![In Little Falls, thankful Bishop salutes knights ‘fidelity, support’ #Catholic - Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney thanked the Knights of Columbus Paterson Federation for their “generosity, fidelity, and support” to the Church of Paterson in New Jersey when he visited the federation’s meeting at Our Lady of the Holy Angels Parish in Little Falls, N.J., on Jan. 30.
Among those in attendance were representatives of 35 to 40 knights councils of the 55 in the Paterson Diocese and N.J. State Knights’ officers. Father Steven Shadwell, chaplain of the Paterson knights’ federation and pastor of Our Lady of the Magnificat Parish in Kinnelon, N.J., and Msgr. T. Mark Condon, diocesan vicar general and moderator of the Curia and Holy Angels’ pastor, also attended the event.
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“The gathering was a unique opportunity for representatives of the various councils in the diocese to build relationships with Bishop Sweeney,” said James Sweeney, state deputy of the N.J. State Council of the Knights of Columbus. A member of the Father Joseph A. Cassidy Council 6100 associated with St. Jude Parish in the Budd Lake neighborhood of Mount Olive Township, N.J., he represents the Paterson Diocese.
In his address, Bishop Sweeney thanked the knights for “all you do for our Church here in Paterson.” He said the knights’ work assists in so many different areas, including families, Catholic schools, vocations, the priesthood, and Respect for Life.
“When you do little things with great love, you respond to God day by day, each according to your own vocation, my brother knights, in all you do. You each bring a gift to the altar, and Jesus unites that gift and multiples it,” Bishop Sweeney told the knights.
During the meeting, representatives of each knights’ council also presented Bishop Sweeney with a financial gift. The Fourth Degree Color Corps Honor Guard for the bishop also participated in the event.
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Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney thanked the Knights of Columbus Paterson Federation for their “generosity, fidelity, and support” to the Church of Paterson in New Jersey when he visited the federation’s meeting at Our Lady of the Holy Angels Parish in Little Falls, N.J., on Jan. 30.
Among those in attendance were representatives of 35 to 40 knights councils of the 55 in the Paterson Diocese and N.J. State Knights’ officers. Father Steven Shadwell, chaplain of the Paterson knights’ federation and pastor of Our Lady of the Magnificat Parish in Kinnelon, N.J., and Msgr. T. Mark Condon, diocesan vicar general and moderator of the Curia and Holy Angels’ pastor, also attended the event.
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“The gathering was a unique opportunity for representatives of the various councils in the diocese to build relationships with Bishop Sweeney,” said James Sweeney, state deputy of the N.J. State Council of the Knights of Columbus. A member of the Father Joseph A. Cassidy Council 6100 associated with St. Jude Parish in the Budd Lake neighborhood of Mount Olive Township, N.J., he represents the Paterson Diocese.
In his address, Bishop Sweeney thanked the knights for “all you do for our Church here in Paterson.” He said the knights’ work assists in so many different areas, including families, Catholic schools, vocations, the priesthood, and Respect for Life.
“When you do little things with great love, you respond to God day by day, each according to your own vocation, my brother knights, in all you do. You each bring a gift to the altar, and Jesus unites that gift and multiples it,” Bishop Sweeney told the knights.
During the meeting, representatives of each knights’ council also presented Bishop Sweeney with a financial gift. The Fourth Degree Color Corps Honor Guard for the bishop also participated in the event.
In Little Falls, thankful Bishop salutes knights ‘fidelity, support’ #Catholic –
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney thanked the Knights of Columbus Paterson Federation for their “generosity, fidelity, and support” to the Church of Paterson in New Jersey when he visited the federation’s meeting at Our Lady of the Holy Angels Parish in Little Falls, N.J., on Jan. 30.
Among those in attendance were representatives of 35 to 40 knights councils of the 55 in the Paterson Diocese and N.J. State Knights’ officers. Father Steven Shadwell, chaplain of the Paterson knights’ federation and pastor of Our Lady of the Magnificat Parish in Kinnelon, N.J., and Msgr. T. Mark Condon, diocesan vicar general and moderator of the Curia and Holy Angels’ pastor, also attended the event.
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“The gathering was a unique opportunity for representatives of the various councils in the diocese to build relationships with Bishop Sweeney,” said James Sweeney, state deputy of the N.J. State Council of the Knights of Columbus. A member of the Father Joseph A. Cassidy Council 6100 associated with St. Jude Parish in the Budd Lake neighborhood of Mount Olive Township, N.J., he represents the Paterson Diocese.
In his address, Bishop Sweeney thanked the knights for “all you do for our Church here in Paterson.” He said the knights’ work assists in so many different areas, including families, Catholic schools, vocations, the priesthood, and Respect for Life.
“When you do little things with great love, you respond to God day by day, each according to your own vocation, my brother knights, in all you do. You each bring a gift to the altar, and Jesus unites that gift and multiples it,” Bishop Sweeney told the knights.
During the meeting, representatives of each knights’ council also presented Bishop Sweeney with a financial gift. The Fourth Degree Color Corps Honor Guard for the bishop also participated in the event.