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The Coat of Arms of Bishop GeorgeH. Guilfoyle, the fourth bishop ofCamden, depicted in stained glassat St. Francis Church, a church ofDivine Mercy Parish, Vineland.

Bishop George H. Guilfoyle, the fourth bishop of Camden, is immortalized ordaining Father Anthony Manuppellain a window at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Millville, a church of All Saints Parish in Millville.

Bishop Justin J. McCarthy, the second bishop ofCamden is frozen in time in a stained glass window at the Bishop McCarthy Residence in Vineland.

Bishop Bartholomew J. Eustace, the first bishop ofCamden, is central in a three-paneled display of

stained glass craftsmanship at St. TeresaChurch, Runnemede, a church of Holy ChildParish in Runnemede.

Stained glass renderings of Pope John Paul II andBishop George H. Guilfoyle, the fourth bishop ofCamden, greet Holy Eucharist parishioners onthe doors at St. Pius X Church, Cherry Hill.

Father Bill Collins, former pastor, is portrayed as St.Roch in a window at Nativity Church, Franklinville, achurch of St. Michael The Archangel Parish inFranklinville. The left panel of these stained glass windows at St.

Peter Church, Pleasantville, a church of St. GiannaBeretta Molla Parish, Northfield, depicts theImmaculate Conception, while the right displays PopePius XI establishing the Diocese of Camden.

Msgr. Louis O’Meara, former pastor, and Bishop GeorgeH. Guilfoyle, the fourth bishop of Camden, adorn the leftpanel of a stained glass window at Nativity Church,Franklinville, a church of St. Michael The ArchangelParish in Franklinville, while the right panel focuses onPope John Paul II.

The Coat of Arms of ArchbishopCelestine J. Damiano, the third bish-op of Camden, depicted in stainedglass at St. Francis Church, a churchof Divine Mercy Parish, Vineland.

The Coat of Arms of BishopBartholomew J. Eustace, the first bish-op of Camden, depicted in stainedglass at St. Francis Church, a churchof Divine Mercy Parish, Vineland.

The Coat of Arms of BishopBartholomew J. Eustace, the first bishop of Camden, depicted instained glass at St. BartholomewChurch, a church of St. JosephineBakhita Parish in Camden.

A stained glass rendition of theDiocese of Camden’s Coat of Armslocated at St. Mary Church,Williamstown, a church of Our Ladyof Peace Parish, Williamstown.

An etched window displaying theCamden Diocesan Coat of Arms atSt. Luke Church, a church of OurLady of Guadalupe Parish inLindenwold.

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The Division of Health Services, Catholic Charities and Diocesan Housing Services Corporation are proud to honor the 75th anniversary of the Diocese of Camden this year. Established by Pope Pius XI in 1937, the Diocese of Camden was formed inresponse to a continued growth of the Catholic population in Southern New Jersey during the first decades of the 20th century.

The first bishop of the Diocese of Camden, Bishop Bartholomew J. Eustace, stated athis first installation in 1938, “I command that as long as this Church of Camden exists it will show by its devotion and love… its undying fealty to the Mother of God.”

Fast forward to today, the Diocese of Camden continues that same mission.

Commenting on the anniversary, Bishop Joseph A. Galante said, “We know, by celebrating our history, how much has been accomplished despite great odds.We pray to be up to the challenge of our time as those who began our diocese75 years ago.”

We invite you to join us in celebrating the anniversary, with a culmination of a DiocesanMass on December 9, 2012, 75 years to the day the Diocese of Camden was established.

Celebrating 75 Years of Serviceto the Catholic Community

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tion and programsfor ministry withyounger and olderadolescents andyoung adults, andhelps parishes andother faith communi-ties develop compre-hensive approachesto these ministries.

“If we are a churchthat responds to theGospel, how can weprovide a space forthem, to be formedinto disciples? Howare we feedingthem?”

Through his office,and with the cooper-ation of parishes andyouth and youngadult leaders throughout the dio-cese, Coogan is “feeding” those hun-gry for the faith, with such programsas Summer in the City, a youth-ori-ented, week-long combination ofservice and reflection, taking placethis summer in Ventnor, andTheology on Tap, a discussion seriesfor young adults, and taking place ina bar setting.

Youth and young adults “are look-ing for a place at the table, and wantto be invited,”Coogan said, and wantto be involved as lectors, music min-isters, and extraordinary ministers ofthe Eucharist.

Father Cadmus Mazzarella, formerdiocesan director of Youth and YoungAdult Ministry from 1990-94, andmoderator from 1994-2000, currentlyserves as pastor of Our Lady of PeaceParish in Williamstown.The parish isone of many in the diocese that hasan active youth and young adultministry program, with a monthlyyouth Mass, retreats and catecheticallessons.

“Youth and young adults are notonly the future, but our present real-ity,” he said. “We have to invest inthem; they are a priority in our dio-cese.

