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Recognizing the dwindling supply at the local food pantries, you are asked to bring 1 non perishable food item to the parish picnic on Sunday, June 12th at the Fireman’s Field located on Beach Street in the Borough. Your donation can be placed in the “clearly marked vehicle” located at the entrance of the park. Your support is appreciated by those who are struggling to buy food for their families! God bless you!

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has chosen June 22nd to June 29th as RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WEEK. Religious freedom allows the Church, and all religious communities, to live out their faith in public and to serve the good of all. We are invited to pray, reflect and act to promote religious freedom which is guaranteed under our county’s constitution but which is being threatened in our secular society.

The Feast of Corpus Christi will be celebrated on Sunday, June 19th with a combined parish event with St. Cecilia Church at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on East Main Street. The outdoor procession with the Most Blessed Sacrament will begin at 2 o’clock. Young people are invited to serve as acolytes, baldachino bearers, and those who strew flower petals. The young people of the Catacombs Group will also participate by bearing the image of Blessed Carlo Acutis during the ceremony.

The Bishops of the Metropolitan Province of Newark have moved the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord (the 40th day of Easter) from its traditional day of Thursday to the following Sunday, which this year is May 29th. Therefore, this Thursday, May 26th, IS NOT A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION.

The 10th Annual CORPUS CHRISTI FOOD DRIVE will take place in the Diocese of Paterson to replenish the dwindling food supplies at the 3 diocesan food pantries operated by Catholic Charities. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish has been asked to donate the following items: PANCAKE MIX, PANCAKE SYRUP, SHAMPOO. These items can be brought to Suchon Hall and placed on the designated tables prior to June 18th-19th (Feast of Corpus Christi). Should you like to make a monetary donation for this purpose please go to: https://www.ccpaterson.org/corpus. You may also write a check payable to Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish with the memo: food drive.

We are having the shredding truck on May 21st from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm. Suggested Donation is $5.00 per box and $10.00 for a large box. What a perfect time for some spring cleaning!

from Fr. Pawel

This will be the third year now that the annual ECUMENICAL LENTEN LUNCHES held at the First Presbyterian Church have been cancelled due to COVID 19. In lieu of this cancelled ecumenical event the Methodist Church of the Rockaways located on Hoagland Avenue invites residents to join them each Friday at Noon for a musical program of reflection. We pray that next Lent will allow us to return to our Lenten lunches for ecumenical fellowship.

“Helping Others Encounter Jesus in the Eucharist” is the title of a free on line event which will take place on Wednesday, March 23rd from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The speaker is Dr. James C. Pauley, Professor of Theology and Catechesis at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. For additional information please visit: www.insidethewalls.org/zoom.

Several drives are taking place in our local area to help the people of Ukraine. Your support is greatly appreciated: Sacred Heart of Jesus Church will be collecting cash and/or checks (made payable to Sacred Heart Church with UKRAINE written in the memo line), Medical/Infant Supplies for Ukraine throughout Lent; Pain relievers like Advil or Tylenol, alcohol swabs, ice packs, bandaids, first aid supplies, diapers, wipes, sanitary pads, infant formula and Ensure is needed. A bin will be located in the back of church and can also be dropped off at the rectory during business hours. If you have any religious items such as rosaries, holy pictures, small prayer books, crucifixes or medals, there will be a separate bin for those items. Morris Catholic High School’s medical supply drive will run from now until March 18th. Items may be dropped off at the main entrance of Morris Catholic High School. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church humanitarian aid drive items can be brought to 635 Broad Street, Clifton daily from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.

The Holy Mass and distribution of ashes will be Wednesday, March 2nd, at 12:00 pm (noon) and 7:00 pm!

Every Monday evening during Lent, March 7 to April 4, every parish in the Diocese of Paterson will be open from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for confession. All of us are directed to the sacrament of penance during this holy season as per our venerable tradition prior to the great feast of Our Lord’s Holy Resurrection.

*** Due to the possibility of snow, this event will be weather dependent. *** The 8:00 am Mass at St. Cecilia's will be celebrated on Saturday regardless of weather. If the weather is mild, we will have a ProLife presentation after Mass with a short prayer service for those who come. If the weather is severe, there will be NO events following the Mass. Please be safe!

Join us for the “5th Sunday of the Month Rosary” which will take place on Sunday, January 30th. We begin at 3 o’clock with the praying of the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. This event is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Council 3359. All are welcome!

The annual Rockaway Right to Life March will take place on Saturday, January 29th. The event begins with the celebration of the Holy Mass at St. Cecilia Church at 8 o’clock in the morning followed by coffee and a brief program in Hayes Hall. Participants will then walk around Park Lake praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary and return to Hayes hall for a final prayer. Each year this event grows with young people, families and people of good will from other communities. Please join us in promoting the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death by participating in this local event.

To keep the staff and parishioners safe due to covid, the parish office will be closed this week and will reopen Monday, January 3rd, 2022. Thank you for your understanding!

All children grades 1-8 from any school or parish are welcome to participate. The following is the rehearsal schedule which take place in the church from 6:30 to 7:45 pm: 12/16, 12/17, 12/23 (dress rehearsal). Friday, December 24th, 3:15 - 3:45 pm rehearsal; 4:00 - 5:15pm Pageant and Mass. Any questions please call Derek @ 201-213-3393, Jen @ 973-476-2568 or the rectory @ 973-627-0422.

The 1st night of the traditional novena of Filipino Masses before Christmas will be celebrated at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish church on Wednesday, December 15 at 7:00 in the evening. Fr Joey Mactal will be the main celebrant. Fellowship and Filipino refreshment immediately follows Mass. This traditional Filipino mass is sponsored by the Diocesan Commission for Catholic Ministries (DCCFM) of the Diocese of Paterson. For more information or if you wish to help, please contact DCCFM President, Elmer Maximo at (973)664-1949. Maraming salamat po.

A fundraiser for Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 63 E. Main Street, Rockaway on Saturday, October 16th from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. Suggested donation is $5.00 per box. Now is the time to safely clean out all those old papers!

Catholics of Rockaway will gather here at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish (63 E. Main Street) on Saturday, October 16th at 12 Noon to pray the Rosary outdoors, weather permitting (if not in the church). This is a nationwide event sponsored by the “America Needs Fatima Foundation.”