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Month: May 2021

The Holy Trinity

We might have thought that before God created the angels and before he created the people on this planet, He must have been alone out there somewhere.  But when God sent His Son to save us, we learned that God was never alone.  He was always a family, a sharing community of three – Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The three Persons in God are so united in love and submission to one another that the three act as one, always in perfect harmony.  That boundless love of God spills over into all His creation, so that God’s love for us, too, is unlimited.  God loves each one of us totally.  We divide our love and put limits on it, but God loves fully, completely, endlessly. (Read more…)

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY – MAY 30, 2021

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Reinstating the General Obligation to Attend Mass

Here is link to the Letter from Catholic Bishops of New Jersey.

In other words, the ‘Mass Pass’ has expired. And just like that, we can all gather again to worship our Lord at Mass and in church! No more TV Mass from your recliner…

As you would expect in dealing with government institutions and church edicts, there are a ‘litany’ of exceptions as delineated below.

This obligation to attend Sunday Mass in person does not apply to:

  1. those who are ill;
  2. those who have reason to believe that they were recently exposed to the coronavirus or another serious or contagious illness;
  3. those who are confined to their home, a hospital, or nursing facility; or
  4. those with serious underlying health conditions.
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Confirmation

On May 16th & 23rd 2021, thirty-five young people of our Parish Family celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Catherine of Siena Church.  It was an uplifting celebration not only for the Confirmandi and their families but also for us who received this sacrament many years ago.

Special thanks to Mrs. Elizabeth Knipe for facilitating the Confirmation program and to our eighth grade catechists – Lori Young and James Kieran. I am very grateful for their work and selfless efforts to prepare these young people for the Sacrament of Confirmation over a series of weeks. (Read more…)

Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2021

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First Holy Communion

A total of twenty-one of our children have received their first Holy Communion during masses held on Saturday, May 8th and 15th. They will receive Jesus Christ our Savior the first time. There is no doubt that meeting with Jesus in First Holy Communion is an unforgettable moment, a day to be remembered as one of life’s most beautiful. It is a day of great family celebration.

This is a special and happy day for their parents too.  They see their children taking a new step in faith. (Read more…)