Join us on Friday, July 5 in the Church for First Friday Mass followed by Adoration. Mass begins at 12:30 pm immediately followed by Adoration until 2 pm. All are invited to stop in and spend some private time in prayer with the Lord.
Beginning June 27, Parish Office hours will change for the summer. The office will be CLOSED to WALK-IN TRAFFIC on Thursdays. Our ministers, Parish Administrator and Finance Manager will be available by appointment only. Please contact them directly. In an emergency, please call the main number and leave a message. One of our ministers will return your call. Office hours will remain the same for the rest of the week, Monday - Wednesday, 9 am -3 pm and Friday, 9 am - 12 pm.
Our Summer Mass schedule goes into effect THIS WEEKEND, June 22 and 23. Weekend Masses will be celebrated at 5 pm on Saturdays and 7:30 am and 10 am on Sundays for the last two weekends of June and all of July and August. We will return to our regular Mass schedule after Labor Day Weekend! Please contact the parish office with any questions.
Congratulations to our 8th grade students that will be graduating from St. Patrick School today! We are so proud of all you have accomplished and wish you the best in your future endeavors!
Help us help those in need! On Saturday, June 15 from 8:30 am until 2:00 pm, teens and adults traveling to Preston County, West Virginia to renovate dilapidated homes for those living with the unfortunate situation of rural poverty, will hold their annual Car Wash to help defray the cost of traveling, food and necessities. The Appalachia Help Weeks are part of the Justice and Service component to Youth Ministry. Please stop by the Parish parking lot and have your car washed! Tickets are available for purchase at the door or on our website.
Thank you to all who donated and supported our annual Feast of Corpus Christi Food Collection! Your generous donations will help fill our diocesan food pantries that are historically low during the summer months and most needed at this time of year when children are home from school for summer break!
Our Saint Patrick Youth Choirs including twenty children, youth, and chaperones went on a trip to sing for residents at Juniper Village on Wednesday, May 29. The residents were thrilled, some moved to tears, and all hoped the group would return very soon. The group also enjoyed a wonderful meal together at Prestige Diner in New Providence! Congratulations to the Boys & Girls Choir and God Unplugged Choir for a fantastic year sharing their gifts at St. Patrick Church masses and special events!
THIS WEEKEND is the Feast of Corpus Christi Food Collection! This collection, sponsored by Catholic Charities, will help offer assistance to those most in need right in our own communities. Our parish has been asked to provide any cold cereal or shampoo. Please drop off your donations before or after masses at the priests' garage. Monetary contributions will also be accepted by visiting https://www.ccpaterson.org/corpus Thank you for your generosity and support for those in need in our own community!
Join us for our monthly, first Saturday Marian Devotion on June 1 at 8:00 am in the Church. Fr. Chris will be celebrant. All are invited! No sign-up necessary!
Save the Date! Our annual Appalachia Car Wash fundraiser is Saturday, June 15, 2024 from 8:30 am until 2:00 pm in the St. Patrick Parish Parking lot! Pre-sale tickets will be available after all masses the weekend of June 6 and 7! Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door. Sponsored by our youth ministry and Certain Place Ministries. Proceeds will go towards the annual Appalachia Help Weeks initiative.
Congratulations to our eighty-two Youth Ministry teens who were confirmed on Tuesday, May 14, 2024! Bishop Sweeney celebrated this final Sacrament of Initiation where each candidate was sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit after two years of preparation. Thank you to our youth minister, Maggie Grady, her assistant, Jerry Del Priore and peer ministry leaders for their dedication, support and guidance to our Youth Ministry and Confirmation teens and programs!
Congratulations to the fifty-six parish and school children who came to the Table of the Lord for this first time this April and May! Thank you to Karen Hoerrner, our Coordinator of Faith Formation, and her team that prepared and practiced with the children so they were fully prepared to celebrate this sacrament!
Twice a year, St. Patrick Parish "hosts" Family Promise guests, providing food and necessities for those in need. Prior to the pandemic, guests stayed in our Parish Center. Now they live in Morris County motels as they get back on their feet. Family Promise supplies food, services to help in obtaining a job and more! Our generous parishioners have fulfilled almost EVERY need requested by Family Promise during our host week. We are still looking for a few additional grocery and Target gift cards and some canned or bottled beverages. Please click on the title of this news article to be directed to the link to see what is still needed. Thank you!
This week is in honor of nurses and at the Parish we took the opportunity to celebrate the many nurses that have served our parish for over 20 years! Celebrating a 10-year anniversary in our Nurses' Ministry is Mary Anne and Kay is celebrating 20 years as a parish nurse! Please join us in congratulating and thanking them for their service! Exciting things are being planned for the fall that will be offered by our Parish Nurses' Ministry based on the results of our Parish Nurses' survey. Details to follow soon!
Bishop Sweeney has authorized a Diocesan-wide food collection in all parishes and agencies on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Saturday, June 1st and Sunday, June 2nd. St. Patrick Parish is being asked to donate any cold cereal or shampoo. Monetary donations will also be accepted and can be made online at www.ccpaterson.org/corpus. Thank you for helping us fill our food pantries during the critical summer months when children are home from school and for fulfilling our obligations to the poor.
We need 2 drivers to deliver the food collected for the Feast of Corpus Christi Food Collection. Donations from St. Patrick Parish will need to be delivered to Saint Simon the Apostle in Newfoundland, NJ on June 3 or Jun 4. Contact the Parish Office if you can help!
Thank you to all parishioners that completed the survey regarding the needs of our parish and how our Parish Nurses' Ministry serves and supports our parish and parishioners! A survey was emailed to our parishioners and many responded. If you did NOT complete the online survey, please complete the paper survey located at the doors of the church this weekend. Completed forms can be left in the marked baskets at the doors of the church. Thank you for your thoughts and input!
May 4 & 5 is our monthly food collection for the Father English Center in Paterson. The most needed items at this time are: coffee, tea, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix, syrup, and laundry products. Donations can be left in the priests' garage after all masses on May 4 and 5. Thank you for your support!
Liturgy of the Word with Children and Children's Church will meet every Sunday through May 5. These programs are offered at the 9:30 am Sunday Mass for children from preschool through grade 2. After the opening prayer, the presiding priest will invite the children to the altar for a dismissal blessing. Leaders will accompany the children to classrooms below the church for listen to age-appropriate readings, singing and reflection. Younger children hear a bible story and color. All children return to their parents as the gifts are brought to the altar.
Parents of children preparing to celebrate the Sacrament of First Eucharist this spring, check your calendars! Our Jesus Day retreat is this Saturday, April 27! Children will make a banner for their pew and most importantly, will practice receiving communion so they will know what to do when they are called to the Table of the Lord.nformation has been emailed to parents. Contact our Director of Faith Formation with any questions!
