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Welcome
e are a Roman Catholic community of believers in Jesus Christ in Lincoln Park and surrounding areas, located in the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey. Our Bishop is Bishop Arthur Serratelli. Please feel free to visit the pages of our Parish site, learn about who we are as a community of faith and the services our parish provides. If you are thinking about moving to the Lincoln Park area, we cordially invite you to make St. Joseph's your parish.
This Sunday, two of our scripture readings, GN 18:1-10a), and the Gospel Lk 10:38-42, illustrate the importance of hospitality. Abraham welcomes visitors to his tent in our First Reading. He provides water to bathe their feet, rest and a special meal.
In the Gospel, Jesus is visiting Martha and Mary where he is welcome. Mary sits listening to Jesus while Martha is preparing the meal. Martha is upset that Mary is not helping in the kitchen. In fact, Mary’s behavior is shocking in terms of the society norms of Jesus’ day, and even today in parts of the Middle East. Mary, a woman, is a marginalized person in that society. As a woman, Mary would be expected, like Martha, to prepare hospitality for a guest, and since there was not another male present Mary was not supposed to speak with the guest. But to Luke. Jesus is not just another guest; he is the Son of God. Old boundaries do not apply. Luke shows us how Jesus demonstrated a radical openness to women and to people who were outcasts in society. And in doing so, Luke teaches his community the priority of listening to the Word of God. And Jesus says to Martha, “You are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part…”
This Gospel is a challenge to our present day Christian community to get our priorities straight. Does our hospitality transcend boundaries? What superficial concerns keep us from listening to Jesus? In everything, let us learn from Martha and Mary to choose the better part.
Parish News
- Kindergarten Religious Education Classes
Our Religious Education program includes a Kindergarten class at 9 AM or 11 AM on Sundays. These classes focus on life, creation, Mary and Jesus and the Church. Formal prayer (Sign of the Cross and the Hail Mary) and informal prayer are also part of the experience. To be part of this program, come in to register or call and we will mail out a registration form. All new registrants must be registered parishionersand are required to provide a baptismal certificate, if the baptism did not occur here at SJP.
- Registration Sundays for Religious Formation: July 28
We will be holding special Registration Days for Religious Education classes for Grades K – 8 for new and returning students on Sundays July 21st & July 28th at 11AM in the Parish Center (school).
Please bring your child’s Baptismal Certificate if he/she is new to the program. Registration forms will be available.
- RCIAR.C.I.A., the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is a program for anyone wishing to know more about the Roman Catholic Faith and, especially, receiving the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation). Our first meeting of the year will be on Wednesday evening, October 31, 7:30 PM, in the LeBeau Center, Rm. 6. If you know someone who may be interested in RCIA, please call the Parish Office at 973.696.4411 x10
- Parish Registration
If you are new to the parish or have not previously registered in the parish, please do so by calling the office at 973.696.4411 x 101 for a registration form. Also, if you are not receiving collection envelopes, we can arrange to have them sent them to you.
- Religious Education Information: Updated July 22, 2019 (No Change)
Registration forms for the 2019-2020 CCD school year were sent out via email and are due back by AUGUST 1st. If you did not receive it or if your email address has changed since last year’s registration (which would have been last summer), please be sure to email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your new email address. Registration forms are available on the back tables in church and in our Parish Center.
First Holy Communion
Children are required to complete 1st grade of Religious Education before they can enter into the 2nd grade of our program for First Holy
Communion.Registration for new students will also be taking place. Our program begins with Kindergarten and continues through Grade 8. If you have a child in Kindergarten only, the registration fee is $30. A copy of their baptismal certificate is required for each new child registered. Families must be registered members of the parish when registering for the program.
For more information or to request forms, please call 973.696.4411 x10.
CONFIRMATION PROGRAM
ATTENTION: 8TH GRADE PARENTS
As your child enters freshmen year, they will begin their preparation for Confirmation and enter the High School program. This program is separate from the K – 8. Therefore, you will receive a different registration form from Ken & Jen Shirkey, our Youth Ministers. They are the coordinators of the Confirmation Program.
Confirmation Email:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - RECENT CATHOLIC NEWS
- First Friday BenedictionPlease join us for our regular First Friday services with a monthly Eucharistic Holy Hour from 7 to 8 PM, featuring Exposition of theBlessed Sacrament, Adoration, and Benediction, provided by our Deacons. Please note that Mass will only be available in the morning at 8 AM.
- Visiting the Sick and Shut-Ins
If you have a famly member or know of someone who is sin the hospital or homebound and they would like to receive Holy Communion, please call Sr. Ellen at (973) 696-4411, etx. 3.
Because of privacy laws, the hospital does not contact us when a parishioner is admitted and therefore, we have no way of knowing. Notifying us will enable us to visit our parishioners and bring them the sacraments.
- Parish Email List: Great Way to Stay Informed!
If you would like to be added to the parish email list or to update your email address with us, to receive notifications of funerals and parish events, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and let us know. As of now, we have over 500 people on our email list. What a resourceful way to keep up to date on our parish happenings! Thank you.
Fr. Dominik Bakowski, Administrator
Celebrate the Eucharist
Saturday Eve: 5:30 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM, 10:00AM, 12 Noon, 7PM (Spanish Mass)
Monday: 7 PM (preceded by Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal/Benediction at 6:30PM)
Tuesday-Friday: 8 AM
Holy Days: To be announced from the pulpit
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 4:30 - 5 PM and by appointment.
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Phone (973) 696-4411
