Bishop's Schedule

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Bishop Checchio is enjoying celebrating Masses and greeting people
around the diocese. Here is a list of his scheduled stops. 
Check back soon for updates!

AUGUST

Thursday, August 31  •  2 p.m. 
Episcopal Ordination and Installation of Rev. Msgr. Alfred Andrew Schlert as Fifth Bishop of Allentown

SEPTEMBER

Wednesday, September 6  •  6 p.m.
Scout Awards Mass and Reception, SJNPC, Piscataway

Thursday, September 7  •  1 p.m.
Priest Personnel Board Meeting
Private event 

Thursday, September 7  •  6 p.m.
Confirmation, Transfiguration of the Lord Parish, Guardian Angels Worship Site, Edison
Private event

Saturday, September 9  •  10 a.m.
Dedication Mass of the Mausoleum of the Holy Spirit at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Piscataway
All are welcome!  •  Visit website

Saturday, September 9  •  4:45 p.m.
Mass of Installation of Rev. Francis Hilton as pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Hillsborough
Private event

Sunday, September 10  •  10 a.m.
Parish Mass, Holy Family Parish, Sacred Heart Worship Site, New Brunswick
All are welcome!   •  Visit website

Sunday, September 10  •  Noon
Mass celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Emeritus Paul G. Bootkoski, Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen
All are welcome!   •  Visit website

Monday, September 11
USCCB Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life & Vocations Meeting, Washington, DC

Tuesday, September 12  •  7 p.m.
Confirmation, Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Matawan
Private event

Wednesday, September 13  •  10:30 a.m. 
College of Consultors Meeting
Private event

Wednesday, September 13  •  1 p.m. 
Presbyteral Council Meeting
Private event

Thursday, September 14  •  2 p.m. 
Mass for the Imposition of the Pallium of His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R, Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark
Private event

Friday, September 15  •  6:30 p.m. 
Confirmation, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Whitehouse Station
Private event 

Saturday, September 16  •  5 p.m. 
Parish Mass, Our Lady of Fatima, Piscataway
All are welcome!   •  Visit website

Sunday, September 17  •  Noon  
Mass of Installation of Rev. Jerome Johnson as pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Old Bridge
Private event

Sunday, September 17  •  4 p.m. 
Silver and Gold Wedding Anniversary Celebration, Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen
All are welcome!  •  Visit website  •  Register here (registration requested by Sept. 1)

Tuesday, September 19
Dinner honoring Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, New York, NY
Private event 

Wednesday, September 20  •  7 p.m. 
Confirmation, St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Sayreville
Private event

Thursday, September 21  •  9 a.m. 
Seton Hall University Board of Regents annual retreat
Private event

Thursday, September 21  •  5 p.m. 
Confirmation, St. Helena Parish, Edison
Private event

Saturday, September 23  •  5:30 p.m.
Mass of Installation of Rev. Kenneth Brighenti as pastor of St. Magdalen de Pazzi Parish, Flemington
Private event