The community of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in the Pompton Plains neighborhood of Pequannock on April 22 welcomed Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, who celebrated Mass. During the liturgy, he administered the sacrament of confirmation to 32 parish youths. Father Darwin Lastra, the pastor, concelebrated the Mass.
On May 1, Tony Meléndez, a renowned toe-picking Catholic guitarist born without arms, delivered the message,
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney joined St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, N.J., in celebrating National
Catholics from around the Paterson Diocese, N.J., and beyond publicly promoted the sanctity of all human
First responders are “guardian angels in uniforms, who lead us to safety, protect us, and are
Play ball! From the pulpit to the pitcher’s mound, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney threw the ceremonial
