An invitation to ‘Walk with Jesus’ as One Nation, Under God #Catholic – Dear Readers, BISHOP KEVIN J. SWEENEY In place of a column this week, I would like to invite you to join me and the Church of our Diocese of Paterson as we welcome the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on Sunday and Monday, June 14 and 15. I hope that you are already aware of the Pilgrimage, but for more information and details, please go to our Diocesan Website.  I hope and pray that many of you will be able to join us “in-person” for the pilgrimage and I ask that each of you would join us in prayer in the coming days, as we will be so richly blessed, after celebrating the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday, June 12 and having two new priests ordained for our diocese on Saturday, June 13, we will then have the unique opportunity to “welcome” our Lord in the Eucharistic Pilgrimage, in Passaic on Sunday, June 14, in the afternoon (at 3:30 p.m.) and then walk with Him in prayerful procession for the Rosary and Mass (at 5 p.m.) at Boverini Stadium in Passaic, N.J. On the afternoon and evening of Monday, June 15, we will have a Eucharistic Procession (at 5:30 p.m.) and Closing Mass (7 p.m.) at our Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson. I encourage you to watch two brief videos, the first on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. And then an invitation to participate as our diocese welcomes the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage:  I look forward to seeing you at the Pilgrimage, and I hope that we will all be united in prayer, as a diocese, and as “One Nation, Under God.” St. John the Baptist and Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us. Sincerely in Christ, Most Reverend Kevin J. Sweeney, D.D. Bishop of Paterson    

An invitation to ‘Walk with Jesus’ as One Nation, Under God #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BishCol_PilgrimFL-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BishCol_PilgrimFL-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BishCol_PilgrimFL-1-480x480.jpg 480w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear Readers,</span></em></p> <div style="float: right; margin-left: 18px; margin-top: -12px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 25%;"> <div style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8486" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SweeneyForCol-scaled.jpg" alt=""></div> <div style="text-align: center; font-size: .75em; font-weight: 900; margin-top: -15px; margin-bottom: 12px; line-height: 120%;"><strong>BISHOP KEVIN J. SWEENEY</strong></div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In place of a column this week, I would like to invite you to join me and the Church of our Diocese of Paterson as we welcome the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on Sunday and Monday, June 14 and 15. I hope that you are already aware of the Pilgrimage, but for more information and details, please go to our <a href="https://rcdop.org/national-eucharistic-pilgrimage-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diocesan Website</a>. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope and pray that many of you will be able to join us “in-person” for the pilgrimage and I ask that each of you would join us in prayer in the coming days, as we will be so richly blessed, after celebrating the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday, June 12 and having two new priests ordained for our diocese on Saturday, June 13, we will then have the unique opportunity to “welcome” our Lord in the Eucharistic Pilgrimage, in Passaic on Sunday, June 14, in the afternoon (at 3:30 p.m.) and then walk with Him in prayerful procession for the Rosary and Mass (at 5 p.m.) at Boverini Stadium in Passaic, N.J. On the afternoon and evening of Monday, June 15, we will have a Eucharistic Procession (at 5:30 p.m.) and Closing Mass (7 p.m.) at our Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I encourage you to watch two brief videos, the first on the <a href="https://www.eucharisticpilgrimage.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Eucharistic Pilgrimage</a>. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">And then an invitation to participate as our diocese welcomes the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage: </span></p> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;" align="center"> <div style="width: 50%;" align="center"> <p><iframe loading="lazy" title="National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is coming to the Paterson Diocese in N.J." width="563" height="1000" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Uk5sKeqbDo?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I look forward to seeing you at the Pilgrimage, and I hope that we will all be united in prayer, as a diocese, and as “One Nation, Under God.” St. John the Baptist and Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us.</span></p> <p><em><strong>Sincerely in Christ,</strong></em></p> <div style="margin-top: -24px; margin-bottom: -24px;"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="border: none; border-style: solid; border-color: #fff;"> <td style="text-align: left; width: 40%; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: 0pt;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-18496 alignleft" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SigTracedOrigExpandedSingle.jpg" alt="" width="478" height="89" srcset="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SigTracedOrigExpandedSingle.jpg 1804w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SigTracedOrigExpandedSingle-300x56.jpg 300w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SigTracedOrigExpandedSingle-1024x191.jpg 1024w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SigTracedOrigExpandedSingle-768x143.jpg 768w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SigTracedOrigExpandedSingle-1536x286.jpg 1536w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SigTracedOrigExpandedSingle-480x89.jpg 480w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px" /> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><em><strong>Most Reverend Kevin J. Sweeney, D.D.</strong></em><br /> <em><strong>Bishop of Paterson</strong></em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BishCol_PilgrimFL-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BishCol_PilgrimFL-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BishCol_PilgrimFL-1-480x480.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Dear Readers, BISHOP KEVIN J. SWEENEY In place of a column this week, I would like to invite you to join me and the Church of our Diocese of Paterson as we welcome the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage on Sunday and Monday, June 14 and 15. I hope that you are already aware of the Pilgrimage, but for more information and details, please go to our Diocesan Website.  I hope and pray that many of you will be able to join us “in-person” for the pilgrimage and I ask that each of you would join us in prayer in the coming