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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION
GRADES K-8
Registration forms for the 2024-2025 CCD school year were sent out via email. 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.
For more information or to request forms, please call 973.696.4411 x0CCD REGISTRATION GRADES K-6
CCD registration forms are due back on Thursday, August 1st. Any registration received after August 1st will be assessed a late fee of $20. Please contact Mrs. Kathleen Miller or JoAnn Caputo at 973.696.4411 for any questions. -
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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DIOCESAN MISSIONARY COOPERATION PLAN
The Diocesan Mission Office approved a list of Missionary organizations that will participate in our August 2024 Missionary Cooperation Plan collection. Fr. Arputham from the Diocese of Sambalpur, India will speak at our parish on August 10th & 11th. The Catholic Diocese of Sambalpur is in the state of Odisha, one of the poorest states in India. It is located in the east of India near Kolkata. There are 56,000 Catholics with 70 priests and 135 Religious Nuns working in 25 parishes that are in deep jungle terrain and hilly areas.
The faithful, mostly Tribal and economically below the poverty line, often face persecution in the name of religion. The faithful faced many religious persecutions in the past. The priests of Sambalpur Mission continue to work hard towards strengthening the faith of these oppressed Christians through Pastoral, Catechetical, and Educational ministries. The priests of the Diocese of Sambalpur are aging too. We would like to provide a retirement home for these elderly priests who have faced many challenges in spreading the Gospel in the jungle mission. The Sambalpur Mission needs your prayerful support and financial generosity for this purpose to keep the flame of the Christian faith alive.
Thank you and God bless you all!!
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ADORATION GUARDIANS NEEDED
We need a Guardian for the 10 AM slot for Adoration. If God is calling you, please contact Ursula Daidone at 973.432.4735
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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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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).