Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney’s Schedule: September, 2025 - <img width="150" height="100" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/BishSeptSched-2.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" />9/3 Wed. 11:30 a.m. Mass for diocesan staff – St. Bonaventure Church, Paterson. 9/4 Thu., 9:15 a.m. Mass – Academy of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station; 7 p.m. Diocesan Ministries Appeal Kick-off meeting with pastors and lay appeal chairs – All Saints Academy, Parsippany. 9/5 Fri., 9 a.m. Mass – Assumption School, Morristown, celebrating its 175th anniversary. 9/6 Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession – St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, Morristown; 10:30 a.m. Confirmation – Our Lady of the Magnificat Parish, Kinnelon; 5 p.m. Mass – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock, celebrating its 75th anniversary. 9/7 Sun., 11 a.m. Mass
| 9/3 | Wed. 11:30 a.m. Mass for diocesan staff – St. Bonaventure Church, Paterson. |
| 9/4 | Thu., 9:15 a.m. Mass – Academy of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station; 7 p.m. Diocesan Ministries Appeal Kick-off meeting with pastors and lay appeal chairs – All Saints Academy, Parsippany. |
| 9/5 | Fri., 9 a.m. Mass – Assumption School, Morristown, celebrating its 175th anniversary. |
| 9/6 | Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession – St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, Morristown; 10:30 a.m. Confirmation – Our Lady of the Magnificat Parish, Kinnelon; 5 p.m. Mass – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock, celebrating its 75th anniversary. |
| 9/7 | Sun., 11 a.m. Mass – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison, with special prayers celebrating the canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati. |
| 9/8 | Mon., 8 a.m. Mass – Carmelite Monastery, Morristown; 2 p.m. Mass of Episcopal Ordination – Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, Episcopal ordination of the Most Reverend Pedro Bismarck Chau. |
| 9/12 | Fri., 10 a.m. Mass – Mary Help of Christians Academy, North Haledon. |
| 9/13 | Sat., 10 a.m. and Noon Confirmations – Holy Trinity Parish, Passaic. |
| 9/14 | Sun., 11:30 a.m. Mass – St. Agnes Parish, Paterson, installation of Father Milton Camargo as pastor. |
| 9/15 | Mon., 1 p.m. Dean’s Meeting – Chancery, Clifton. |
| 9/16 | Tue., 10 a.m. Mass – Pope John XXIII High School, Sparta; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony Parish, Hawthorne. |
| 9/17 | Wed., 12 noon Mass – St. Joseph’s Health, Paterson, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. |
| 9/17–19 | Wed.-Fri., 3 p.m. Board of Regents retreat – Loyola Retreat House, Morristown. |
| 9/19 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Pius X Parish, Montville. |
| 9/20 | Sat., 9 a.m. Catholic Charities Passaic County Memorial Wall service; 11:30 a.m. Mass – St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Clifton, Filipino saints celebration; 2:30 p.m. Mass – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison, Altar Servers Day; 5 p.m. Mass – St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish, Chester, celebrating its 75th anniversary. |
| 9/21 | Sun., 2:15 p.m. St. Therese Feast Day prayer service/presentation – St. Catherine of Siena, Mountain Lakes; 5 p.m. Solemn Vespers with the Benedictines – Delbarton, Morristown, celebrating 100 years. |
| 9/22 | Mon., 1 p.m. Presbyteral Council, Chancery, Clifton. |
| 9/23 | Tue., 9:20 a.m. Mass – Villa Walsh Academy, Morristown; 11 a.m. Gathering for retired priests – St. Ann Parish, Parsippany; 6 p.m. Confirmation – Corpus Christi Parish, Chatham. |
| 9/25 | Thu., 9:30 a.m. New Jersey March for Life Mass – the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Trenton, followed by March for Life rally – the New Jersey State Capitol Grounds; 7 p.m. Bilingual Mass – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Passaic, celebrating the rededication of St. Anthony’s Parish Hall and the blessing of the San Lorenzo image. |
| 9/26–10/4 | Jubilee pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome. |
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney’s Schedule: September, 2025