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There are plenty of Mass intentions available for Spring & Summer months. Please call the rectory or stop by to schedule.

Sunday, May 15th - On May 14th, Omar Hernandez will be ordained a Transitional Deacon. He will then be “Deacon Omar”. His Mass of Thanksgiving will be at OLM on May 15th at the 11am, picnic lunch will follow. Saturday, June 4th, 4pm Mass will be the celebration of Msgr. Carroll’s 50th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood and his 25th as Pastor of OLM (NOTE: There is no 5pm Mass). A dinner reception will follow. Sunday, June 12th, at the 11am Mass, Fr. Henry will celebrate his 60th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood. A lunch reception will follow.

Congratulations to the children who will be receiving their First Holy Communion this weekend. Please keep the children and their families in your prayers.

Come join us at 9:30am in the Ryan Room, as we undertake a 7-week course using Bishop Robert Barron’s Priest, Prophet and King Study program. This program uses beautiful DVDs and a workbook to inspire you with the beauty and truth of Jesus Christ. Take this opportunity to experience and understand our Lord as Priest, Prophet & King. For more info call Carol Mangani at 973-283-2218.

Christ’s faithful are obliged to reveal impediments to sacred orders, if they know any, to the ordinary or the pastor before ordination. If anyone knows of any reason why Omar Hernandez should not be ordained a Transitional Deacon please contact Msgr. John J. Carroll or Rev. Hubert Jurjewicz, Director of Vocations at the Paterson Office of Vocations, 777 Valley Rd., Clifton, NJ 07013, 973-777-8818.

Our Religious Education leadership team has requested a technology upgrade for both the Confirmation and the K-8 CCD programs. The request is for the following: • 5 laptop computers, • 3 monitor/DVD set-ups • 2 portable projectors • Desktop upgrades for the leadership team We have already received three commitments which total $7,600 towards the projected cost of $18,530. Would anyone in the parish be interested in sponsoring part of or the remaining costs of this project? This could be pledged over 3 years or any way the donor(s) would like to do it. Please contact either George Casagrand, our Business Administrator, at 973-838-6838 ext. 102 or Msgr. Carroll at 973-838-6838 ext.100.

Next Sunday, April 24th is 4-Get Me Not weekend. The Cath. Charities Father English Food Pantry depends on donations of non-perishable food to help the working poor in the Paterson area feed their families. Please leave your donations at the side entrance and thanks for your continued generosity!!

Thank you to the following volunteers who helped to serve at Eva’s Kitchen on Sunday, April 10th: Kenny Mertz, Stefania Masi, Mariline Tavares, Lino Tavare, Mariline Pinto, Mary Smith, Cyndi and Andy Boniface. We also thank all the volunteers who cooked the chicken casseroles and helped to serve approx. 175 people and the donations of chips and cookies by Cyndi and Andy Boniface and the bananas donated by Jeff Frank.

The Men’s Group of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish (155 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ) is sponsoring its 3rd Annual Motorcycle Blessing to benefit Good Counsel Homes on Saturday, May 7th @ 10:00am. Fr. Paul will be providing individual blessings for all riders in the OLGC parking lot. A suggested donation of $20 will support the Good Counsel Home Warming Program. Registration begins at 9:45am and all participants should contact Kevin Bulger at kjbulger1@aol.com to pre-register.

There are multi-colored homemade rosaries available on a table in the narthex of the church. Take them either for yourself, your children or your grandchildren.

Should someone wish to publish an ad in the Church bulletin, please call 800-364-0684.

According to Msgr. Carroll: “Bishop Serratelli has granted me permission to remain as your pastor until June 29, 2017.”

Omar Hernandez, our seminarian, will be ordained a Transitional Deacon on Sat. morning, May 14TH at St. Peter’s Church, Parsippany by Bishop Serratelli. He will officiate as a Deacon for the first time at all the parish Masses that weekend beginning with the 5pm Mass on May 14TH. A parish celebration is being planned by the Knights of Columbus after the 11am Mass on Sunday, May 15TH -- More information to follow.

A transitional deacon, as opposed to a permanent deacon, is someone who is transitioning to priesthood instead of remaining and serving permanently as a deacon.

First, how do you like the 8-page bulletin? For July and August it will return to 6-pages, but let us know your reaction to the longer one. Also, if you see something that doesn’t look right to you, for example a light hanging loose or paint peeling or spiders around the kneelers etc. please let one of the Priests or an usher know about it. Make sure it gets written down or if you could please write it down when you give it to us. Thank you!

We have two tables from OLM Parish attending the Catholic Family & Community Services (CFCS) benefit at the Brownstone on Wednesday, April 20. Doors open at 6pm and dinner is at 7pm. Tickets are $50.00 payable to CFCS. There are two seats available. If you would like to join us, please contact Peggy Tana at 973-838-7265 or mat6210@yahoo.com. We will carpool from OLM