On Dec. 12, 2019, the Diocese of Metuchen was consecrated to Jesus through Mary under her title of Our Lady of Guadalupe. On that same day, elementary schools in the Diocese of Metuchen were asked to participate in a taped prayer service for children, filmed with Bishop Checchio in anticipation of the consecration, and each Catholic high school in the Diocese held its own prayer service.
We invite you to view the Prayer Service and, as Bishop Checchio mentions in his homily, to do one specific action to step forward in faith!
The Veil Removed is a short film that reveals the coming together of heaven and earth at Mass, as seen by saints and mystics, revealed by scripture and in the catechism of the Catholic Church.
Lord God, you blessed Elizabeth Seton with gifts of grace as wife and mother, educator and foundress, so that she might spend her life in service to your people.
Through her example and prayers may we learn to express our love for you in love for our fellow men and women.
We ask this through Christ our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.