Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated a closing Mass for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage visit to the Paterson Diocese, N.J., at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, N.J., on the evening of June 15. This week, the Paterson Diocese hosted a historic first: stops on the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on June 14 and 15 in Passaic and Paterson, N.J. Before the Mass, a Eucharistic procession took place in Paterson, starting at Catholic Charities Father English Food Pantry and ending at Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the mother church of the diocese. In his homily, Franciscan Father Casey Cole, one of three priests with strong social media presences who is participating in the national pilgrimage, said that God invites us to participate in his salvific will — his desire for the salvation of all humanity — and that God can make the impossible possible.
