Archdiocese of Newark Archives

N.J. archdiocese says it has requested but not yet received data, analysis

Jul 29, 2021

The Archdiocese of Newark said July 28 it had “formally requested,” but not yet received, the data and analysis used by a publisher for its report on “possible inappropriate software app use by certain clergy within the archdiocese.”

By Catholic News Service

N.J. archdiocese is told of app data, raises concerns about data collection

Jul 28, 2021

After being made aware of a “published media report with information inferring possible inappropriate software app use by certain clergy” within the Newark Archdiocese, a statement from the archdiocese said it is reviewing the matter.

By Catholic News Service

Pope’s desire for synodality will reshape the church, Cardinal Tobin says

May 6, 2021

Pope Francis’s repeated calls for mercy and for the church to hear voices from the peripheries is an invitation to accept that the Holy Spirit speaks not just to church leaders but to all the baptized, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said in an online lecture.

By Dennis Sadowski

Cardinal Tobin invites faithful to ‘return to grace’ through the Eucharist

Mar 6, 2021

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin has invited the faithful of the Archdiocese of Newark to reflect on how the pandemic-induced “Great Eucharistic Fast” has affected their faith life and called on them to spiritually prepare for the eventual return of in-person worship when it can be done safely.

By Catholic News Service

New Jersey parishes find creative new ways to engage Catholics this Christmas

Dec 23, 2020

Tickets for Masses, virtual holiday concerts, video Christmas cards, and drive-by Nativity scenes: It’s beginning to look a lot like a different sort of Christmas.

By Jai Agnish

Priest feels ‘blessed’ to serve in a parish and as chaplain in Army Reserves

Oct 25, 2020

Father Andrew De Silva, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves God and country, and he says one ministry influences the other.

By The Catholic Advocate

Archbishop Myers recalled as a man of faith, a teacher, ‘a really good bishop’

Oct 2, 2020

Archbishop John J. Myers was recalled as a man of faith and prayer, a scholar, a teacher and as “a really good bishop” during the funeral Mass for him at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Peoria Sept. 30.

By Tom Dermody

Archbishop John Myers, 79, helped calm N.J. Catholics after 9/11 attacks

Sep 25, 2020

As Archbishop John J. Myers was installed as to lead the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, in 2001, he inherited a faith community that was reeling from the 9/11 terrorist attacks on neighboring New York City.

By Catholic News Service