishop George W. Ahr in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.

Upon his ordination, he was assigned to St. Thomas Parish, Old Bridge, and in 1981 he was named executive director of The Monitor. In 1985, he left the Diocese of Trenton for a three-year term as director of Diocesan Services for the National Office of Propagation of Faith in New York City.

When he returned to pastoral life in the Diocese, Msgr. Troiano served as associate pastor of St. Rose Parish, Belmar, and master of ceremonies for Auxiliary Bishop Edward U. Kmiec. In 1994, he moved to St. David the King Parish, West Windsor, where he served as temporary administrator.

In 1989, Msgr. Troiano was named coordinator for the Fourth Diocesan Synod, and as director of the diocesan Office of Planning – a term he held for three years. He has also been part of the diocesan Building Committee, the Expansion and Development Commission and the Budget Committee.

In 1997, then-Father Troiano was elevated to Monsignor, and shortly after, he received his first pastorate in Sacred Heart Parish, Trenton. He later served as pastor of St. Bonaventure Parish, Lavallette, and his current assignment as pastor of St. Pio of Pietrelcina Parish, Lavallette, which was created from the merger between St. Bonaventure Parish and Our Lady of Peace Parish, Normandy Beach. He also serves as Episcopal Vicar of Ocean County.

Msgr. Kenard J. Tuzeneu Msgr. Kenard J. Tuzeneu, pastor of St. Mary Parish, Barnegat, was born in 1953 and is a native of West Long Branch. He attended Shore Regional High School and Monmouth University, both in West Long Branch, before entering St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore, where he received a mas-

ter’s degree in theology.

Msgr. Tuzeneu was ordained Dec. 1, 1979, by Bishop George W. Ahr in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton.

Upon his ordination, Msgr. Tuzeneu was assigned as parochial vicar of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, Long Branch, where his primary responsibility was pastoral care in Monmouth Medical Center. Some seven years later, he was transferred to St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood.

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Altogether, his parish family consists of more than 7,000 individual families hailing from Barnegat, Manahawkin and portions of nearby Waretown.

In addition to his pastoral duties, Msgr. Tuzeneu serves as diocesan Secretary for Personnel in Ministry, a position that involves overseeing the diocesan Offices of Priest Personnel, Vocations, Consecrated Life and Deacons.

He received the title of monsignor in 2008, and throughout his career as a priest, he has served on the recruitment board for vocations, the diocesan Council of Priests and has been chairman of the Pastor’s Planning Committee for All Saints Regional School, Manahawkin.

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Father Richard Basznianin Father Richard Basznianin, pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Forked River, was born in 1958 in Lubaczow, Poland and grew up in Brusno, Poland. He studied in Liceum Ogolmoksztalcace in Lubaczow and the Diocesan Seminary in Przemysl, Poland. He received a master’s degree in pastoral theology from the Catholic University of Lublin and was assigned to the Diocese of Lwow from 1984 to 1990.

Father Basznianin was ordained on the Feast of St. John the Baptist in the cathedral of the same name in Przemysl, Poland, June 24, 1984 by Bishop Ignagy Tokarczuk.

A 1988 visit to his younger sister Danuta in America sparked a desire to come to the United States.

In 1992 he was assigned to All Saints Parish, Burlington, as an adjunct priest where he remained for three years. In 1995, he was transferred to St. Dominic Parish, Brick. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Trenton in 1997, and in 2000, he became temporary administrator and shortly thereafter, pastor of St. Pius X Parish. In that capacity he shepherded the parish through the construction of a new church.

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Deacon Tom Baker Grace, peace and blessings to you on the 20th Anniversary of your Ordination to the Diaconate.

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Father Genaro Daguplo Originally from Labason in the Phillipines, Father Genaro Daguplo, parochial vicar of St. Raphael-Holy Angels Parish, Hamilton, was raised in an active Catholic family as the 11th of 12 children of the late Inocentes and Albina Daguplo. He attended Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Tagbilaran City and studied a year of spirituality in Pope Paul VI Formation House.

He then studied theology at University of Santo Thomas Central Seminary, Manila. He was ordained Dec. 28, 1984 by Bishop Felix Zafra of Dipolog, in St. Vincent Ferrer Church, Labason, Zamboanga del Norte.

