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Classroom sessions are one hour or less, beginning with recitation of the Delille prayer. Venerable Delille pictures are on display during the sessions, and discussions take place on Corporal Works of Mercy and holiness, and their relationship to how God wants us to live as communities of faith. Team building and working together during the activities are emphasized.

As Thanksgiving approaches, students from various Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Newark are embodying the spirit of gratitude and giving back to their communities through a range of charitable initiatives.

Numerous students benefiting from the Archdiocese of Newark’s “We Are Living Stones” Catholic Tuition Assistance Program showed their gratitude recently by sending handmade Thanksgiving cards and well wishes to Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark.

Blanco, who is Catholic and attended Catholic schools for a large part of her school years, has delivered her message in public schools, but her message of compassion and forgiveness resonates especially in Catholic schools.

Embrace God’s unconditional love and live in a way that is based on and radiates hope, Pope Francis told Catholic young people. Christian hope “is the celebration of the love of the risen Christ, who is always at our side, even when he seems far from us,” the pope said in his annual message for local celebrations of World Youth Day.

Bishop Joseph Abel Francis (1923-1997), the first and only African American Auxiliary Bishop in Newark, advocated for the socioeconomic and spiritual health of his community and demanded the Catholic church take a public stance against racism.

The Archdiocese of Newark’s support for parish initiatives encourages ongoing faith formation not just for children but for adults as well. With the Parent Formation Biblical Studies Scholarship, St. Joseph of the Palisades in West New York created a valuable resource for fostering the faith development of parents and children within the Spanish-speaking community.

All Saints Day, Nov. 1, was a very festive celebration at the Academy of the Most Blessed Sacrament (AMBS) in Franklin Lakes.

“FOCUS’ mission statement is simple: It’s to know Christ Jesus and fulfill the great commission,” said Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. Based in Denver, FOCUS lives out that mission in that order: For its campus missionaries, “divine intimacy” and the pursuit of holiness come first, before their evangelization efforts, Martin said.

Over 400 students and their families cheered and waved Rutgers towels emblazoned with Eric LeGrand’s number 52 at a Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children event at Seton Hall held Thursday, Oct. 26.

Corpus Christi School of Hasbrouck Heights recently entered its third year in partnership with Boosterthon to fundraise for the school. The school’s goal this year was to raise $10,000 for the new Corpus Christi School Drama Club and their 2024 spring musical. The school raised a little over $38,000 in donations and earned over $26,000 in funds. Money raised for the event is a divided 70/30 split between the school and the Boosterthon.

The Holy Angels community in Demarest celebrated the 190th anniversary of the establishment of the School Sisters of Notre Dame on Foundation Day on Oct. 24. Angels in Grades 6-12, faculty, staff, and several school sisters attended the morning prayer service that honored the origins and continuing ministries of Academy of Holy Angels’ foundresses and sponsors.

On Oct. 10, World Health Day, the New Jersey State Senate and General Assembly acknowledged Immaculate Heart Academy as a stigma-free zone and safe space to help students be mindful of their mental health needs and seek help when feeling overwhelmed by their daily tasks and responsibilities.

Alyssa Agolia has her dream job. When she entered her own classroom at Our Lady of the Lake School in Verona for the very first time this September, tears filled her eyes.

PHILADELPHIA — The mother of an Italian teen on the road to sainthood recently toured several U.S. parishes to kindle increased devotion to the Eucharist, which was “the center of life” for her late son.

Saint Peter’s University President Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D. will retire at the end of his current contract on June 30, 2024. Dr. Cornacchia is the University’s first lay president and the longest-serving president in Saint Peter’s history.

Guardian angels are instruments of providence who help protect their charges from suffering serious harm and assist them on the path of salvation.

Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City celebrated the institution’s 25th anniversary as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), a designation given by the U.S. Department of Education to accredited public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education where Hispanic or Latino/a/x students compose 25 percent or more of full-time undergraduate enrollment.

Registration for the High School Placement Test (HSPT) opens on Sept. 1 for 8th-grade students seeking to attend a Catholic high school in September 2024. The HSPT, held this year on Friday, Nov. 10, is part of the Cooperative Admissions Program (COOP). The COOP is designed to facilitate the high school admissions process for students and families using a common entrance examination.

Upon returning to the Archdiocese of Newark, pilgrims from World Youth Day have taken the pope’s call to action to heart, sharing their experiences with others in a variety of ways.