Catholics from the Paterson Diocese and beyond gathered with Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on the morning of July 4, Independence Day, to promote an unborn child’s inalienable right to life for his Monthly Mass for at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Morristown, N.J.
Participants joined their fellow U.S. citizens in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which establishes everyone’s unalienable rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Small American flags lined the sides of the main aisle in St. Margaret Church during the 9 a.m. Mass with Bishop Sweeney, which marked the start of the monthly event.
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Bishop Sweeney celebrated Mass at St. Margaret’s. Father Duberney Villamizar, pastor of St. Margaret’s, concelebrated, and Deacon Tim Holden assisted. This month’s event did not include the usual monthly rosary procession from the church down Speedwell Avenue to Planned Parenthood to pray for an end to abortion.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney holds the event on the first Saturday of each month starting at 8 a.m. at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Morristown, N.J. All are welcome.