Today, he sees their spiritual needsas the same, but there is more com-petition for their time and thinking,he said, noting the rise of socialmedia, and the time the youngchurch spends on Twitter, Facebook,and Youtube.

“In some ways, social media hasmade them more isolated,” FatherMazzarella said. He believes thatyouth and young adult ministryleaders should be trained to usesocial media, and use it to their

advantage, to reach out to theyouth.

“We have to tap into theirspiritual hunger,” he said.

Lois Dark, director of CatholicCampus Ministry at Stockton Collegein Galloway Township, is prone tousing Facebook, or even text mes-sages, to reach the college studentsthat come to her and the NewmanCenter, for fellowship and guidance.

Dark’s role is to “ensure theCatholic presence” on the Stocktoncampus, and let seeking college stu-dents know there is a place wherethey attend Mass; take part in faith-sharing; go on a retreat; or share ameal and fellowship.

The Catholic students that are partof the Newman clubs at Stockton,Rowan University in Glassboro, andRutgers University in Camden are“looking for guidance on not onlyspiritual life, but on family issues,relationships, and school,”Dark said.

Father Thomas Barcellona, execu-tive director of the Office of Youthand Young Adult Ministry from 1999-2010, sees the youth of today as“finding God and their faith, in theirown way,” be it at a parish chickenbarbeque, in the adoration chapel,performing community service inCamden, or lifting their hands up toGod at a charismatic conference.

Still, the need is the same, he said;the youth want to, and “should beinvolved in every aspect of parishlife, as lectors, greeters, Eucharisticministers,” and wherever else theywant to serve.

“We have to embrace it; our faithhas to be alive” in expressing the joyof Catholicism to the young church,Father Barcellona said.

Youth have “a great willingness togather, and have an active, engagedlife,”Coogan said, adding that he has“hope” that those young Catholicsseeking a relationship with Jesus,will find it in the Camden Diocese,and become leaders invested inGod’s mission.

By James A. McBride

Years ago, the church’s out-reach to youth and youngadults came under the

Catholic Youth Organization, com-monly known as the CYO, and thepriests most prominently involvedwere Father Walter Reilly andMsgr. Thomas S. Cannon.

In 1981 Bishop George H.Guilfoyle established the diocesanOffice of Youth Ministry withFather Michael M. Signiski asdirector and Father (later Msgr.)Michael T. Mannion as associatedirector. Father Signiski encour-aged parishes to hire full timeyouth ministers. Msgr. Mannion,who currently serves as director ofcommunity relations for the dio-cese, promoted youth retreats andhelped start Discovery weekends,a youth program he maintains aconnection with.

Father Signiski became a pastor,and for a time there was no activeyouth ministry in the diocese, butBishop James T. McHugh was

determined to revitalize outreachto young people.

The turnaround came in 1990when, with the encouragement ofthe parishes, hundreds of youngpeople gathered in Newfield, atthe Daughters of Mercy VillaRossello, for a spiritual and socialevent called Youth Fest. Soon after-ward, Bishop McHugh namedFather Cadmus D. Mazzarelladirector of the Office of YouthMinistry, and later Jeff Cordnerwas named assistant director.

Cordner went on to become thefirst lay director of the office, withFather Mazzarella stayinginvolved as moderator. It wasCordner who started the annualSummer in the City program,which is still run today.

Succeeding Cordner was FatherThomas Barcellona, who headedthe office for 11 years andincreased diocesan participationin World Youth Day.

The current director of Youthand Young Adult Ministry isGreg Coogan.

By Peter G. Sánchez

Parents and grandparents, cler-gy and religious, teachers andcatechists — everyone inter-

ested in transmitting the faith to theyounger generation — wants to seemore young people involved in thechurch.

In his address to the faithful on theWorld Day of Prayer of Vocations in1995, Pope John Paul II said thechurch should be “a church foryoung people, which will know howto speak to their heart and enkindle,comfort, and inspire enthusiasm in it

with the joy of the Gospel and thestrength of the Eucharist.”

In the 2006 Speak-Up sessionsCatholics throughout South Jerseytold Bishop Joseph A. Galante theywere concerned “that so many youthand young adults are not present atSunday Mass, are not active in theparish, or have abandoned theirfaith.”

Greg Coogan currently serves asdirector for Youth and Young AdultMinistry for the diocese.

“The needs are vast of the youngchurch,” he said. His office helpsprovide resources, training, forma-

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Pastoral Priorities: Youth and Young Adults

It started with the CYO

Photo by James A. McBride

Members of the Camden Diocese’s teen advisory board pose for a photoduring the annual diocesan youth conference held at Paul VI High School,Haddon Township, in 1983.

Photo by Alan M. Dumoff

Greg Coogan, left, and participants attend a Theologyon Tap session at Chickie’s and Pete’s, Egg HarborCity, in September 2011.

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By Peter G. Sánchez

In the early years of the CamdenDiocese, there were more than400 seminarians studying for the

Diocese of Camden, in nearly 30seminaries in the United States andabroad. No more.