Following his ordination, Father Daguplo was assigned as pastor of St. Augustine Parish, Jose Dalman, for three years. He then served as rector in Cor Jesu Seminary, Dipolog, for six years. During a visit to the United States in the early 1990s, he learned of a need for priests in the Diocese of Trenton while staying at Visitation Parish, Brick. He applied to fill an opening and was accepted as an adjunct priest in St. Dominic Parish, Brick.

In 2000, Father Daguplo was asked to return to the Philippines by his bishop, but was allowed to return to the Diocese of Trenton in 2004. He was assigned to Holy Family Parish, Keyport, until transferring to St. Raphael-Holy Angels Parish in 2009. On Nov. 10, 2009, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Trenton. He became an American citizen in 2013. He serves as the spiritual moderator of St. Raphael-Holy Angels Filipino Community while coordinating the Filipino traditions of Simbang Gabi and Santacruzan Festival.

Father Daniel Hesko Father Daniel Hesko, pastor of St. Catherine Parish, Middletown, was born in 1954 in Philadelphia. He attended Philadelphia College of the Bible and St. Alphonsus College, Suffield, Conn. He then went to St. Alphonsus Seminary, Esopus, N.Y., and received a master’s degree in religious education and divinity. He was ordained May 26, 1984, the first priest to be ordained by Cardinal John O’Connor of New York.

He was appointed to St. Wenceslaus Parish, Baltimore, from 1984-85; St. Gerard Parish, Lima, Ohio, from 1985-88; and St. Paul Parish, Norwalk, Ohio.

He began his ministry in the Diocese of Trenton in St. Joseph Parish, Keyport, where he served from 1989-91. He then served in St. Ann Parish, Lawrence-ville from 1991-92; St. Martha Parish, Point Pleasant, from 1992-94, and St. Catherine Parish, Middletown, from 1994 to the present. In 1999 he was appointed spiritual director of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima chapter in Monmouth County.

He was incardinated into the Diocese of Trenton May 18, 1993.

Father Albert Ricciardelli Father Albert Ricciardelli, pastor of Visitation Parish, Brick, was born in 1951, the youngest child of Albert and Rose Ricciardelli. He was raised in a very active Catholic family and as a child was an altar server.

He attended Trenton State College (now the College of New Jersey), Ewing, in hopes of becoming a teacher. After college he worked for several years for the Mercer County Probations Department, while remaining an active parishioner in St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square. After attending Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington, he was ordained Nov. 10, 1984 by Bishop John C. Reiss.

Over the course of the next decade, he served in several parishes including St. Ann, Keansburg; St. Theresa, Little Egg Harbor; St. Justin, Toms River; St. Raphael, Trenton (now part of St. Raphael-Holy Angels, Hamilton); and Our Lady of Good Counsel, Moorestown. In March 1995, he was named pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, Long Branch.

In 1998, he became parochial vicar of Holy Angels Parish, Trenton (now part of St. Raphael-Holy Angels Parish, Hamilton). After four years there he was named administrator of Blessed Sacrament Parish, Trenton. In 2005, he returned to St. Justin Parish, Toms River for one year before becoming pastor of Holy Assumption Parish, Roebling (now part of Sts. Francis and Clare Parish, Florence Township).

In 2008, he became chaplain of Morris Hall Home for the Aged and St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Lawrenceville. He became administrator of Visitation Parish July 2, 2010, and then was appointed pastor Dec. 24, 2010 by Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M.

Msgr. Sam A. Sirianni Msgr. Sam A. Sirianni, pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, Freehold, and diocesan director, Office of Worship, was born in 1954 in Long Branch to Anthony and Marie DiNapoli Sirianni. He studied at Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa.; Indiana University of Pa., and in Immaculate Conception Seminary, Darlington.

Msgr. Sirianni was ordained Nov. 10, 1984 in Holy Trinity Church, Long Branch, by Auxiliary Bishop Edward U. Kmiec. His assignments include terms as parochial vicar, Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown; parochial vicar, then temporary administrator, Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Mercerville; temporary administrator, St. Catherine Parish, Middletown; pastor, Holy Angels Parish, Trenton; pastor, St. George Parish, Titusville; vice rector, St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton; pastor, Holy Trinity Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, and

Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, all in Long Branch, and pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, Freehold.

