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Upcoming Events . . .

Eucharistic Adoration – March 6th
On Friday, March 6th, we will have Eucharistic Adoration after the 8:45AM Mass in the Lower Church. The Knights of Columbus will lead the rosary at 6PM and reposition begins at 7PM. Please join us and spend some time with Jesus.

St. Patrick’s Mass – March 15th
Our annual St. Patrick’s celebration will be held on Sunday, March 15th at the 10AM Mass. Cardinal Joseph Tobin will be our Celebrant and Grand Marshal of the parade. Following Mass, all are invited to join us for a social in Szelest Hall featuring tea, soda bread, Irish dancing, and bagpipes.

Feast of St. Joseph – March 19th
The Feast of St. Joseph is celebrated on Thursday, March 19th. In addition to our usual daily Mass schedule of 7AM and 8:45AM, we will have a parish liturgy at 7:30PM followed by a social featuring St. Joseph’s bread and pastries in the Spiritual Formation Center.

Lenten Giving Tree

Our parish will collect items for St. Clare’s Home for Children, which is a part of the AIDS Resource Foundation in Newark. Tags are now available. Please take a tag off the Lenten tree and return it with the item to church before the end of Lent.

Ash Wednesday – February 26th

Ashes will be distributed at the 7AM, 8:45AM and 7:30PM Masses. There will also be a prayer service with distribution of ashes at 3:30PM.
Ash Wednesday is also a day of fast and abstinence. On a day of fast, only one full meal is permitted, and two smaller meals, which, if added together, would not exceed the main meal in quantity. Those between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast. On a day of Abstinence, no meat may be eaten. Those who have reached the age of 14 are obliged by the law of abstinence.