During the golden jubilee Mass for Sister of Charity Merris Larkin, principal of Assumption School, Msgr. John Hart, pastor and celebrant of the Mass in Assumption Church Sept. 16, asked students “What are the ways Sister Merris shows us the face of Jesus?” Hands immediately popped up in the air to answer the pastor’s question. One student answered, “She always comes to our classes and says hello.” Another answered, “She makes us smile, knows everyone’s name and who we are.”

Dressed in “barong Tagalog,” the native formal attire of the Philippines, Filipino American Catholics from all three counties of the diocese joined together to celebrate a feast day Mass for their country’s two saints — St. Lorenzo Ruiz and St. Pedro Calungsod, both martyrs, in St. Clare Church in Clifton Sept. 17.

Bishop Serratelli celebrated Mass for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sept. 18 on the campus of William Paterson University (WPU) in the Prince of Peace Chapel in Haledon. Many students at William Paterson (WPU) who participate in campus ministry activities attended the Mass, which was followed by a question and answer session with the Bishop.