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A Letter from Bishop O'Connell on the Holy Year
It is in a spirit of joy that the entire Diocese of Trenton joins with the Church throughout the world in celebrating 2025 as a Holy Jubilee Year announced by our Holy Father Pope Francis on May 9, 2024. He has chosen as a theme for the Holy Year “Hope Does Not Disappoint” from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans 5:5. Pope Francis observed “Everyone knows what it is to hope. In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring (Pope Francis, “Spes non confundit,” Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, May 9, 2024).
Beginning with the celebrations of Mass at the Cathedral on Saturday, December 28 and at the Co-Cathedral on Sunday, December 29, 2025, I will solemnly open the Jubilee Year for the full participation of the clergy, consecrated religious and lay faithful of the Diocese of Trenton as “pilgrims of hope.”
Throughout the past several months, I have designated a committee to meet under the chairmanship of Rev. Msgr. Sam Sirianni, Rector of the Co-Cathedral, to create spiritual opportunities, events and celebrations throughout the four counties of the Diocese for the Jubilee Year. While individual parishes and organizations are free to celebrate the Jubilee Year in their own unique ways, they are also especially encouraged to participate in Diocesan wide celebrations mentioned in this booklet or announced throughout the year in Diocesan publications, websites and social media.
As our Holy Father has decreed, “The coming Jubilee will thus be a Holy Year marked by the hope that does not fade, our hope in God. … Let us even now be drawn to this hope (Pope Francis, Bull of Indiction, 25).
Celebrating the Holy Year Booklet
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NATIONAL RESOURCES WHERE MASSES MAY BE VIEWED in the event of illness or quarantine
Along with Masses that are being live-streamed through Youtube, etc. ---
• Heart of the Nation: Type in your Zip code for information.• Comcast: Monmouth & Ocean, Channel 190, Mass is televised at 9 a.m. Sundays.
• WPVI Channel 6 in Philadelphia has Mass every Sunday at 5:30 a.m.
• The National Catholic Broadcasting Council (NCBC): The Catholic Faith Network is available on Optimum channel 29/137, Verizon FIOS TV channel 296 and Charter Spectrum channel 162/471 throughout the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. CFN is also available on selected cable and satellite systems nationwide, along with vast on-demand library of original programming and a high quality 24.7 live stream.
• The Catholic Faith Network: (Once logged into the website, click on the Schedule tab and then the date). The Catholic Faith Network is available on Optimum channel 29/137, Verizon FIOS TV channel 296 and Charter Spectrum channel 162/471 throughout the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. CFN is also available on selected cable and satellite systems nationwide, along with a vast on-demand library of original programming and a high quality 24.7 live stream.
• Catholic TV: Check the website for availability in your area.
• Eternal Word Television Network: daily Mass at noon
• Catholic TV Network: Mass every day from Sunday-Friday; Mass in Spanish every Sunday
On The Radio
• Domestic Church Media: Mass is broadcast Sunday-Friday at 8 a.m., noon and 7 p.m. On Saturdays, Mass is broadcast at 8 a.m. only. Tune into WFJS 1260AM and WFJS 89.3FM. DCM also livestreams on its website, DomesticChurchMedia.org, as well as on its free Mobile App, and on the Amazon and Google home speaker devices.
• Relevant radio: Daily Audio Mass 1 p.m. Livestream: Weekdays at 1 p.m.; Sundays at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
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