Msgr. Sirianni also served as dean of the southern Mercer Deanery; a member of the Steering Committee for the Millennium; on the diocesan council of priests, and co-chaplain with the Trenton Serra Club. He was invested as a Knight in the Equestrian of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem last Nov. 23. In December 2010, Msgr. Sirianni was named by Pope Benedict XVI as a Chaplin of His Holiness with the title of ‘Monsignor’.

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Father Castro-Lopez was ordained May 28, 1994, in Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish, Santa Marta, his home parish, by Bishop Eugenio Puccini Banfi of Santa Marta. In that diocese, his parish assignments included serving as parochial vicar, pastor and as founding pastor of the Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Santa Marta. He also served on the board of formation in St. Joseph Major Seminary, Santa Marta; a chaplain in Our Lady of the Presentation High School; and diocesan director of youth ministry, family life and Marriage Encounter.

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After his arrival to the Diocese of Trenton in January, 2007, Father Castro-Lopez was assigned as parochial vicar in St. Ann Parish, Browns Mills; St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, and Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Trenton. He served as spiritual director for the diocesan Hispanic Cursillo Movement for four years, and was a member of the planning committee for the Diocesan Eucharistic Congress. Father Castro-Lopez was incardinated a priest of the diocese Nov. 30, 2010.

Father Nestor C. Chavenia Father Nestor C. Chavenia, parochial vicar in St. Mary Parish, Barnegat, was born in 1957 in Malinao, Albay, the Philippines. He studied in Holy Rosary Major Seminary, Naga City, and Divine Word Mission Seminary, Tagaytay City, both in the Philippines. Father Chavenia was ordained

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Former assignments in the Philippines include serving as seminary formatter and procurator, Mater Salutis College Seminary, Daraga, Albay from 1994 to 1996; parochial vicar, Our Lady of the Assumption, Guinobatan, Albay, 1996-1997; administrator, St. Dominic of Guzman Parish, Matacon, Polangui, Albay, from 1997-1999; executive director for training and formation for the Social Action Center, Diocese of Legazpi (2001-2003); administrator, San Ramon Nonato Parish, Tagas, Daraga, Albay, and Catholic chaplain in the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital, Legazpi City, from 2003-2005.

Father Chavenia came to the Diocese of Trenton in 2005 and served as a parochial vicar in St. Joseph Parish, Keyport, before assuming his present position in St. Mary Parish in July, 2012.

Father K. Michael Lambeth

Father K. Michael Lambeth, pastor of St. Theresa Parish, Little Egg Harbor, was born in 1948 in Dallas to Gloria and Irby Nolen Lambeth.

He served four years in the U.S. Navy making four tours of duty in the Vietnam War. He studied at Eastfield College, Dallas, and in St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore, earning a bachelor’s in theology in 1989 and his master’s degree in that field in 1993.

Father Lambeth was ordained May 21, 1994 in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop John C. Reiss. His assignment include terms as a parochial vicar, St. Catharine Parish, Spring Lake; parochial vicar, Epiphany Parish, Brick; pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Trenton, and pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Trenton.

Father Lambeth also served terms on the diocesan Building Commission and council of priests; eight years as director of vocations, and pursued studies in the Institute of Theological Education at the Pontifical North American College, Rome.

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Pastor, St. Dorothea Parish, Eatontown Born in Trenton in 1956 Attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, Pa. Ordained May 15, 1999, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood; parochial vicar, St. Joan of Arc Parish, Marlton; administrator, Nativity Parish, Fair Haven, administrator, St. Dorothea Parish, Eatontown

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Pastor, St. Denis Parish, Manasquan Born in Flushing, N.Y., in 1963 Attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. Ordained May 15, 2004, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood; administrator, St. Peter Parish, Riverside, and St. Joseph Parish, Beverly, pastor, Jesus the Good Shepherd Parish, Riverside

