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Sept. 9th is the Sunday after Labor Day and the usual day for our parish picnic “Under the Tents”. Your ticket is a dessert (home made or store bought). If you forget it you are forgiven, but don’t let that be a reason for not coming. Please pray for good weather and for plenty of members of our Knights to volunteer to make and serve the food. To give us a rough idea of the number of attendees, please sign up and put an approximate number in your party. There will be plenty of entertainment for the children and wine, beer and soda for adults. If you want, bring your own chair. Set up is on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 9am.

On behalf of Sister Christina and all members of the St. Martin de Porres Charity Organization, we want to extend our thanks and sincere appreciation for the generosity and assistance from OLM parishioners. The Martin de Porres Center will not be accepting donations during the month of August therefore the House of Hope will be CLOSED please do not drop off donations until the very end of August. Please Note: All donations need to be properly bagged in plastic and/or closed bags - NO boxes or paper shopping bags as they rip easily and NO loose items. Martin de Porres staff CANNOT accept shoes, books, or miscellaneous non-clothing items. God Bless you and thank you for your continued support.

Would you like to be part of the new Young Adult Ministry? The first meeting will be held in September with more information to follow. Come and share your ideas and help plan interesting trips and experiences for single individuals ages 21-39. For information email Lindsay Bednarz bednarzlindsay@gmail.com or Caitlin Byrne caitrbyrne@gmail.com.

25-Hour Retreat for Women Reflect, Renew & Strengthen Your Faith! October 19th and 20th REGISTRATION AND MORE INFO TO FOLLOW

Last weekend, Fr. Lukasz was in Massachusetts at a Life Teen Conference with our youth minister, 10+ teenagers and parents. Fr. Carroll, Fr. Henry and Fernando our custodian were on vacation and Connor our sacristan was on pilgrimage. Our pinch hitters, Fr. Jerry, OFM said four Masses, Fr. Ed said three Masses which included 2 funerals, Rob Rizzo, the parish landscaper, did three burials and Rich and Ewa Wolowicz did parish maintenance and even Fr. Yohan did one baptism. To make sure everything ran smoothly, Michael Pierce, Carol Mangani, Lori Covello and the parish staff were on call. I am so grateful to everyone that helped last weekend, so that Fr. Lukasz and I could get away. We are all back to normal this weekend!!! PHEW!

Next weekend Debbie DuHaime will be speaking at all Masses on behalf of Good Counsel Homes. Good Counsel operates Catholic pro-life homes for pregnant women and their children as well as a national toll-free crisis pregnancy help line (800-723-8331). They will be distributing baby bottles to be taken and filled to assist with their valuable lifesaving work. You may also find out more and can donate online at www.goodcounselhomes.org. The more you know, the more mothers and babies will be helped.

From the American Songbook Join us for the 2nd Annual Pay It Forward Summer Concert supporting the work of the Franciscan Sister of Allegany’s The Dwelling Place of New York. Date is Wed., Aug. 15th at 7pm at The Brownstone. Deluxe Cocktail Hour/ Show for $100pp. For further information contact Father Ed Lambro, Music Director glencominc@verizon.net or call 973-345-8410.

The Knights of Columbus are hosting their annual trip to Yankee Stadium to see the Yankees play the Texas Rangers on Friday, August 10th. Bus departs OLM parking lot at 4:15PM. Cost is $70 per person. If interested, please contact Paul Schuckalo at 201-317-9554 or pssjr@optonline.net. The trip is open to all parishioners and friends. Seating limited so please reserve your spot soon

The Eva’s kitchen commitment for OLM is Saturday, August 4th, 2018. Anyone wishing to volunteer to cook please take a pan/recipe and add your name to volunteer list. Please drop off frozen casserole at OLM parking lot between 8:30-8:45am on Saturday, August 4th, 2018. If unable to drop off on August 4th you may bring it to the rectory during business hours. Thank you. Any questions call Kathy and Joe Gravino at 973-830-0559.

The proceeds from this week’s second collection go to Communications/Indian & Black Missions/Lepers and Catholic University.

Dear Msgr. Carroll and Parishioners, Thank you for the generous outpouring of support to The Dwelling Place of NY through collections taken up at Masses on the April 28-29 weekend. Thank you for the total donation of $4,029.25. Your parishioners have also mailed us donations since our visit, bringing the total received from your parish community to approximately $15,000. What a special blessing for the women we serve! Please know that your generous support will help women in great need. Gratefully, Sister Joann Sambs, CSA Administrator

Priests for Life have asked all parishes to invite their parishioners to contact their U.S. Senators to ask them to conduct a fair and swift confirmation process for Judge Brett Kavanaugh – a process based on his qualifications, not on the politics of personal destruction. Contact by either phone, mail or both. Senator Robert Menendez Senator Cory Booker 528 Hart Senate Office Bldg. 359 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-4744 202-224-3224

Msgr. Carroll will travel to Austin Texas on July 14th and return on July 19th. Fr. Lukasz will be in Massachusetts July 13-15th with the OLM Youth Group attending the Steubenville Conference. Fr. Ed and Fr. Henry are in charge!

St. Francis Residential Community on Diamond Spring Road, Denville is sponsoring a 50/50 raffle on Sunday, October 7th at 4:30 pm. There are first, second, and third prizes and the ticket price is $5.00. They are on sale after Masses.

Please take a look at the Church carpet. It was professionally cleaned on Monday, July 9th. Please help us to take care of it by either avoiding spills or by cleaning them up right away after they happen. Coffee stains and chocolate are the worst.

Next weekend is 4-Get Me Not weekend. The need for food this summer is high. Please leave non perishable food in the Church vestibule. Smaller packages can be shared with more families.

ONLY THREE MORE NEEDED! What a blessing to have so many of you volunteer to be Catechists! We need just THREE more people to help out. We need two 5th grade catechists/teachers on Sunday for the 5th Gr. class and we need one catechist for the 8th Gr. class on Sundays, which only meets 2x a month. You know you’ve been on the fence about helping in this ministry. NOW is your time to act! Please contact Mary at dre@olmchurch.org

Registrations for Confirmation are PAST DUE! Please return them to the Religious Ed office as soon as possible by mailing to the office or dropping off at the rectory.

Please have a Mass or Masses offered for the "Protection of Babies in the Womb and their Families". The hope is to have one Mass offered per month. Sunday Mass would be best, but any Mass is fantastic! You can email info@BabiesintheWombFeelPain.com or edelello@optonline.net. Please email the Church Name, Town, and Date & Time of Masses. Thank you - may God bless you

Rev. Yohan Serrano has moved onto his first assignment as a priest. St. Lawrence the Martyr Church 375 Main St. Box 730 Chester, NJ 07930. We wish him well.