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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/1</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Fri., 7 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/2</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sat., 8 a.m.</strong> Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown;<strong> 10 a.m.</strong> Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson;<strong> 12:30 p.m.</strong> N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/3</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sun., 9:30 a.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; <strong>2 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/4</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Mon., 12 p.m.</strong> Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; <strong>7 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/5</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Tue., 10 a.m.</strong> Board of Bishops Meeting – the Diocese of Metuchen.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/6</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Wed., 7 p.m.</strong> “An Evening with Jay Wright” – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/7</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Thu., 7 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Hewitt.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/8</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Fri., 7 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Butler.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/9</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sat., 11 a.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Luke Parish, Long Valley; <strong>5 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Michael Parish, Netcong.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/10</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sun., 9 a.m. </strong>Installation Mass for Rev. Lukasz Wnuk – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains; <strong>11:30 a.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. Christopher Parish, Parsippany.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/11</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Mon., 7 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Mendham.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/12</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Tue., 10 a.m.</strong> May Crowning for elementary schools – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; <strong>7 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Lincoln Park.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/13</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Wed., 1:15 p.m.</strong> Mass – Our Lady’s Blue Army, The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Asbury, N.J.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/14</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Thu., The Ascension of the Lord, 6 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham; <strong>8 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/15</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Fri., 10 a.m. </strong>St. Elizabeth University Commencement, Morristown; <strong>7 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. James of the Marches Parish, Totowa.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/16</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sat., 10 a.m.</strong> Gathering with deacon candidates and their wives – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison; <strong>1 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Passaic; <strong>5 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/17</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sun., 12 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Mary Parish, Denville; <strong>4 p.m.</strong> Mass for the closing of the school anniversary year – St. Gerard Majella Parish, Paterson.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/18</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Mon., 1 p.m. </strong>Presbyteral Council – Chancery, Clifton; <strong>5:30 p.m. </strong>National Community of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) Certificate in Catechetical Ministry and Religious Education Graduation Mass – Resurrection Parish, Randolph.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/19</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Tue., 7 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Clifton.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/21</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Thu., 7 p.m.</strong> Diocesan Pastoral Council.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/22</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Fri., 7 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Paterson.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/23</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sat., 12 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – Sacred Heart and Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, Dover; <strong>5:30 p.m. </strong>Installation Mass for Rev. Stephen Prisk – St. Anthony Parish, Hawthorne.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/24</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sun., Pentecost Sunday, 11 a.m.</strong> Confirmation – St. Paul Parish, Clifton; <strong>1 p.m.</strong> Spanish Mass – St. Paul Parish, Clifton.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/25</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Mon., Memorial Day, 10:30 a.m.</strong> Memorial Day, Mass – Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Paterson.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/26</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Tue., 7 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/28</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Thu., 7 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/29</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Fri., 7 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish, Cedar Knolls.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/30</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sat., 10 a.m.</strong> Permanent Diaconate ordination – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson. <strong>5 p.m. </strong>Confirmation – Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Mount Arlington.</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" width="10%"><strong>5/31</strong></td>
<td style="line-height: 110%" width="90%"><strong>Sun., 12:30 p.m.</strong> Confirmation – Holy Rosary Parish, Passaic;<strong> 3 p.m. </strong>First Communion gathering – Resurrection Parish, Randolph.</td>
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</table> - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/BishopSchedulePioParish_4679-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" />5/1 Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany. 5/2 Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown; 10 a.m. Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 12:30 p.m. N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway. 5/3 Sun., 9:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; 2 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna. 5/4 Mon., 12 p.m. Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; 7 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock. 5/5 Tue., 10 a.m. Board of Bishops
| 5/1 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/2 | Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown; 10 a.m. Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 12:30 p.m. N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway. |