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Chaplain, Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville and Trenton Catholic Academy, Hamilton Born in Trenton in 1964 Attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, Pa. Ordained May 15, 2004, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, St. James Parish, Red Bank; Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish, Trenton; parochial vicar, St. Theresa Parish, Little Egg Harbor; parochial vicar, St. Mary Parish, Barnegat, Catholic chaplain, Rider University and Notre Dame High School, both in Lawrenceville

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Pastor, Christ the King Parish, Long Branch Born in Lima, Peru, in 1969 Attended Immaculate Conception Seminary, South Orange Ordained May 15, 2004, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, Sacred Heart Parish, Trenton; parochial vicar, Our Lady of the Angels Parish, Trenton; parochial vicar, St. James Parish, Red Bank, parochial vicar of Holy Trinity, Our Lady Star of the Sea and St. John the Baptist Parishes, Long Branch

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Pastor, Christ the Redeemer Parish, Mount Holly Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1975 Attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. Ordained May 15, 2004, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton; parochial vicar, St. Paul Parish, Princeton

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Pastor, Holy Innocents Parish, Neptune Born in Toms River in 1969 Attended Immaculate Conception Seminary, South Orange Ordained Dec. 4, 2004, in St. Luke Parish, Toms River, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, Sacred Heart Parish, Trenton; parochial vicar, St. James Parish, Red Bank, parochial vicar, St. Joan of Arc Parish, Marlton See Priest • S-39

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Rev. Juan Daniel Peirano on your 10 year anniversary in the priesthood May God bestow his blessings upon you Staff & Parishioners of

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May God Bless You and may He hold You in the Palm of His Hand

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Full-time graduate studies in Systemic Theology at The Catholic University of America, Washington Born in Ridgewood in 1977 Attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood, Pa. Ordained May 30, 2009, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, St. Rose Parish, Belmar; appointed diocesan Censore Liborum

Father Thomas A. Vala • • • • •

Parochial vicar, St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square Born in Montclair in 1963 Attended Immaculate Conception Seminary, South Orange Ordained May 30, 2009, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, by Bishop John M. Smith Formerly parochial vicar, Christ the King Parish, Long Branch

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orn in 1937 as the only child of the late John and Bertha Grussler, Deacon John Grussler went to Immaculate Conception Grammar School, Trenton; Trenton Catholic Boys High School, and St. Bonaventure University, Olean, N.Y., all Franciscan schools. He taught for 53 years in the Diocese of Trenton, including in Trenton Catholic High School, the Cathedral High School, Trenton; and Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, for 42 years.

He retired from teaching last year.

Deacon Grussler taught German, photography, science classes including biology, and Intro to Vocations (a career-orientation course). He also taught for two years in the Divine Word Seminary, Bordentown. While working in Notre Dame High School, he assisted at Masses celebrated there.

Deacon Grussler was ordained a deacon May 13, 1989, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton by Bishop John C. Reiss. He now lives in Yardley, Pa. and is a parishioner in Divine Mercy Parish, Trenton, where he teaches baptismal preparation classes and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults.

Deacon Grussler likes fishing, especially deep sea fishing, and photography. He and his wife, Dolores, have been married for 56 years and have five daughters and 12 grandchildren.

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orn in 1941 in Passaic as the only child of Edward and Trinja Herr, Deacon Edward R. Herr attended Freehold Regional High School and Rutgers University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He then went on to receive a master’s of engineering degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Deacon Herr worked for the Army at Fort Monmouth for 33 years as a federal Army civilian, and an additional 10 years for private contractors serving U.S. Army communications. He now works for Armstrong Real Estate Agency in Little Silver. While at Fort Monmouth, he was an engineering manager.

Deacon Herr was ordained May 13, 1989, in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop John C. Reiss. Assigned to St. Dorothea Parish, Eatontown, he now celebrates Baptisms, and preaches at Mass on a monthly basis. He has also performed baptismal preparations and assisted with the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults process, wake services, funeral Masses and gravesite services.

Deacon Herr said he loves to read, especially nonfiction and history, and is a “real buff on the Shroud of Turin,” on which he has given lectures. He has been married to his wife, Camille, for 47 years and has a daughter and a grandson.

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eacon Edward Holowienka was born in Jersey City in 1939 and is the son of Adam and Zitta Holowienka. He attended St. Hedwig’s School, Floral Park, N.Y. and Holy Family High School, Union City. At the age of 17, he joined the Army, where he served for 12 years until 1968, and spent 1967-68 serving in Vietnam.

After the military, he went into the transportation industry, and worked for various trucking companies for almost 40 years. He worked for 20 years as the traffic manager of Raritan Steel, a steel mill in Perth Amboy, arranging shipment of steel products. Afterwards he moved to Manchester, and worked for Direct Shippers trucking company in Keasbey.

Deacon Holowienka was ordained a deacon June 17, 1989, in St. Francis Cathedral, Metuchen. For 11 years, he was assigned to Holy Rosary Church, Perth Amboy where he performed regular diaconate duties, while leading Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults and Pre-Cana classes. He also conducted weddings in Rutgers University, New Brunswick and was involved in the campus ministry there.

He began working for St. John Parish, Lakehurst, in 2001, and now works full time as the parish business manager.

Between diaconate duties, his favorite activity is playing golf, he said. He has been married for 54 years to Rita-Marie, and has three children, one granddaughter and four grandsons.

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The clergy, staff, and parishioners of

St. Raphael-Holy Angels PARISH, HAMILTON,

give thanks to almighty God for the priesthood of our parochial vicar, the

Reverend Gene P. Daguplo, on the occasion of the

thirtieth-anniversary year of his ordination in December 1984.

Ad multos annos.

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Deacon John Grant Fifteen years of faithful diaconate service.

“Help us, O God, to be mindful of Your goodness, both past and present, so that we may render You glory and praise forever.” - St. Alphonsus Liguori

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DEACON EMILIANO VAZQUEZ

We are so Blessed to have had you working with our parish.

May the Lord Continue to Bless and Guide You in Your Ministry.

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orn in 1927 in Philadelphia as the son of John and Harriet Hughes, Deacon John P. Hughes attended Northeast High School, Philadelphia. He received a soccer scholarship to play at Temple University, and there he studied health and physical education. He attended Trenton State College, Ewing, where he studied education. He joined the Navy in 1944, and served for 18 months, traveling to Okinawa.

Deacon Hughes played professional soccer for 15 years in the American Professional Soccer League for the New York Hakoah, and played against Brazil, Manchester United in England, and many other international teams. He retired from professional soccer in 1961.

Deacon Hughes taught in Stetson Junior High for 12 years, and then he taught physical education for 25 years in George Washington High School, Philadelphia, where he also served as the soccer and baseball coach.

In May 1989, he was ordained in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton by Bishop John C. Reiss. He then began serving in St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Cinnaminson, where he preached homilies and performed a unique ministry called Make Jesus King of the House, putting a picture of Jesus in the bedroom of people’s homes upon their request. He recently also served as deacon in St. John Neumann Parish, Mount Laurel, before retiring.

Deacon Hughes works out every day, and enjoys lifting light weights and walking on the treadmill. He has been married to his wife, Elizabeth for 64 years, and has two daughters, one son and four grandchildren.

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eacon Ronald J. Kerr was born in 1937 in Philadelphia and is the son of Margaret and Robert Kerr. He attended St. Madeline School, Germantown, Pa., and Northeast Catholic High School, Philadelphia. He joined the Army in 1958 for two-and-a-half years.

Afterwards he worked for a Ford dealership.

Ordained May 13, 1989, in St. Mary of the Asumption Cathedral, Trenton, by Bishop John C. Reiss, Deacon Kerr was assigned to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Maple Shade, where he served in bereavement ministry and made hospital visits, while also performing Baptisms and weddings. In 2000, he transferred to Lakehurst with Father Bernard Keigher, his good friend and pastor of St. John Parish, Lakehurst. There he continued in the same ministries, leading a bereavement group, and a nursing home ministry in The Havens, Toms River.

He said the highlight of his diaconate was baptizing eight of his nine grandchildren. Deacon Kerr has been married to Carol for 51 years, with whom he had three children. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Deacon Kerr had the opportunity to travel with the St. Vincent de Paul Society in St. John Parish to New Orleans, where they helped with rebuilding efforts.

