Faithful on Jubilee pilgrimage to Italy reunite with bishop #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Reunion_8884-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" /><p><strong>Many of the faithful who joined Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney</strong> on the diocesan pilgrimage this fall to Assisi and Rome in Italy for the Universal Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope attended a reunion Mass that the bishop celebrated on Dec. 9 at the Church of Christ the King in the New Vernon neighborhood of Harding Township.</p>
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<p>Father Brian Sullivan, Christ the King’s pastor, and Father John Calabro, chaplain and theology teacher at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, N.J., concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. A reception occurred afterwards.</p>
<p>Bishop Sweeney led the diocesan Jubilee pilgrimage to Italy, which took place from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4.</p>
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Many of the faithful who joined Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on the diocesan pilgrimage this fall to Assisi and Rome in Italy for the Universal Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope attended a reunion Mass that the bishop celebrated on Dec. 9 at the Church of Christ the King in the New Vernon neighborhood of Harding Township.
Father Brian Sullivan, Christ the King’s pastor, and Father John Calabro, chaplain and theology teacher at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, N.J., concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. A reception occurred afterwards.
Bishop Sweeney led the diocesan Jubilee pilgrimage to Italy, which took place from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4.
BEACON PHOTOS | MATTHEW GIGLI
Faithful on Jubilee pilgrimage to Italy reunite with bishop #Catholic – 
Many of the faithful who joined Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on the diocesan pilgrimage this fall to Assisi and Rome in Italy for the Universal Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope attended a reunion Mass that the bishop celebrated on Dec. 9 at the Church of Christ the King in the New Vernon neighborhood of Harding Township.
Father Brian Sullivan, Christ the King’s pastor, and Father John Calabro, chaplain and theology teacher at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, N.J., concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Sweeney. A reception occurred afterwards.
Bishop Sweeney led the diocesan Jubilee pilgrimage to Italy, which took place from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4.
BEACON PHOTOS | MATTHEW GIGLI