Please join us for pastries after the 7:30am and 12:10pm masses tomorrow in honor of the Feast of St. Joseph. We look forward to seeing you!
Lenten Confessions – 3/18 and 3/22
Special Lenten Confessions will be held on:
March 18th after the 7am and 12:10 Masses and from 1:30-3:30 in the rectory.
March 22 from 7-8pm
Lenten Information/Videos
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 2/14. There is now a button on the Menu at the top of the Home Page of the website which contains the latest Lenten Information. You can also click here for the information.
Eucharistic Revival Conference 3/16
March Highlights
Here is a short list of Parish events, click here to go to the bulletin for more details:
Mondays -Weekly Sandwich Ministry at 12 to 1:30 pm Parish Hall. Make or bring sandwiches for those in need also fruit and snacks are welcomed. Monetary donations needed.
Tuesdays – Food Pantry 10-12 am and last Saturday of the Month.
Fridays – 1, 8,15 Soup and Stations of the Cross at 6:30 No Soup on 22, 29th
March
1 – Soup & Stations – Soup at 6:30, Stations at 7:30
3 – Bold High School Iron Lent 1pm
6 – OLP Bereavement Group – 7pm PH
8 – Soup & Stations – Soup at 6:30, Stations at 7:30
10 -Bold High School Iron Lent 1pm
Scout Sunday – 10am Mass
13- OLP Bereavement Group – 7pm PH
15- Soup & Stations – Soup at 6:30, Stations at 7:30
17- Bold HS Teens Iron Lent- 1-2pm
18 -Lenten Confessions after 7am Mass -3:30pm in rectory
19- Sandwiches for St. Joe’s – Drop off at rectory Monday afternoon or Tuesday by 9:30am
Rosary Makers 1-3pm PH
20- OLP Bereavement Group – 7pm PH
22- Mary’s Way of the Cross 7pm Church
23/24- Rosary Altar Society Bake Sale after Masses
24- BOLD Living Stations of the Cross 7pm Church
25 – Chrism Mass at the Cathedral in Newark
27- OLP Bereavement Group – 7pm PH
28/4/1 Parish Offices Closed for Easter
28 – Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:30 pm
Youth Ministry Seder – 5:30pm
29 – Good Friday, Passion of our Lord at 3pm
30 – Easter Vigil Mass 8:30pm
31- Easter Sunday Masses 7:30am, 10am, noon
Cardinal Tobin’s Newsletter/Lenten Message
Please use the following link to read Cardinal Tobin’s Newsletter: https://rcan.org/to-adore-serve/ and right beneath it is his Lenten Message.
Fr. Francisco Interview
Our pastor Fr. Francisco was recently interviewed for the Portuguese language television station SPT TV! To watch the interview, click on the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/spttelevisionchannel/videos/339090895720380
An Act of Spiritual Communion
For those in our community who join us for Mass via our livestream, we wanted to inform you that we will no longer be reciting the Act of Spiritual Communion. We invite you instead to recite a personal prayer of your choosing at that time. If you would prefer to use the same Act of Spiritual Communion we have been using at Mass, we are including it in this post for your convenience.
Food Pantry
The Pantry volunteers would like to thank you for your monetary and/or food
donations throughout the year. We could not make it without your help. The
following items are in most need: pasta, cereal, pasta & rice sides, tuna, sardines,
boxed milk, vanilla Ensure or Boost, flour, sugar, ketchup, shampoo and body wash.
Volunteers Needed
- If you are interested in helping at the food pantry, We need substitutes to work at the pantry on any given Tuesday from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon. If you are interested, please call Marie Russo at 908-472-3868.
- The Altar Linens Ministry would be very grateful for your help with washing the
Altar cloths used during Masses. Volunteers are asked to pick up linens after the Friday 12:10 Mass and return them washed and ironed on the following Thursday. A few more volunteers would allow the ladies to schedule volunteers only two or three
times a year. If interested, please contact Lucy Westerhaus at 908-665-2616 or leave your name at the Rectory - The Prayer Shawl Group is looking for knitters to make shawls. Call Gail Seeley if interested – 908 464-4109.
- If you have made your First Holy Communion and would like to become an altar server, please contact Fr. Arlou at the rectory.