The faith community of Sacred Heart and Holy Rosary Parish in Dover welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on March 5 for his celebration of the 9:30 a.m. Mass in Spanish (left) and the the 11 a.m. Mass in English (right). Concelebrating with the bishop were Father Leonardo Lopez, the parish’s administrator; Father Brendan Murray, pastor emeritus; and Father Luis de la Cuadra.
In a section of Morristown often known as the “Dublin” neighborhood, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade Mass in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Morristown on March 11. Descendants of the early Irish immigrants to this area more than a century ago and many others who consider themselves Irish by blood or by heart attended the 9:30 a.m. Mass. The popular parade stepped off at noon.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney visited the Church of Christ the King in New Vernon on March 8 as part of the parish’s Wednesday Night Lenten Mass Series at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays during Lent. In his homily, Bishop Sweeney encouraged the faithful to live the Lenten practices of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer.
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