Category Archives: About Our Parish
Welcome Joel M. Condon to St. Mary’s Parish
Dear Parish Community of St. Mary’s,
Joel M. Condon — Photo by Brian O’Dowd
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as your new Director of Music Ministry! My name is Joel M. Condon, and I am from Bergenfield. I have spent the past three years as an accompanist and Co- Director of Music at St. Andrew’s RC Church in Westwood, and I am very excited for my new position at St. Mary’s! I am looking forward to meeting with all of our choirs and ensembles, and to starting some new programs and traditions as time goes on.
I encourage anyone who has any interest in joining the Music Ministries to come see me after any of the weekend masses, or contact me at music@stmarysdumont.org. Right now, we are looking for volunteer cantors to enhance the weekend liturgies. Adult Choir Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30pm, and Children’s Choir will begin on Wednesday, October 30th at 4:00pm. I am looking forward to a successful, spiritual, and song-filled year!
Yours truly,
Joel M. Condon
Mass to begin at Senior Center near Aladdin Field
Beginning Saturday, November 9, we will be offering Mass at our Senior Center twice a month on Saturday at 3:45 p.m. This will enable the seniors who cannot get to church to attend Mass on the weekend. The other weekends of the month will remain a communion service at 11 a.m. on Sunday. The schedule will be as follows:
Sunday – November 3 – Communion service at 11 a.m.
Saturday November 9 – MASS AT 3:45 PM
Sunday November 10 – Communion service at 11 a.m.
Saturday November 23 – MASS AT 3:45 P.M.
Fair trade holiday market is highlight of St. Mary’s festival
Artisans from Nepal — Photo courtesy of Jennifer Hardy / CRS
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Parish will host its second-ever Weekend of Faith, Service and Social Justice on Nov. 7-10. The community event will feature a number of opportunities for parishioners and local residents to become engaged and educated on the diverse riches of our faith and how it connects with the world.
On Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m., The Community FoodBank of New Jersey will host a special screening of “A Place at the Table,” a documentary about hunger in the United States. Following the movie, there will be an opportunity to hear from a FoodBank representative. The event will take place in the Spiritual Formation Center at St. Mary’s, 280 Washington Ave. in Dumont.