Ashes will be distributed on Ash Wednesday, February 17, at the 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows, and the 12:15 PM and 7:00 PM (Creole) Mass at St. Anthony. For information on COVID-19 protocols, click the article title.
Due to the early February blizzard, Mass intentions announced last week for the 7 and 9 am Masses on 2/1 & 2/2 have been rescheduled. Click the article title to find the new dates.
The holy season of Lent begins on February 17. Next Sunday, our bulletin will contain a folder with the schedule of services for the season. Please keep it around for reference, and remember that Lent is a time of fasting and abstinence.
Our missals and printed bulletins made a welcome return last weekend! Thanks to those who saw to their distribution and for your characteristic cooperation in observing the required protocols. Remember to take your missal to Mass each week. Do not leave it in church. Bulletins may be taken only upon exiting. Thanks as well to those who remain after Mass to sanitize the pews.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there will be no individual blessing of throats on the Feast of St. Blaise. However, in addition to the general blessing imparted at this weekend’s Masses (1/31), the general blessing will also be given at the 9 AM Mass on Wednesday, February 3, the Feast of St. Blaise.
This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 17. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week (February 6/7), there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.
Next Sunday, November 15 (the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) is the World Day of the Poor, established by Pope Francis in 2016. Thanks to all who remember the poor through their regular donations to the poor boxes at the doors of our churches. These gifts help our parish respond to the many requests we receive for emergency assistance.
We are pleased to publish our extended Christmas Eve/Day Schedule in advance, reminding everyone that the COVID restrictions remain in place that limit the number of people allowed in church. Click the article title for more information and a link to the schedule.
The bishops of New Jersey have continued the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass in person on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation through Christmas. This decision applies to all New Jersey Roman Catholic parishes. For a link to more in-depth information, click the article title.