| 5/3 | Sun., 9:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; 2 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna. |
| 5/4 | Mon., 12 p.m. Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; 7 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock. |
| 5/5 | Tue., 10 a.m. Board of Bishops Meeting – the Diocese of Metuchen. |
| 5/6 | Wed., 7 p.m. “An Evening with Jay Wright” – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison. |
| 5/7 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Hewitt. |
| 5/8 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Butler. |
| 5/9 | Sat., 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Luke Parish, Long Valley; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Michael Parish, Netcong. |
| 5/10 | Sun., 9 a.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Lukasz Wnuk – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains; 11:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Christopher Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/11 | Mon., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Mendham. |
| 5/12 | Tue., 10 a.m. May Crowning for elementary schools – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Lincoln Park. |
| 5/13 | Wed., 1:15 p.m. Mass – Our Lady’s Blue Army, The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Asbury, N.J. |
| 5/14 | Thu., The Ascension of the Lord, 6 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham; 8 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham. |
| 5/15 | Fri., 10 a.m. St. Elizabeth University Commencement, Morristown; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. James of the Marches Parish, Totowa. |
| 5/16 | Sat., 10 a.m. Gathering with deacon candidates and their wives – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison; 1 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Passaic; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains. |
| 5/17 | Sun., 12 p.m. Confirmation – St. Mary Parish, Denville; 4 p.m. Mass for the closing of the school anniversary year – St. Gerard Majella Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/18 | Mon., 1 p.m. Presbyteral Council – Chancery, Clifton; 5:30 p.m. National Community of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) Certificate in Catechetical Ministry and Religious Education Graduation Mass – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |
| 5/19 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/21 | Thu., 7 p.m. Diocesan Pastoral Council. |
| 5/22 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/23 | Sat., 12 p.m. Confirmation – Sacred Heart and Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, Dover; 5:30 p.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Stephen Prisk – St. Anthony Parish, Hawthorne. |
| 5/24 | Sun., Pentecost Sunday, 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Paul Parish, Clifton; 1 p.m. Spanish Mass – St. Paul Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/25 | Mon., Memorial Day, 10:30 a.m. Memorial Day, Mass – Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Paterson. |
| 5/26 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/28 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/29 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish, Cedar Knolls. |
| 5/30 | Sat., 10 a.m. Permanent Diaconate ordination – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson. 5 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Mount Arlington. |
| 5/31 | Sun., 12:30 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Rosary Parish, Passaic; 3 p.m. First Communion gathering – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney’s Schedule: May, 2026 #Catholic –
| 5/1 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/2 | Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown; 10 a.m. Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 12:30 p.m. N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway. |
| 5/3 | Sun., 9:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; 2 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna. |
| 5/4 | Mon., 12 p.m. Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; 7 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock. |
| 5/5 | Tue., 10 a.m. Board of Bishops Meeting – the Diocese of Metuchen. |
| 5/6 | Wed., 7 p.m. “An Evening with Jay Wright” – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison. |
| 5/7 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Hewitt. |
| 5/8 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Butler. |
| 5/9 | Sat., 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Luke Parish, Long Valley; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Michael Parish, Netcong. |
| 5/10 | Sun., 9 a.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Lukasz Wnuk – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains; 11:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Christopher Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/11 | Mon., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Mendham. |
| 5/12 | Tue., 10 a.m. May Crowning for elementary schools – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Lincoln Park. |
| 5/13 | Wed., 1:15 p.m. Mass – Our Lady’s Blue Army, The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Asbury, N.J. |
| 5/14 | Thu., The Ascension of the Lord, 6 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham; 8 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham. |
| 5/15 | Fri., 10 a.m. St. Elizabeth University Commencement, Morristown; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. James of the Marches Parish, Totowa. |
| 5/16 | Sat., 10 a.m. Gathering with deacon candidates and their wives – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison; 1 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Passaic; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains. |
| 5/17 | Sun., 12 p.m. Confirmation – St. Mary Parish, Denville; 4 p.m. Mass for the closing of the school anniversary year – St. Gerard Majella Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/18 | Mon., 1 p.m. Presbyteral Council – Chancery, Clifton; 5:30 p.m. National Community of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) Certificate in Catechetical Ministry and Religious Education Graduation Mass – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |
| 5/19 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/21 | Thu., 7 p.m. Diocesan Pastoral Council. |
| 5/22 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/23 | Sat., 12 p.m. Confirmation – Sacred Heart and Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, Dover; 5:30 p.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Stephen Prisk – St. Anthony Parish, Hawthorne. |
| 5/24 | Sun., Pentecost Sunday, 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Paul Parish, Clifton; 1 p.m. Spanish Mass – St. Paul Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/25 | Mon., Memorial Day, 10:30 a.m. Memorial Day, Mass – Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Paterson. |
| 5/26 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/28 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/29 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish, Cedar Knolls. |
| 5/30 | Sat., 10 a.m. Permanent Diaconate ordination – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson. 5 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Mount Arlington. |
| 5/31 | Sun., 12:30 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Rosary Parish, Passaic; 3 p.m. First Communion gathering – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |