News - February 2019 RSS Feed

For all of our shortcomings, failures, and sins as individuals and as a corporate body, the Catholic Church remains the largest provider of services to the poor, homeless, elderly, infirmed, youth, and person’s in crisis in the world, the United States, and New Jersey. Read more.

The time has finally arrived – this week Father JM and I, along with Deacon Steve, Sister Margaret Tierney, SC from St. Catharine-St. Margaret Parish (Spring Lake) and some 40 other pilgrims embark on our pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This is always an awesome experience, and I am happy to share it with a whole new set of pilgrims. Many of the pilgrims are parishioners at St. Benedict. Read more.

It was certainly a very pleasant week, a great respite from the arctic cold of the week before. We got our taste of Spring, and certainly we can sense the increasing sunlight every day. Read more.

I wish to thank everyone who participated in and supported SBS during Catholic Schools Week. The students had a great week of celebration, including a surprise and welcome visit from SBS alumnus and St. Benedict parishioner Jim Yacabonis. Jim is a pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles and a proud SBS (and CBA) graduate. He offered the students some inspiring words of wisdom and insight into the life of a professional athlete. Read more.