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Lent 2023

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100th Birthday, Alberta Piasecki
We held a dinner to honor and celebrate our parishioner, Alberta Piasecki, who is turning 100 on April 26th. The dinner was held on March 25, 2023. Everyone who came contributed food and or drink to the party.
What a great FUN night!

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Christmas 2022

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THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE 2022
Every November the call goes out to our entire congregation and they respond in flying colors. We were able to help 38 families this Thanksgiving with a food basket and a turkey all thanks to the wonderful parishioners of our church. Many thanks to our Religious Ed Program students and parents for bringing over all the food from the church and sorting it. Many thanks to our amazing Outreach Team for organizing and bagging all the groceries. May God bless our generous parishioners and the families they help. HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

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Thanksgiving 2022

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NOVEMBER 2022

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October 2022 - The Month of the Rosary

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1-DAY WALKING PILGRIMAGE
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022

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June 2022 - Father's Day

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EASTER 2022

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Outreach Program at Work (Easter 2022)

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Lent 2022

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Diocese of Metuchen
St. Timothy & St. Teresa of Calcutta Awards 2022
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

"...Everything begins with an effective witness, a testimony, an example. You have done that and we gather today to recognize and thank you for loving God and neighbor, and we entrust our young brothers and sisters to the care of St. Timothy and St. Teresa of Calcutta." - Most Rev. James F. Checchio, Bishop of Metuchen.
We congratulate our own Emily Pilny, one of this year's St. Timothy Award recipients. Here are some pictures of Emily at Wednesday's celebration at the annual diocesan St. Timothy and St. Teresa of Calcutta Awards Ceremony and Mass at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen. We are so proud of you, Emily! God bless you and all you do for so many.

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CHRISTMAS 2021

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100th Anniversary Dinner with Bishop Checchio

We celebrated our 100th year of existance in 2021. We had a parishioner dinner on August 15th, 2021 (the actual day we turned 100) and had a dinner with the Bishop of our Diocese (Metuchen), Bishop James Checchio and area priests on Saturday, November 6th, 2021. The dinner was fully paid for and catered by Bell's Mansion of Stanhope and the desserts were donated by the Polish Slavic Federal Credit Union.  

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ALL SOULS DAY 11/2/2021

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CHURCH IN INDIA WE HELPED 2021

Thanks to some of our parishioners we were able to send to this priest in India approximately $1400.00 to help build this beautiful mission church. This is the same priest we send a lot of our hand-made Rosaries.

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13th Life Chain

October 3, 2021

Every first Sunday in October our church participates in Respect Life Sunday by holding a Life Chain. A Life Chain is an outward sign of silent protest against abortion. This year we had a nice turn out of our parishioners standing up for all the unborn children throughout the world and praying for their protection.

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20th Anniversary of 9/11

Our Altar was decorated so elegantly on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11. We gathered at 9:59am to pray the Rosary with emphasis on praying for people in each state of the entire United States and sang patriotic songs in between each decade. Approximately 30 people attended.

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SCHOOL SUPPLIES FUND DRIVE 2021

Thank you to our very generous parishioners for all their donations. We were able to help approximately 10 families. Many thanks to Kathy Wyss and Trish Horzepa for organizing and displaying all the school supplies. God bless our parishioners and our families in need.

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100th Anniversary Dinner, August 15, 2021

Approximately 130 parishioners attended. Thank you to the Polish Slavic Federal Credit Union of Stroudsburg, PA for sponsoring the entire meal. Thank you to all our busy bakers for the wonderful and abundant desserts. This was a fun event.

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MAY, THE MONTH OF MARY (2021)

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EASTER TIME AT OUR CHURCH (2021)

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EASTER BASKETS & FOOD DRIVE 2021

Check out all the beautiful Easter Baskets and food our super generous parishioners donated for families in need this Easter!

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Epiphany of the Lord, Three Kings Day, January 3, 2021

House blessing on the Feast of the Epiphany
We invite you to adopt this custom in your family. The family gathers to ask God’s blessing on their home and on those who live in or visit the home. It is an invitation for Jesus to be a daily guest in our home, our comings and goings, our conversations, our work and play, our joys and sorrows.
A traditional way of doing this is to use chalk to write above the home’s entrance, C + M + B + (current year). The letters C, M, B have two meanings. They are the initials of the traditional names of the three magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar. They are also an abbreviation of the Latin words Christus mansionem benedicat, “May Christ bless this house.” The “+” signs represent the cross and the phrase ends with the current year.

Instructions for Blessing the Home
Using the blessed chalk, mark the lintel of your front door (or front porch step) as follows:
C + M + B + 2021 while saying:
The three Wise Men, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar followed the star of God’s Son who became human two thousand and twenty one years ago. May Christ bless our home and remain with us throughout the New Year. Amen.

Then offer the following prayer: Visit, O blessed Lord, this home with the gladness of your presence. Bless all who live or visit here with the gift of your love; and grant that we may manifest your love to each other and to all whose lives we touch. May we grow in grace and in the knowledge and love of you; guide, comfort, and strengthen us in peace, O Jesus Christ, now and forever. Amen

“Chalking the door” is a way to celebrate and literally mark the occasion of the Epiphany and God’s blessing of our lives and home. With time the chalk will fade. As it does, we let the meaning of the symbols written sink into the depths of our heart and are manifest in our words and actions the Latin words, Christus mansionem benedictat, “May Christ bless this house.”

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THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE 2020

Our super generous parishioners come together every Thanksgiving and donate all this food. While our Religious Ed students and parents help sort and bag for a nice Thanksgiving meal for the less fortunate in our community.

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RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY

Our parishioners got together on RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY
(October 4th, 2020)
to pray for the protection of the unborn and an end to abortion.

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Rosary for Police 9/26/2020

Rosary for Police was prayed outside the Police Station on Rt. 46 in Great Meadows on Saturday, September 26th, 2020 for the protection of the Police as they protect us. Members of Ss. Peter & Paul Church were in attendence as well as our Rosary Society, members of our Religious Ed Program, and other community members.