Listening Sessions
Listening Sessions and Planning Areas
Did you attend a parish Listening Session? Scroll down to find your parish’s Planning Area, a link to register for your parish’s Listening Session, and Listening Session Frequently Asked Questions.
As part of the ongoing process for We Are His Witnesses, each parish is hosting a Listening Session. During the session, there will be a presentation on We Are His Witnesses, an overview of the Planning Area, multiple DRAFT model options for the Planning Area, and opportunities for small- and large-group feedback. The goals of the Listening Sessions are to involve as many parishioners as possible in understanding the current state of our parishes and archdiocese, and to collect feedback from as many parishioners as possible about the DRAFT model options for each Planning Area.
All parishioners are invited to provide open-ended feedback through an online Model Feedback Form. Parishioner feedback on the DRAFT models is critical, as it will help shape the future of the Archdiocese of Newark.
Planning Area A—Northwest Bergen
Church of the Presentation (Upper Saddle River)
Guardian Angel (Allendale)
Immaculate Conception (Mahwah)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Mahwah)
Most Blessed Sacrament (Franklin Lakes)
Nativity (Midland Park)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Ridgewood)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Oakland)
St. Catherine (Glen Rock)
St. Elizabeth (Wyckoff)
St. Gabriel (Saddle River)
St. Luke (Ho-Ho-Kus)
St. Paul (Ramsey)
Planning Area B—Northeast Bergen
Annunciation (Paramus)
Ascension (New Milford)
Assumption (Emerson)
Immaculate Conception (Norwood)
Our Lady Mother of the Church (Woodcliff Lake)
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Washington Township)
Our Lady of Mercy (Park Ridge)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Tenafly)
Our Lady of the Visitation (Paramus)
Our Lady of Victories (Harrington Park)
Sacred Heart (Haworth)
St. Andrew (Westwood)
St. Anthony (Northvale)
St. John the Baptist (Hillsdale)
St. John the Evangelist (Bergenfield)
St. Joseph (Demarest)
St. Joseph (New Milford)
St. Mary (Closter)
St. Mary (Dumont)
St. Peter (River Edge)
St. Pius X (Old Tappan)
St. Therese of Lisieux (Cresskill)
Planning Area C—Southwest Bergen
Assumption (Wood-Ridge)
Church of the Korean Martyrs (Saddle Brook)
Corpus Christi (Hasbrouck Heights)
Most Holy Name Church (Garfield)
Most Sacred Heart (Wallington)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Lyndhurst)
Our Lady of Mt. Virgin (Garfield)
Queen of Peace (North Arlington)
Sacred Heart (Lyndhurst)
Sacred Heart (Rochelle Park)
St. Anne (Fair Lawn)
St. Francis DeSales (Lodi)
St. Joseph (East Rutherford)
St. Joseph (Lodi)
St. Leo (Elmwood Park)
St. Mary (Rutherford)
St. Michael (Lyndhurst)
St. Philip the Apostle (Saddle Brook)
St. Stanislaus Kostka (Garfield)
Planning Area D—Southeast Bergen
Church of the Epiphany (Cliffside Park)
Holy Rosary (Edgewater)
Holy Trinity (Fort Lee)
Holy Trinity (Hackensack)
Immaculate Conception (Hackensack)
Madonna (Fort Lee)
Our Lady of Grace (Fairview)
Our Lady Queen of Peace (Maywood)
St. Anastasia (Teaneck)
St. Cecilia (Englewood)
St. Francis of Assisi (Hackensack)
St. Francis of Assisi (Ridgefield Park)
St. John the Baptist (Fairview)
St. John the Evangelist (Leonia)
St. Joseph (Bogota)
St. Joseph (Hackensack)
St. Margaret of Cortona (Little Ferry)
St. Matthew (Ridgefield)
St. Michael (Palisades Park)
St. Nicholas (Palisades Park)
Planning Area E—Northern Hudson
Holy Family (Union City)
Holy Redeemer (West New York)
Immaculate Conception (Secaucus)
Our Lady of Fatima (North Bergen)
Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph (Hoboken)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Jersey City)
Sacred Heart (North Bergen)
St. Aedan (Jersey City)
St. Ann (Hoboken)
St. Ann (Jersey City)
St. Anne (Jersey City)
St. Anthony of Padua (Union City)
St. Augustine (Union City)
St. Francis (Hoboken)
St. John the Baptist (Jersey City)
St. Joseph (Jersey City)
St. Joseph of the Palisades (West New York)
St. Lawrence (Weehawken)
St. Nicholas (Jersey City)
St. Paul of the Cross (Jersey City)
St. Rocco-St. Brigid (Union City)
Sts. Joseph and Michael (Union City)
Sts. Peter and Paul (Hoboken) Please Note: This session will be held at Our Lady of Grace/St. Joseph.
