St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish

Jeffry Odell Korgen says we shouldn't get "sucked into that tired narrative of the wicked bishop and his pastors persecuting the embattled parishioners."

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

"We know that, for many of our residents, the ability to worship together plays a central role in well-being and mental health," Murphy said. 

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.

The Community Outreach Program (COP) of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, which began in 2016, has brought food every day to first responders.

Clergy and parishioners are celebrating Holy Week on Zoom and YouTube, and dyeing Easter eggs at home, to "gather in His name" this year.

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...

To skip the observance of Good Friday is to miss out on what makes Easter Sunday transformative, say Montclair clergy. Good Friday is Friday, April 14.

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...