Deacon A n n i v ers a r i e s Deacon Earl H. Lombardo Born in Lawrence in 1944, and one of six children of Dominic and Santina Lombardo, Deacon Earl H. Lombardo went to Eldridge Park Elementary School, Lawrence Township Junior High School and Trenton Central High School.

Lombardo graduated from Rider University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science.

After college he signed a fouryear contract with the Chicago Cubs, but soon after got drafted into the Army, and was stationed in Fort Knox, Ky., from 1968-69. He returned to the Cubs to work as a player coach in Quincy, Ill. His last year with the Cubs was 1972, at which time he came back to Lawrenceville, and became a salesman for Burroughs Corporation. He managed sales for a few companies before starting his own company, Lombardo Graphic Consultants, which does printing and packaging for the medical industry.

Deacon Lombardo retired from that work about 10 years ago, handing the business over to his son and daughters.

Deacon Lombardo was ordained May 13, 1989, by Bishop John C. Reiss in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton and was assigned to St. Mary Parish, Barnegat, where he served for 19 years helping Msgr. Ken Tuzeneu. He has served in St. Pius X Parish, Forked River, for the past seven years where he performs baptisms, marriages, and helps as an annulment advocate. He is also involved with the Theology on Tap ministry for young adults, and gives talks for Catholic Women of Zion, Right to Life, and Knights of Columbus. He and his wife, Eileen, help with religious education, and he leads faith sharing and Scripture study groups Deacon Lombardo is an avid golfer. He has been married to Eileen for 45 years, has three children and three grandchildren.

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Congratulations Deacon Andrew G. Luhman on your fifth anniversary from the entire

St. Rose of Lima Parish family, Freehold.

The Parish Community of Saint Gabriel’s Church Marlboro

Congratulates Deacon Lester Owens Twenty Years of Diaconate service & Deacon Richard Scotti Ten Years of Diaconate Service

May God continue to bless each of you in your ministry as you have blessed us here at Saint Gabriel’s Church.

THE PARISH FAMILY

OF THE CHURCH OF ST. CATHARINE

HOLMDEL, NJ

ASKS GOD’S BLESSINGS UPON

Deacon Christopher Hansen

ON HIS TENTH ANNIVERSARY AS DEACON

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve.

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Deacon Alfred G. Groh (Retired/Outside the Diocese)

Deacon Edward F. Jennings

Deacon James A. Kelly

St. Catharine, Spring Lake

Nativity, Fair Haven

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Deacon Emiliano Vazquez

St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton

Deacon Donald A. Young

Deacon Richard A. Hauenstein (Retired)

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Deacon Frank W. Jackson (Retired)

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Deacon Norbert J. Klimaszewski

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Deacon Robert R. Nimon (Retired/Outside the Diocese)

St. Justin, Toms River

Deacon Christopher D. O’Brien St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Whiting

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Deacon Michael C. Principato St. Monica, Jackson

St. Aloysius, Jackson

Deacon Matthew J. Stap (Retired)

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Deacon Thomas Baker St. David the King, Princeton Junction

Deacon C. Louis Cartnick

St. Luke, Toms River

Deacon Frank Crivello

St. Paul, Princeton (Ord. Diocese Rockville Centre 5/21/94)

Deacon Eugene G. Malhame, Jr. St. Rose, Belmar

Deacon Lester J. Owens (Retired)

St. Gabriel, Marlboro

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Best Wishes AND

Congratulations TO

Deacon Daniel Meehan FROM YOUR PARISH FAMILY

Father Joseph Jakub and the people of

CORPUS CHRISTI PARISH Willingboro

Joyfully Offer Congratulations to

DEACON JOSE J. JIMENEZ On the 5th Anniversary of his Ministry to God and to our parish.

