Cathedral Family, Next Saturday, we will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving and Farewell for Bishop James Checchio. As you know, Pope Leo XIV has appointed our bishop to be the Co-A...

Cathedral Family, In the readings for this weekend, we hear about the “necessity to pray always without losing heart.” The Old Testament reading from Exodus tells the story of M...

Cathedral Family, This coming week, all of the priests of our Diocese of Metuchen will be called together for our annual Priest Convocation with Bishop Checchio. Every year, t...

Led by Student Council advisors, Mrs. Angela Hajduk and Mrs. Jennifer Farrell, St. Francis students engaged in the democratic process of campaigning and election with their fellow...

The Columbus Day Parade in Jersey City, NJ is an epicenter of Italian culture and heritage every year, and it occurs in one of the most historically Italian neighborhoods in the c...

Cathedral Family, I just returned from a Baptismal Preparation class for our parishioners who are welcoming their first child, and desire to bring them to the Church for baptism...

On Friday, September 26, 2025, St. Francis Cathedral School held its inaugural Color Run, an exciting new community event that combined school spirit, healthy activity, and plenty...

Cathedral Family, This is one of my favorite weeks in the Church’s liturgical year because of the saints that we celebrate this week. I feel surrounded by a great circle of heav...

WASHINGTON - Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Reverend James F. Checchio, bishop of Metuchen, as Coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans. The appointment was publicized in Washington,...

Cathedral Family, This Sunday we hear in the Gospel Jesus commending the dishonest steward. It is a provocative parable that seems at first to be unfair and surprising that Jesu...

Cathedral Family, This Sunday, September 14 th , is the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross. When this liturgical feast falls on a Sunday, it replaces the regular Sunday of Ordinar...

On Sunday, September 8th, the Cathedral community gathered after the 12 PM mass to celebrate the dedication of the “Cathedral Plaza of Our Lady of the Angels” with the erection o...

St. Francis Cathedral School opened its doors again in eager anticipation of a blessed and exciting school year ahead. In the past week, over 400 students flooded the hallways and...

On August 27th after the 12: 10PM mass, the Feast of St. Monica, Fr. Christy, members of the Cathedral, and local community gathered together in prayer and solidarity for all of ...

As I ponder about the needs of our students, parents, teachers, and Cathedral, I have been transfixed by recent news from the Office of the US Surgeon General about a new Epidemic...

Technology has radically changed how we live, work, learn, and connect over the last few decades, let alone the last few years after COVID-19. We continued the St. Francis Convers...

One of my favorite things to see in a school, and here at St. Francis, is seeing kids enjoying a good book. Even more so, as an educator, when kids get so excited about their read...

I recently read a study about Alzheimer's and what patients remember as the condition progresses in one's life. The study discovered that patients first start to forget things lik...

We are all accustomed to teaching and learning several subjects in a school day. On the elementary level, those subjects include reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, sci...