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Diocese of Trenton
Mission Statement:
We, the people of the Catholic Church of Trenton, are called to proclaim and advance
the Kingdom of God in the New Jersey Counties of
Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean.
Are You or someone you know in need?
Know someone needing assistance with food, housing, drug addiction, mental health, domestic violence or immigration?
Contact Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton:
www.catholiccharitiestrenton.org
The Diocese of Trenton is committed to the initiatives outlined in the U.S. Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in regard to the reporting and investigation of sexual abuse allegations involving minor. The Diocese has in place a Victim’s Assistance Coordinator, who is available to obtain support for your needs and help you make a formal complaint of abuse.
If you have been sexually abused as a minor by a member of the clergy or anyone representing the Catholic Church, or if you know of someone who was, you can report that abuse through the diocesan
Abuse Hotline: 1-888-296-2965
or via email at abuseline@dioceseoftrenton.org
The Diocese encourages anyone with an allegation to also report that abuse to their local law enforcement agency. The Diocese reports all allegations received to the appropriate county prosecutor’s office.
Faith in our future
Faith in Our Future is a planning process that calls upon the clergy, religious and faithful of the Diocese of Trenton to reflect upon the ways that we experience, live and express our Catholic faith together as the circumstances of the past and present give way to the new and changing realities that we face as a local Church.
Holy Eucharist is part of Cohort 3 that also includes:
St. Mary of the Lakes, Medford
St Isaac Jogues, Marlton
and St. John Neumann, Mt Laurel.
Bishop O'Connell announced that we would be following a Collaborative Model for all five parishes.
A Collaborative Model is one in which the parishes within a Cohort enter into formal, collaborative relationships, working together on specific, agreed-upon shared areas of ministry, shared programs, shared staffing, shared resource. The parishes remain distinct with their own pastor, pastoral and finance councils, finances, census and sacramental books. Collaborative parishes work together whenever possible to do what a single parish cannot do effectively alone.
Bishop O’Connell has asked us along with other parishes in our Cohort, to implement his Directives which grew out of the Faith In Our Future Planning Process. He expects that all parishes will work with their Cohort to develop a plan to implement their Model Directives and find ways to collaborate in ministry about the cohort parishes.