On Thursday, April 18th, over one hundred men from the St. James, Basking Ridge New Wineskins Men’s Group gathered at the Stone House at Stirling Ridge in Warren for their monthly meeting. The guest speaker was HE Ambassador Paul Beresford-Hill, KMOb, Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations, who spoke about the work of our ancient Catholic lay religious Order throughout the world. He highlighted the work of the Order of Malta in Ukraine, the Middle East and Haiti, especially with migrants, refugees, and in the area of human trafficking.

Standing in the picture above are Rev. Ariel Bautista, Parochial Vicar; Terry Conley, group leader; Msgr. Seamus Brennan, retired priest in residence; Greg Falzon, program chair; Msgr. Sylvester Cronin, ChM, Pastor and NJ Area Chaplain, and Rev. Mark Knestout, Weekend Assistant and Attaché at the Holy See Mission to the United Nations. Seated are: Msgr. William J. Fadrowski, ChM, retired priest in residence and NJ Area Chaplain; Ambassador Paul Beresford-Hill, KMOb.