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September 7, 2025
4:30 PM
on Zoom
Presider: Mike Corso
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September 21, 2025
October 5, 2025
4:30 PM
on Zoom
Community Celebrations
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VOTFNJ Zoom details will be provided in the invitations to the liturgies and presentations that are emailed on Wednesday or Thursday before the event.
We invite everyone not only to join our liturgies but to actively participate! Please let us know if you would like to be a reader or present the Eucharistic prayer.
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Robert Hoatson, Ph.D.
The Sacrifice of the Masses
September 14, 2025
4:30 PM
on Zoom
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All of our presentations are free so everyone can join. However, as a non-profit, VOTFNJ is entirely supported by membership and donations. If you can afford to do so, please make a tax-deductible contribution to VOTFNJ to help with the cost of honorariums. Click on the button below to donate online, or mail a check to:
Robert Pipchick, VOTFNJ Treasurer
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Springfield NJ, 07081
Thank you for your generosity!
| | Join Sophia Inclusive Community, the "sister" community of VOTFNJ, via Zoom for liturgies. Contact Mike Corso for more information. | | | |
Call to Action's Alternative Liturgies Directory provides a space to share information about spiritual communities that meet outside a traditional parish setting. These gatherings include online prayer services, Intentional Eucharistic Communities, churches presided over by women priests, Call To Action chapter liturgies, and more.
| | Journeying together as family through sadness and joy... | | Editor's Note: This edition of the newsletter is abbreviated from past versions because of unforeseen circumstances. As we look to the future and reimagine "The Voice," know that we will always be in touch with you, providing timely information about our liturgies, our programs, and our community–as well as the wider church and world we inhabit. We send Mary Aktay, who has been our Voice for 10 years, our deepest thanks for her outstanding work and our prayers for her health. | | |
We pray that Bob Pipchick can find relief from persistent pain. We pray for Mary Aktay as she undergoes surgery for a malignant tumor.
We continue to pray for the physical and emotional health of Mike and Teri Corso's son, Michael, and rejoice that he was pronounced free of cancer.
We continue to hold Mary Gannon's daughter, Emilie Jane Gannon, in our hearts.
We continue to pray for Dick Rento and Louise Mancinelli, who are in Memory Care.
We pray for the volunteers of RAMP, members of the Sophia Inclusive Community, Pathways to Prosperity, and the Christian Community in Convent Station, and all of their families.
We pray for all the victims of gun violence in our country and that legislation will be enacted to regulate firearms.
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Congratulations to Bob Hoatson on the publication of his book.
West Orange Resident & Former Priest Publishes Book About Childhood Clergy Sexual Abuse
"The Sacrifices of the Masses is a riveting description of one man’s painful journey of recovery from sexual abuse by clergy and religious. More than that, it is the story of a victim turned survivor, whistleblower, advocate, and healer of souls. Sexual abuse by clergy imposes a life sentence. It is the murder of innocent souls; there are no quick fixes or cures, but there is a road to recovery that former priest and author, Dr. Robert Hoatson, has paved for numerous victims. Over the course of more than twenty-five years, through ‘Road to Recovery, Inc., ’ Bob Hoatson, founder, has touched the lives of over 5,000 victims and their families..."
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Bernice Anglin recommends Richard Rohr's The Tears of Things.
How do we live compassionately in a time of violence and despair? What can we do with our private disappointments and the anger we feel in such an unjust world? In his most personal book yet, Richard Rohr turns to the writings of the Jewish prophets, revealing how some of the lesser-read books of the Bible offer us a crucial path forward today.
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VOTFNJ's Mission Statement:
Voice of the Faithful New Jersey is a welcoming Eucharistic community mindful of its Christian Catholic tradition. Attentive to the Spirit, we seek to be the change we wish to see in the Church. We share responsibility toward spiritual growth, prophetic witness, and the promotion of justice and equality in the Church and society.
VOTFNJ's Goals:
To support and advocate for survivors of clergy sexual abuse
To support and advocate for priests of integrity
To support and advocate for those striving to proclaim an expanded image of God compatible with science and theology in the 21st Century
To provide educational and spiritual opportunities for our community and others.
If you are not yet a VOTFNJ member, you can join by filling out this form and mailing it in.
VOTFNJ is FAMILY! If you need anything at all: groceries, a ride somewhere, or simply someone to talk to, please don't hesitate to reach out. We are here for each other!
| | Confronting Systemic Racism | | |
VOTFNJ RESOURCE
The VOTFNJ Coordinating Team has compiled a resource list on the subject of systemic racism, offering theological readings as well as historical and political perspectives. Download it here.
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VOTFNJ is a founding member and supporter of Refugee Assistance Morris Partners. RAMP is proud of its work sponsoring refugee families since its founding in 2016 thanks to the ongoing support of its deeply dedicated volunteers, faith-based organizations, and generous donors. RAMP partners with the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
RAMP helps people bridge to a new life for a better future. RAMP assists vetted and documented refugee families and individuals who fled their homes under the threat of war or violence. Since its founding in 2016, RAMP has supported 22 adults and 21 children from Syria, Afghanistan, and El Salvador. Thirteen are now U.S. citizens, and two are serving in the military.
RAMP earned status as an independent New Jersey 501 (c)(3) non-profit in 2022.
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VOTFNJ has developed an Action Packet of useful steps you can take to confront the abuse crisis in our Church.
| | Structural Change in the Church | |
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