Religions & Spirituality
By TAPINTO STAFF
May 17, 2020NEWARK, NJ - Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R, Archbishop of Newark, has announced a three-phase gradual reopening process for churches throughout the Archdiocese to ensure the health and well-being of clergy and faithful.
Phase One allows for the reopening of churches in the Archdiocese for private prayer only on Sunday, and, following all public health guidelines, once ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The annual Israeli Flag Raising and Memorial Service scheduled for April 23 at Bayonne City Hall has been canceled due to concerns over the impact of the COVID-19 virus.
Dr. Tamara Freeman, musicologist for the Association of Holocaust Organizations, the international alliance of Holocaust museums, Holocaust-genocide education commissions, and university departments of ...
NEWARK, NJ - Holy Week liturgies in the Archdiocese of Newark will continue to be livestreamed online due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for the nearly 1.3 million Catholics throughout four north Jersey counties.
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, will be the main celebrant of liturgies in English livestreamed on the Archdiocese’s website ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Rev. H Gene Sykes, pastor of the Friendship Baptist Church, has died as the result of complications related to the COVID-19 virus, Mayor Jimmy Davis confirmed Tuesday.
Davis described Rev. Sykes as “one of the Bayonne’s most prominent clergymen.”
“Rev. Sykes will be remembered for moving his congregation to a new location where he renovated and expanded ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - St. Francis Church has hung Prayer Ribbons around the gates of its church and invites parishioners and people in the community to write their thoughts and prayers on the ribbons. The prayer ribbons are usually out during Lent, in May for prayers to Mary, and in October for prayers to St. Francis.
"It's a small gesture but provides a visual sign of hope and faith for ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis and other city officials gathered just steps away from the spot where JCPD Detective Joseph Seals, a Bayonne native, was executed by a gunman on Tuesday. While the slain hero cop was on everyone’s minds, the event at Jersey City’s Bayview Cemetery had an even larger meaning, honoring the service of all veterans that have served in the U.S.
BAYONNE, NJ - As revelers celebrated the lighting of Christmas trees elsewhere in Bayonne on Wednesday, a small procession made up brightly attired dancers and parishioners of St. Vincent de Paul Church made their way from Broadway along East 45th Street to Avenue C. A large image of Our Lady of Guadalupe led the way.
While the ritual was as joyous as other events in the city, it also had the ...