Currently, there are eight seminar-ians, between the ages of 18 and 32,studying for the Diocese of Camden,in either St. Mary’s Seminary inBaltimore, at St. Andrew’s CollegeSeminary, or Immaculate ConceptionSeminary School of Theology, the lasttwo both part of Seton HallUniversity in South Orange, N.J.

As the number of seminarians havedeclined, so have the number ofordained. Fifty years ago, in 1962,Archbishop Celestine J. Damianoordained 31 new priests in the diocese.Last month, Bishop Joseph A. Galanteordained two men, Father VincentGuest, and Father Francis Kim.

And the same week, the bishopalso announced the retirement offive priests of the diocese.

“As Catholics, our job is to try andpromote vocations,” said Father.Michael Romano, director of Vocations,and director of Seminarians, for theDiocese of Camden.

Father Romano preaches at parish-es every weekend on the importanceof vocations; visits high schools,grammar schools, youth groups andreligious education classes to providespiritual guidance and mentoring toyoung men, who are discerningGod’s call for their lives; and visitsseminarians at their places of studyto support them on their journey.

When citing the reasons for thedeclining number of vocations in theCamden Diocese and elsewhere,Father Romano names the priestabuse scandals, the rule that men muststay celibate, and parent opposition.

As well, he thinks there are mis-conceptions about the step a mantakes in entering the seminary.

“Young men feel that when theyenter the seminary, they are called tothe priesthood; however, it’s just thenext step in discernment,” he said.

For a young man discerning thecall to the priesthood, FatherRomano stresses the importance ofdaily prayer.

While he says that the support offamily, friends and parish are allessential to foster a culture of voca-tions, Father Romano states that it isthe parish priests who are called tobe the main “recruiters.”

“Priests need to be joyful andproactive in encouraging young menand inviting them to consider thepriesthood,” he said.

Seminarian Jamie McCormick, 32,having just completed his first yearat Immaculate Conception Seminaryat Seton Hall, cites the influence andsupport of his family, his parish,Incarnation in Mantua, the Knightsof Columbus, and many diocesanpriests in helping him decide toenter the seminary.

“I always felt a need to offer moreto God,”McCormick said. In partici-pating at church of the Incarnation,or reading Scripture, or praying infront of the Blessed Sacrament, hegrew closer to God. And whilewatching EWTN late at night, thiswas the time when “God took theopportunity to speak to me, in thedarkness of the night.”

McCormick believes young mentoday don’t take enough time to hearGod’s call, inundated by secularvoices from media, technology andthe entertainment industry. Menshould pray and listen to God, and“let him show you what he wants toshow you,” he said.

In other instances, men feel thattheir brokenness, and sinfulness, areobstacles to the priesthood, when inactuality, “God is calling you to beyourself,”said Father Thomas Kiely, aformer Vocations director for the dio-cese.

“In our brokenness and vul-nerability we are better able toanswer God’s call,” he said.

“It’s a gradualjourney, to be will-ing to let go ofyourself. It comesdown to trust, inbelieving that Godcan use us, to beexamples for otherpilgrims, on thesame journey asus,” he said.

Father JosephSzolack, who spent13 years working invocations, fromfirst trainingpriests at St.Charles BorromeoSeminary inPhiladelphia, tobeing director ofVocations for the diocese, and Deanof Men for the Theology Division atSt. Charles Borromeo, said that “wemust always be instruments” in fos-tering vocations

“We have to plant seeds, and we,especially priests, must live in a joy-ful, Christ-like way,” he said.

Father Romano said that five thingsare necessary to create a culture ofvocations: to pray, to evangelize, toexperience, to mentor, and to invite.

To this end, his office has initiatedmore opportunities for people to

gather together and pray for anincrease in priestly vocations.

Every first Thursday of the Month,there is a Holy Hour for Vocations,and each deanery takes turns host-ing this evening, where the commu-nity of faith gathers “to ask theMaster of the harvest to send ourlaborers for his harvest.”

On Sunday, June 24, there will bethe first ever iRace 4 VocationsWalk/Run, at Washington Lake Park,open to everyone.

“We have to be hopeful,” andopen to what God wants us to do,Father Romano said. “God has aplan for us; we’re all called to great-ness.”

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Pastoral Priorities: Priestly Vocations

Photos by James A. McBride

The Camden Diocese’s newest priests, Father Francis Doyun Kim and Father Vincent G. Guest, are blessed by their fel-low priests on their ordination day, May 19.

Newly-ordained Father (now Msgr.) Peter Joyce, left, andFather Raymond Gormley give their first blessings toBishop James A. McHugh and Auxilary Bishop James L.Schad in this 1992 file photo.

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The Pastors And Parishioners Of The Parishes Of

Deanery 9 Are Honored

To Join In The Celebration Of

The 75th

Anniversary Of The Diocese Of Camden

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