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“God’s Blessings and Our Prayers”

Rev. John Folchetti ~ 40 years ~ Pastor, St. Leo the Great, Lincroft Rev. Daniel Hesko ~ 35 years ~ Pastor, St. Catherine, Middletown Rev. William Lago ~ 15 years ~ Pastor, Our Lady of Perpetual HelpSt. Agnes, Highlands/Atlantic Highlands Deacon James Kelly ~ 35 years ~ Church of the Nativity, Fair Haven

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Deacon James J. Petrauskas St. Mary, Barnegat

Deacon John A. Wanat

St. Aloysius, Jackson

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Deacon Eugene Genovese St. Rose, Belmar

St. Alphonsus, Hopewell

St. Martha, Point Pleasant

Deacon Edward J. Gwiazda

Deacon Michael Maione

Deacon Ronald S. Meyers

Deacon Alfred Pennise

St. Veronica, Howell

Outside the Diocese

St. Pius X, Forked River (Ord. Archdiocese Newark 6/5/99)

Deacon John D. Grant

Our Lady Perpetual Help, Maple Shade

Deacon Francis W. Groff (Retired)

St. Katharine Drexel, Burlington

The entire Mastapeter Family is very proud of Fr. “Stosh” Lukaszewski and the accomplishments he has achieved the past 35 years.

He is an inspiration to us and to the many people he serves.

Fr. “Staś” It is truly an honor to know him.

Our Best Wishes that God continues to bless him.

Congratulations The Mastapeter Family !

A family tradition since 1940

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THE PARISH FAMILY OF THE CHURCH OF ST. CATHARINE

HOLMDEL, NJ

ASKS GOD’S BLESSINGS UPON

Deacon Michael Lonie ON HIS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AS DEACON

Congratulations to Deacon William Sulzmann on the 15th anniversary Congratulations to of William your ordination to the Diaconate.

Deacon Sulzmann on the 15th anniversary The Parish of St. Theresa, Little Egg Harbor of your ordination to the Diaconate. thanks God for Deacon Bill, forofhis dedicated for many years The Parish St.loyal, Theresa, Little service Egg Harbor to the people of our Parish and our community. thanks God for Deacon Bill, May God continue to bless you! for his loyal, dedicated service for many years to the people of our Parish and our community.

May God continue to bless you!

Happy Anniversary Rev. Alcides, Deacon Vasquez, Happy Anniversary Rev Alcides, Deacon Vasquez, Deacon Grussler, and Deacon Ramos from the Chiacchio Family and Staff!!!

Deacon Grussler, and Deacon Ramos FROM THE

Chiacchio Southview Funeral Home 990 South Broad Street Trenton, NJ 08611 Phone: 609-396-4686

Chiacchio Family and Staff!!!

Family owned and operated for 30 years. Not a corporation or partnership. You will encounter compassionate service from our staff, two beautifully decorated, spacious, and comfortable family lounge areas, off-street convenient parking facilities with handicap access, assistance with social security, SSI/Medicaid, and Veterans benefits at modest costs.

Chiacchio Southview Funeral Home David C. Chiacchio, CFSP Owner/Manager: NJ Lic.3449

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve.

-1 PETER 5:2

990 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08611 Phone: 609-396-4686 Family owned and operated for 30 years. Not a corporation or partnership. You will encounter compassionate service from our staff, two beautifully decorated, spacious, and comfortable family lounge areas, off-street convenient parking facilities with handicap access, assistance with social security, SSI/Medicaid, and Veterans benefits at modest costs.

David C. Chiacchio, CFSP • Owner/Manager: NJ Lic.3449

Rev. Msgr. Leonard Troiano, Pastor, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Lavallette / 35 years Rev. John Ruffo, OFM Conv., Pastor / 40 years and Rev. Emmett Carrol / 60 years, St. Catharine of Siena, Seaside Park Rev. Stanley P. Lukaszewski, Pastor, St. Barnabas, Bayville / 35 years Rev. Albert Ricciardelli, Pastor, Church of the Visitation, Bricktown / 30 years Rev. G. Scott Shaffer, VF- Pastor, St. Joseph, Toms River / 25 years Rev. John Bogacz, Parochial Vicar, St. Justin, Toms River / 5 years Deacon Michael Principato, St. Monica, Jackson / 30 years Deacons Frank Jackson (Retired) / 30 years and John Wanat / 20 years, St. Aloysius, Jackson Deacon Thomas Genovese / 5 years, St. Joseph, Toms River Deacon Richard Hauenstein (Retired), St. Justin, Toms River / 30 years Deacon Louis Cartnick, St. Luke, Toms River / 20 years

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Deacon Thomas F. Shea

Deacon William P. Sulzmann

Deacon John J. Bonner

Deacon James J. Challender

Deacon Charles R. Daye, Jr.

