Have you received text messages, emails, or messages through Facebook messenger from someone claiming to be your pastor and asking for money or gift cards, indicating it’s an emergency? Don’t give. It’s not your pastor. It’s a scam. Many parishioners of the Diocese have been targeted by these fraudsters and it’s not just happening here.
Saint Jude Parish is grateful for all the work on the Parish Center building. Many thanks to the Lakeside Construction & its friends (who did all the work), Security Team (who spotted an extensive damage to the building) and Parish Center Committee. Here are some pictures on how the repair work went.
Saint Jude Parish is grateful for all the work on the entrance circle (roundabout). The Lakeside Construction & its friends fixed the problematic curb stones damaged during snowplowing at the main entrance to our parish. If you have an opportunity to do so, please thank them for all the work they've done for us.
Last week (May 8th), in accordance with the May's tradition, the Rosary & Altar Society crowned a statue of Mary. The event started in front of our church with a procession that ended in our Prayer Garden. The Prayer Garden was renovated by our parishioner, Bill Wagner. It is now, a place of praying for many of our neighbors and parishioners. We are thankful to Bill for his work on the Prayer Garden, Knights of Columbus and many other people involved in making the Prayer Garden a place we can be proud of.
Any High School Senior who is a practicing Catholic at St.Jude’s Church is invited to submit an essay for consideration in our annual Scholarship Contest. Submission deadline is June 30th. See HERE for full details.
"Death of a Gangster", a comedic mystery set in the 1920’s. Join us and help find out who the murderer is! Get a great home-cooked buffet dinner plus an evening of comedy fun for only $30 (plus processing fee). Sponsored by the Rosary Altar Society. Saturday June 11, 2022. See HERE for full details, including online sales.
Registration for the Fall 2022 is now open. If you know of any families who have children ages 4 to 14 please let them to call the office (973-398-6377) so we can register them. Download the registration form HERE. Register by September 1st and save $25.
Every Tuesday after the morning mass we will pray the Morning Prayer taken from the Liturgy of the Hours, as well as special devotional prayer to Saint Jude
Due to the unprecedented food pantry requests from the local poor, Bishop Sweeney has authorized a Catholic Charities Diocesan-wide food collection in all parishes on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday, June 18th-19th. Our parish is being asked to provide canned tuna, chicken, and beef stew. Monetary contributions will also be accepted.
Every Tuesday after the morning mass we will pray the Morning Prayer taken from the Liturgy of the Hours, as well as special devotional prayer to Saint Jude
A comedic mystery set in the 1920’s. Join us and help find out who the murderer is! Get a great home-cooked buffet dinner plus an evening of comedy fun for only $30 (plus processing fee). Sponsored by the Rosary Altar Society.
This is a reminder that weekend, the Feast of Corpus Christi, our parish will participate in a Diocesan-wide food collection for the poor. This collection sponsored by Catholic Charities and authorized by Bishop Sweeney and will help offer assistance to those most in need right in our communities. The entire Diocese of Paterson will join together in this effort.
After carefully discerning and meditating over all the options, I concluded that the only and best option for our church is to replace the organ with a good quality professional electronic organ. An electric organ is a better and more affordable alternative that should last us for decades without servicing. It is also the last chance to do it at an affordable price, as we see a spike in the price of building materials, and the cost of labor and energy.
“La Eucaristía es la fuente y la cumbre de la vida cristiana” (Lumen Gentium 11). En la última cena, Jesús compartiendo con sus apóstoles tomó el pan y luego el vino y diciendo las palabras, que también el sacerdote usa hoy para consagrar el vino y el pan, les compartió su amor y se quedó con ellos hasta el fin de los tiempos en este sacramento de la caridad. Por eso, cuando la Iglesia proclama que la Eucaristía es la fuente y cumbre de la vida cristiana, está anunciando que la Eucaristía es el modelo de entrega que los cristianos deben de tener los unos a los otros. En otras palabras, la Iglesia nos invita a vivir en una “Coherencia Eucarística,” en la cual no solo proclamamos lo que creemos, sino que también debemos vivir lo que comulgamos en la Eucaristía, en donde se nos da el mismo Cristo hijo de Dios vivo, quien nos ha amado tanto que ha decidido permanecer con nosotros en las especies del pan y del vino.
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato observed, “There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.” Plato points out what we know by experience: integrity is beautiful. Encountering persons of integrity is refreshing and attempting to live a life of integrity, though challenging, is rewarding.
On May 9, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney celebrated a special Nurses’ Week Mass in the chapel of St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson. National Nurses Week is an annual celebration in May.