Planning Area F—Southern Hudson
Blessed Miriam Theresa (Bayonne)
Christ the King (Jersey City)
Holy Rosary (Jersey City)
Our Lady of Czestochowa (Jersey City)
Our Lady of Mercy (Jersey City)
Our Lady of Sorrows (Jersey City)
Our Lady of Victories (Jersey City)
St. Aloysius (Jersey City)
St. Anthony of Padua (Jersey City)
St. Henry (Bayonne)
St. John Paul II (Bayonne)
St. Mary (Jersey City)
St. Michael (Jersey City)
St. Patrick and Assumption-All Saints (Jersey City)
St. Paul the Apostle (Jersey City)
St. Vincent De Paul (Bayonne)
Planning Area G—Northern Essex
Holy Family (Nutley)
Notre Dame (North Caldwell)
Our Lady of Lourdes (West Orange)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Nutley)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Oratory-St. Teresa of Calcutta (Montclair)
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament (Roseland)
Our Lady of the Lake (Verona)
Sacred Heart (Bloomfield)
St. Aloysius (Caldwell)
St. Anthony (Belleville)
St. Cassian (Montclair)
St. Catherine of Siena (Cedar Grove)
St. Joseph (West Orange)
St. Mary (Nutley)
St. Peter (Belleville)
St. Peter Claver (Montclair)
St. Philomena (Livingston)
St. Raphael (Livingston)
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Montclair)
St. Thomas More (Fairfield)
St. Thomas the Apostle (Bloomfield)
St. Valentine (Bloomfield)
Planning Area H—Southwest Essex
Good Shepherd-Immaculate Heart of Mary (Irvington)
Holy Name of Jesus (East Orange)
Holy Spirit-Our Lady Help of Christians (East Orange)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Orange)
Our Lady of Sorrows (South Orange)
Our Lady of the Valley (Orange)
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Irvington)
St. Andrew Kim (Maplewood)
St. John (Orange)
St. Joseph (East Orange)
St. Joseph (Maplewood)
St. Leo (Irvington)
Planning Area I—Southeast Essex
Blessed Sacrament-St. Charles (Newark)
Cathedral Basilica Sacred Heart (Newark)
Holy Cross (Harrison)
Holy Trinity-Epiphany (Newark)
Immaculate Conception (Newark)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Newark)
Our Lady of Czestochowa (Harrison)
Our Lady of Fatima (Newark)
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Newark)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Newark)
Our Lady of Sorrows (Kearny)
Parish of the Transfiguration (Newark)
St. Aloysius (Newark)
St. Antoninus (Newark)
St. Augustine (Newark)
St. Benedict (Newark)
St. Casimir (Newark)
St. Cecilia (Kearny)
St. Columba (Newark)
St. Francis Xavier (Newark)
St. James (Newark)
St. John (Newark)
St. Lucy (Newark)
St. Mary (Newark)
St. Michael (Newark)
St. Patrick’s Pro Cathedral (Newark)
St. Rose of Lima (Newark)
St. Stanislaus (Newark)
St. Stephen (Kearny)
Planning Area J—Western Union
Holy Trinity (Westfield)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scotch Plains)
Little Flower Church (Berkeley Heights)
Our Lady of Lourdes (Mountainside)
Our Lady of Peace (New Providence)
St. Agnes (Clark)
St. Anne (Garwood)
St. Bartholomew (Scotch Plains)
St. Bernard and St. Stanislaus (Plainfield)
St. Helen (Westfield)
St. James (Springfield)
St. Mary (Plainfield)
St. Michael (Cranford)
St. Rose of Lima (Short Hills)
St. Teresa of Avila (Summit)
Planning Area K—Eastern Union
Assumption (Roselle Park)
Blessed Sacrament (Elizabeth)
Christ the King (Hillside)
Divine Mercy-Includes 603 (Rahway)
Holy Family (Linden)
Holy Rosary-St. Michael (Elizabeth)
Holy Spirit (Union)
Immaculate Conception (Elizabeth)
Immaculate Heart-St. Patrick (Elizabeth)
Our Lady of Fatima (Elizabeth)
St. Adalbert and Sts. Peter and Paul (Elizabeth)
St. Anthony of Padua (Elizabeth)
St. Catherine of Siena (Hillside)
St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Linden)
St. Genevieve (Elizabeth)
St. Hedwig (Elizabeth)
St. John the Apostle (Linden)
St. Joseph the Carpenter (Roselle)
St. Mary of the Assumption (Elizabeth)
St. Michael the Archangel (Union)
St. Theresa (Kenilworth)
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Linden)