The 2025 Bishop’s Annual Appeal is well underway. All of our registered households by now have received correspondence from me supporting the appeal and encouraging your participation in it. The funds generated by the appeal, as you know, support many charitable, formational, and educational ministries throughout the diocese. Many have come to rely upon it for the practical help needed to educate our seminarians, provide a variety of social services through Catholic Charities, and maintain a vibrant Catholic campus ministry presence at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.