Deacon Jeffrey B. De Frehn St. Joan of Arc, Marlton

St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold

Deacon Martin K. McMahon

Deacon Daniel J. Meehan

Deacon Ronald F. Zalegowski

St. Mary, Bordentown

St. Theresa, Little Egg Harbor

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Deacon Rolf B. Friedmann

St. William the Abbot, Howell (Ord. Diocese of Metuchen 6/12/04)

Our Lady of Good Counsel, W. Trenton

Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony, Hamilton

Deacon Christopher L. Hansen St. Catharine, Holmdel

Deacon Joseph Jaruszewski

Our Lady of SorrowsSt. Anthony, Hamilton

Deacon Salvatore M. Lancieri

Deacon Charles Douglas Lovejoy, Jr. Aquinas Institute, Princeton

St. Mary Mother of God, Middletown

Deacon John A. Notaro

Deacon Alfonso Ramos

Deacon Richard L. Scotti

Deacon Robert J. Vignolini, Christ the

St. Gabriel, Marlboro

Deacon Michael J. Stinsman

Sacred Heart, Riverton

King, Long Branch

St. Mary, Bordentown

Deacon John A. DiLissio

Deacon Robert Folinus

Deacon Thomas Genovese

Deacon Richard T. Glogoza

St. Dorothea, Eatontown

St. Joseph, Trenton

Jesus the Good Shepherd, Riverside

St. Veronica, Howell

Resurrection, Delran

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St. Joseph, Millstone Twp.

St. Joseph, Toms River

St. John, Lakehurst

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Congratulations to

The Rev. Tom Vala & Deacon John DiLissio Celebrating 5 Years of Ordination

Church of St. Gregory the Great The Rev. Michael McClane, Administrator Hamilton Square, NJ StGregorytheGreatChurch.org

Congratulations Rev. Rocco Cuomo, formerly of St. Rose of Lima, Freehold/ 50 years Deacon Rolf Friedmann, St. Robert Bellarmine/ 10 years And all other 2014 anniversary celebrants

In honor of your service to Church and community!

Funeral Directors

J. Nolan Higgins, Manager, NJ License No. 3469

732.462.0895

20 Center Street Freehold, NJ

 Deacon Thomas Shea

15 years

Deacon Ronald Zalegowski

10 years

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S

Msgr. Sam A. Sirianni, Pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold/ 30 years

MEMORIAL HOME

Deacon Jeff DeFrehn ON YOUR

10th Anniversary.

The Tallest Deacon in America!

We Love You. St. Joan of Arc

THE MARLTON, PARISH FAMILY

Cngratulations

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Deacon Jose J. Jimenez Corpus Christi, Willingboro

Deacon Robert J. Johnson

Our Lady of Perpetual HelpSt. Agnes, Atlantic Highlands

Deacon Michael Lonie

St. Catharine, Holmdel

Deacon Thomas Loughran

St. Peter, Point Pleasant Beach

Deacon Andrew G. Luhman, Jr.

St. Rose of Lima, Freehold

James A. Rogers, Jr., James A. Rogers, Jr., Manager

Manager

N.J. No.N.J. 3413No. 3413 1123 Hooper Avenue 1123NJ Hooper Toms River, 08753 Avenue River, NJ 08753 Tel:Toms 732-349-1234

Tel: 732-349-1234

Deacon Gary J. Pstrak

St. Denis, Manasquan

Deacon Joseph Richichi Christ the King, Long Branch

Deacon Richard J. Weber St. Rose, Belmar

Congratulations TO

Deacon Alfonso Ramos on your 10 year anniversary in the Diaconate.

Congratulations to all the Honorees Thank you fortoyour Congratulations allservice. the Honorees

Thank you for your service.

Come to know

Notre Dame High School

www.ndnj.org

Thank you Fr. Garrett, for the wonderful work you do for the faculty, staff and students of Notre Dame High School.

Congratulations on the Anniversary of your Ordination.

Thank you for your service to our Lord and the Parishioners of

St. Joseph Church TRENTON

601 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

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