St. Mary’s to Celebrate the Feast of the Assumption
Statue of Our Lady of the Assumption, the parish patroness, in the Lower Church — Photo by Brian O’Dowd
In honor of the feast of our Patroness, St. Mary of the Assumption, the parish will have a 9-day novena following the 8:45 a.m. until Wednesday, Aug. 14.
On Thursday, Aug. 15, the Feast of St. Mary of the Assumption is a holy day of obligation. Masses will be held at 7 a.m., 8:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Following the 7:30 p.m. Mass, the parish will have an ice cream social in the Spiritual Formation Center. Please call the Parish Office at 201-384-0557 to let them know you will attend.
Offerings Still Available for 2013-2014
Priest Praying Over Communion — Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis
The following offerings are still available for St. Mary’s Church:
2013: Sanctuary Lamp on Nov. 27
2014: Bread and Wine on Jan. 5 and 12; Feb. 2, 9 and 16; March 16 and 23; April 27
2014: Sanctuary Lamp on Jan. 5; Feb. 2; March 9, 16 and 23; April 20 and 27
Contact the Parish Office at 201-384-0557 in you’re interested in any of these offerings.
Welcome Letter from Fr. Pat
I am grateful for this opportunity to introduce myself as the newest member of St. Mary’s Parish and also to bring my reflections to the bulletin this week.
My journey began not far from here in Ridgewood where I spent my early days in Mt. Carmel Parish. I attended St Joseph Regional HS and then attended Seton Hall and Darlington Seminary in Mahwah. I was ordained in 1975 and assigned to St. Bridget’s Parish as parochial vicar and four years later I became a Pastor. I also served on the Seminary faculty, as Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Vailsburg, Newark, and Administrator of Holy Trinity in Hackensack for ten years. Most recently I was assigned to St. Mary’s Parish in Elizabeth until the Archdiocese suggested that I retire.