Archdiocese of Newark

“God has given us the right to celebrate another Christmas,” Father Giandomenico M. Flora said.

They say the pastor and archdiocese haven't shown a real commitment to the OLMC community.

Archdiocese says low attendance and financial strains are the main reasons for the current schedule

Goretti Muriithi traveled to Huntsville, AL to attend the camp.

According to a directive from the Archdiocese of Newark, churches and parish facilities may return to 100% capacity effective June 4.

Mary Joy Morgan filed the lawsuit in Essex County Superior Court on Nov. 24, alleging that the Rev. William Dowd, then the pastor at Immaculate Conception, and Sisters Maria Michael and Alice Bernadette subjected her to sexual abuse and rape over a period of seven years, starting when she was 8 years old. 

Empty pews due to COVID-19 have meant empty collection baskets for churches throughout the region. Our Lady of Mount Carmel might be the first casualty.

Lacordaire Academy began its centennial year celebrations on Oct. 24 with a Mass celebrated by The Most Rev. Bishop Manuel A. Cruz, D.D. of the Archdiocese of Newark. The Mass, concelebrated by the Rev. Marc Viccari, was held on the front lawn of the Upper Montclair Academy under a large, white tent...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Three months after the Archdiocese of Newark released a report identifying six clergy with Montclair ties who had been accused of sexual abuse, a New Jersey law firm has identified two more, including one who allegedly abused a child while he was in Montclair in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It is not your fault. That is what Danielle Polemeni wants survivors of childhood sexual abuse to know. Polemeni’s family belonged to St. Cassian in Upper Montclair in the 1980s. The church was the first assignment for Rev. Mich...