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Eucharistic Ministers (EU) are needed specifically for the 9am & 11am Masses. It is a gift to be an EU, to share the Body & Blood of Christ with one another. We need your help! If interested please contact Marianne Garibaldi, 201-403-4216 or Lori Covello, 201-874-7403. Thank you!

Fr. Lukasz is attending the triennial convocation of priests of the Diocese of Paterson from Monday to Thursday. During the same time period, Msgr. Carroll will be in Michigan for the final phase of his treatment plan. Fr. Henry and Deacon Omar are in charge.

Couples, married in 1966 or 1991 are invited to celebrate your 25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary. Bishop Serratelli will celebrate Mass at St. Peter the Apostle Church, Parsippany on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 4pm. Arrangements can be made by contacting the parish office. Registrations will be accepted through Oct. 24. Info will be sent from the Office of Family Life once you have registered. Congratulations on this joyous occasion.

Thank you very much for your financial support of this year’s RISE mission trip. Seventeen teens & five adults from Kinnelon traveled to Friendship, NY. Some of the work was to replace a roof for a family of 6, replace windows for an elderly couple and widen a doorway for a single man confined to a wheelchair who hadn’t left his home in 5 years! When he rode down the ramp to get his mail for the first time by himself, neighbors and teens/staff applauded him. It validated everything that RISE stands for. The generosity of OLM and lots of prayers made this year’s trip possible. In only 7 days, countless lives were changed forever, including ours. On behalf of this year’s RISE participants, our sincere thanks. May God bless your generous hearts. Patrice Leavenworth

Parents - please pass this important letter on to your college student as they begin the new year of studies.

Olive-wood handcrafted from the Holy Land will be on sale at OLM on Sept. 24/25. Please support local Catholic artisans in the Holy Land who depend on the income generated from this art form. Christians’ presence in the Holy Land has extended from the Pentecost to the present. Sixty-five years ago Christians represented more than 28% of the population and now we represent less than 2%.

Couples, were you married in 1966 or 1991? You are warmly invited to celebrate your 25th or 50th Wedding Anniversary with the Church of Paterson. Bishop Serratelli will be the main celebrant at Mass at St. Peter the Apostle Church, Parsippany on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 4pm. Arrangements can be made by contacting the parish office. Registrations will be accepted through Mon., Oct. 24. Info will be sent from the Office of Family Life once your registration has been processed. Congratulations on this joyous occasion.

The OLM Ladies Guild is once again coordinating Hospitality after the 9am Mass while CCD is in session. The children (and adults too!) enjoy this time together and the success of this program is only possible with your participation. Please consider signing up to host one Sunday morning. An itemized list of items you'll need to supply will be sent to you the week before your obligation. There will also be assistance in the kitchen the morning of. If by chance you normally do not attend the 9am Mass, we will make arrangements for an alternative drop off. Sign up sheet in the Narthex! Questions-please contact Carla Carfora Gear @ 973-283-8146.

Sept. 25 is 4-Get-Me-Not weekend. Please continue your generous response to feeding the hungry with donations of non- perishable food to the Fr. English Food Pantry.

Enjoy a night of Authentic German food and beer, om-pa-pa and entertainment with professional comedians featuring Bob Nelson as seen at the Laugh Factory. Admission is $35. For advance tickets or info call Dave Puccia 973-694-1955.

Please click here for a link to photos taken by Kathy Davies. Enjoy!

Now that religious education is resuming, it is time for children grades 4 to 8 to consider becoming altar servers. Please talk to Fr. Lukasz or email him, asstpriest@olmchurch.org.

Children in grades 4 to 8 are encouraged to join the junior choir which rehearses every Tuesday after school and sings at every 9:00 am Mass. Please talk to Michael Pierce or send him and email: iloveapiano@aol.com.

During the 9:00 am Mass, children 1st grade and under are invited to participate in the Liturgy of the Word for Children. They leave Mass before the first reading and return by the Holy, Holy, Holy. Besides the children we need moms and or dads to help do the readings and conduct an activity. For Information please email Kati Schrope, katyvet@optonline.net

Be Rich in Good Works As you consider your pledge to the 2016 Bishop’s Annual Appeal, it is important to know that the Partners in Faith campaign conducted in 2013 and the Bishop’s Annual Appeal are different drives serving different needs. The Partners in Faith campaign raised funds for ministries outside the Diocese’s general operating funds and included some endowments with an eye toward future needs. The bishop’s Annual Appeal, on the other hand, helps fund immediate day-to-day operations of four important ministries and programs: Catholic charities, seminarian education, our diocesan priests’ retirement residence and our inner-city schools. With this in mind please be as generous as possible to this year’s Bishop’s Annual Appeal. If you have received the Bishop’s letter, please prayerfully respond today.

Parents of children in Grades 1 through 5 are invited to join us for our Parent to Parent lecture series one Sunday a month from 10:20 to 11:20am. Have some coffee and listen to your peers speak about topics of interest based on our faith, family and raising our children. It begins on October 9th in the auditorium, while your children are in class. Hope to see you!

Please click here for important information and dates for all Confirmation candidates

If you have not yet completed the Protecting God’s Children paperwork, please do so immediately and return it to the Religious Ed office. To register for the October 5th training date at OLM or to register for any other sessions please visit http://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list2.cfm?theOrgID=16475&theme=0 to complete registration and attendance.

Parents, you should have received a letter with your child’s admission-to-class slip. If you have not received this please contact the Religious Education office, reled@olmchurch.org. Grades 1-5 - Classes begin on Sept. 25 and 26, Sunday and Monday. Sunday classes – students should attend 9am Mass with your family and then come over to the school for classes to begin at 10:15 and end at 11:30am. Monday classes run from 4:30-5:45pm. Grades 6-8, Sunday classes start on Oct. 2 from 6:30-8:30pm and Monday classes start Oct. 3, from 7-8:30pm. Catechists/Teachers: Catechist meeting dates are listed below. Meetings will be held in the school library. If you have received your teacher’s manual please bring it with you. Grades 6-8 Meeting. - Monday, Sept. 12, 7-8:30pm. Grades 1-5 Meeting – Tuesday, Sept. 13, 7:15-8:30pm.

This is Sr. Ellen Denise O’Connor’s Religious Community and they are looking for some specific assistance for the Sisters at Marian Woods, Hartsdale, N.Y. This is an intercommunity residence for Sisters from 5 different communities. Recently, the emergency nurse call system at the convent needs to be replaced. The cost is $1500 for one room and there are 14 Franciscan Sisters of Peace living there. If anyone feels called to help with this need, please contact Sr. Helen Wacker, FSP at Franciscan Sisters of Peace, 2 Ridge Street, Haverstraw, NY 10927-1198 or Sistere Ailenn Dovoan, OP, Marian Woods, 152 Ridge Road, Hartsdale, NY 10530.