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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION
GRADES K-8
Registration forms for the 2024-2025 CCD school year were sent out via email last week. 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 stjoelp@optonline.net or StJoeRelEdLP@gmail.com 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 2 full years of Religious Education before they can receive 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.
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GROW IN FAITH AS A RELIGIOUS ED TEACHER
There are many ways our faith becomes stronger and more meaningful. One of the best ways this happens is when you have to explain or demonstrate to someone else your own understanding or beliefs. Becoming a teacher in the Religious Education Program not only brings our faith to the hearts of youngsters for life, it also helps crystallize and strengthen the teacher’s own beliefs. If you are interested in volunteering as a teacher in the Religious Education Program (K – 8th Grade), please contact Kathleen Miller at StJoeRelEdLP@gmail.com or call St. Joseph’s office at 973.696.4411 x5. This is a wonderful way to grow in faith and help your parish.
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PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
If any person may have been abused by any priest, they should immediately contact their local County Prosecutor’s Office and the Diocese’s Victims Assistance Coordinator: Dr. Ken McNiel at 973.879.1489. You may also get in touch with either of the Diocesan Response Officers: Rev. Msgr. T. Mark Condon, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, 973.777.8818 Ext. 205 or Sister Theresa Lee, FMA, Chancellor/Delegate for Religious, 973.777.8818 Ext. 248.
The entire text of the Policy of the Diocese of Paterson in Response to Complaints of Sexual Abuse is available on the Diocesan Web site: www.patersondiocese.org . -
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
The Parish Office will be closed on Fridays during the summer beginning Friday, July 5th. Office hours will be Monday to Thursday 9 AM – 3 PM. -
10 AM MASS SCHEDULE CHANGE
Starting Sunday, July 7th, the 10:00 AM Mass will now be at 10:15 AM
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SKYLAND BASEBALL STADIUM
Deacon Vince is setting up a baseball trip on Saturday, July 20, 2024, to Skyland Baseball Stadium, 94 Championship Place, Augusta, NJ (on Route 15 North).
• Game starts at 6:30 PM
• Cost is $22 per person, which includes one hotdog, one hamburger and one drink
• Fireworks following the game
• 50 tickets available
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
The Knights of Columbus use recycled aluminum cans as a source of revenue to “Help Us Help Others”. We have a pickup at St. Joseph’s Church every Saturday morning between 9 AM and 11 AM. We take as many cans (aluminum only) as you can drop off: soda cans, beer cans, etc. Please help the Knights help those of us in need. -
BISHOP NAVAGH COLUMBIETTES
The Bishop Navagh Columbiettes collect “Tab Tops” for the Ronald McDonald House all year long then bring them to their Annual Convention in June. Tabs are weighed at a recycling center and the money collected provides housing for families to stay near their hospitalized child during treatment. There is a jar in the back of church for the collection of these “Tab Tops”
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SIGHT & SOUND THEATER - SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
St. Joseph’s is planning a bus trip to the Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster, PA to see Daniel and the Lion’s Den on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Hope you will be able to join Fr. Martin and your fellow parishioners for a fun filled experience.
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2025 MASS BOOK FOR INTENTIONS
The 2025 Mass Book is available for Intentions. Please call, email or stop by the office with your 2025 Mass Intention(s).
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FR. ENGLISH FOOD PANTRY
The Fr. English Food Pantry is always in need of nonperishable food items, i.e., pasta, peanut butter, tuna fish, canned chicken, spam, canned soups, cereal, rice, beans, etc. Please place your food in the box in the back of church marked for Fr. English Food Pantry. Your donations are greatly appreciated.
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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 stjoelp@optonline.net 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.
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PARISH DATABASE UPDATE
Each year, we are assessed by the diocese according to the number of people in our parish. We would like to have an accurate count so we are not assessed on people who no longer come to St. Joseph Church. Over the years there have been many people who have moved or passed away, many of whom we are unaware. In order to do this, we are asking everyone to fill out an updated parish registration form that is in the back of church. Please take a form and fill it out and return it to us by dropping it in the box in the back of church, mailing, emailing or drop it off at our Parish Office. Thank you.