Jaimie Julia Winters

Mar 29, 2024 | thebostonpilot.com | Jaimie Julia Winters |Michael R. Heinlein

(OSV News) -- For years, Catholic artist Trina Paulus wrestled with the story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22:1-18. The story is part of the Easter Vigil, which takes place after sundown on Holy Saturday. Catholics believe it is a foreshadowing of what God is willing to sacrifice for us. As the biblical story goes, in the end, Abraham is stopped by God from that ultimate sacrifice.

Feb 6, 2024 | jerseycatholic.org | Jaimie Julia Winters |Kelly Nicholaides

Hundreds of parishioners packed St. Stephen’s Church in Kearny for a remembrance mass honoring the Four Chaplains of World War II. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), American Legions, Knights of Columbus, and Kearny Boy Scouts streamed in during the color guard ceremony. Eighty-one years ago, on Feb. 3, 1943, the USAT Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Only 230 of the 904 men on board survived. The Four Chaplains—Catholic priest Father John P.

Jan 4, 2024 | jerseycatholic.org | Kelly Nicholaides |Jaimie Julia Winters

Thirty-five years ago, 16-year-old Esterminio Chica fled war-torn El Salvador. Twenty of his family members were killed when the Salvadoran Army slaughtered more than 75,000 civilians between 1979 and 1992 during a military coup and civil war funded by the United States. The El Mozote village massacre in the Morazan region claimed 1,000 lives on Dec. 11-12, 1981. A child refugee, Chica journeyed through Mexico to the U.S. in 1988.

Oct 31, 2023 | jerseycatholic.org | Kelly Nicholaides |Linda Karten |Jaimie Julia Winters

Over 400 students and their families cheered and waved Rutgers towels emblazoned with Eric LeGrand’s number 52 at a Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children event at Seton Hall held Thursday, Oct. 26. Prior to his speech during a Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children event at Seton Hall, LeGrand reflected on the 13 years since his life-changing spinal cord injury on the gridiron at MetLife Stadium and the faith that has kept him going.

Aug 8, 2023 | jerseycatholic.org | Sean Quinn |Jaimie Julia Winters

Paul Carris had just gotten off the phone with his manager when he heard a loud roar and then felt an impact that rocked his building. It was Sept. 11, 2001, and Carris was on the 71st floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. His life was about to change forever — in more ways than one. By the end of that fateful day, Carris would be hailed as a hero for helping an ailing colleague walk down 70 flights of stairs to safety.