Bishop's Anniversary Blessing Mass

2024 Bishop’s Anniversary Blessing

All couples celebrating their 1st, 25th, or 50th (or more) anniversary in the 2024 calendar year, who are validly married in the Catholic Church and registered members of a parish in the Diocese of Trenton are invited to attend the 2024 Bishop’s Anniversary Blessing Masses for their county. The Mass for Ocean and Monmouth County parishes will be held on Sunday, October 6, at 3 pm at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold. The Mass for Mercer and Burlington County parishes will be held on Sunday, October 27, at 3 pm in the Cathedral of St. Mary in Trenton.

Registration has opened; the deadline for registrations is September 15. General information about the 2024 Bishop’s Anniversary Blessing events including online registration for anniversary couples can be found at www.dioceseoftrenton.org/bishops-anniversary-blessing. Couples may register through their parish office or do it themselves online, in which case they will need to provide their Catholic wedding date along with the name and city of their wedding parish. Couples will also be asked to verify that they are officially registered for their listed home parish; if not registered they will be instructed to contact their local parish office to register.