St. Patrick Parish

Monday- Friday 8 am

Except First Fridays, No 8 am Mass
Mass is at 12 pm every First Friday

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Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday: 7:30 a.m.

Sunday 10 am 
 

                   ✞    CONFESSIONS    ✞ 

Monday Evenings in the Church
6:30 pm-7:00 pm

Monday, July 12, 2021 with Fr. Artur
Monday, July 19, 2021 with Fr. Bob
Monday, July 26, 2021 with Fr. Artur


or
by Appointment: 973-635-0625 
phone extensions:

152 Fr. Bob                     156 Fr. Artur
fr.bob@st-pats.org        fr.artur@st-pats.org

To make a one time offertory donation, click here to access our GIVING page on our website.

     The Saint Patrick Parish office is open for walk-ins Monday through Thursday, 9 am-1 pm and by appointment on Fridays during the month of August 2021.

On the weekend of the Feast of Corpus Christi, June 5 & 6, 2021, the dispensation from the Sunday obligation will be lifted. On the Feast of Corpus Christi, we are reminded of the gift that Jesus gives to us of receiving His Body and Blood in Holy Communion and our need for that Spiritual nourishment. We are more fully the "Body of Christ" when we all gather around the table of the Lord.

To read the Statement of the New Jersey Bishops about reinstating the general obligation to attend Mass, please click on the link below. To read the Protocals for Liturgical Celebrations by Mandate of the Bishop of Paterson, please click on the second link below. Please contact the parish office with any questions or concerns at 973-635-0625

Statement of the New Jersey Bishops

Protocols for Liturgical Celebrations by Mandate of the Bishop of Paterson

Registration for the 2021-2022 Faith Formation school year opens on Monday, August 2, 2021 for children in grades 1-8.  Children in grade 2 preparing to receive the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Communion need to register for BOTH Faith Formation Grade 2 AND the Sacramental Program. Children in grade 2 attending Catholic School only need to register for the Sacramental Program. Please contact Karen Hoerrner, our Coordinator of Faith Formation at khoerrner@st-pats.org with questions or concerns.

REGISTER FOR FAITH FORMATION HERE

Friends of the Collegio

Once a year each parish in the Diocese of Paterson welcomes a missionary representative assigned by the Mission Office to make a missionary appeal. The appeal is known as the Missionary Cooperation Plan. Bishop Kevin Sweeney, Mila V. Burdeos, the Diocesan Mission Director, and all who work at the Mission Office in the Paterson Diocese are grateful to all for the extra effort during the summer when this appeal is made to help those who benefit from the generosity of so many people.  

Next weekend August 7/8, the parish highlights the mission work of the Friends of the Collegio (FC) a newly formed charity nonprofit organization that supports student priests of the Philippine Pontifical College by providing scholarships and needs while these men study in Rome. Filipino student priests dwindled in number from a previous year’s enrollment of 50 to 30. After a recent building renovation that increased capacity to 60, more effort is required to maximize the use of the facilities, yet there is lack of funding for educational scholarships for student priests. In that a financial crisis situation is presently ongoing in Italy and neighboring European countries, the purpose of this appeal is to find ways for sustained nonprofit fundraising to support the continuing education of student priests which leads to ongoing relationships that foster camaraderie and unity in the Catholic organization globally.

Pontificio Collegio Filippino was inaugurated by Pope St. John XXIII in 1961. It is hope that this year work on the kitchen and laundry area gets started as architectural plans have been prepared. These heavy duty facilities are designed to serve 60 priests, plus 25 guests, religious sisters and staff. The Bishops usually stay at the Collegio when they visit Rome for meetings and other occasions. Finding sustainable nonprofit funding activities to support student priests for continuing education in Rome is difficult since student priests lack financial support regarding their studies. A pilot study was created and interviewing different Filipino/American organizational leaders helped make the project a reality.

Fr. Greg Gaston who represents the community was originally scheduled to speak to us next weekend about the mission, but unfortunately he must forgo his plans to come to the United States due to restrictions that would put him in quarantine for two weeks due to Covid-19 restrictions. The Vatican Council II documents maintain a special section on the Church’s Missionary Activity whereby it states, “These churches which are often situated in poorer parts of the world still suffer from a serious shortage of priests and a lack of material resources. Therefore, they are extremely dependent on the continued missionary activity of the whole church to supply that assistance which is necessary for the growth of the church and the full development of Christian life. This missionary activity should also help those churches which although long established, are in a state of decline or weakness…Since the voluntary offerings of the faithful for the missions are by no means adequate, it is recommended that as soon as possible a certain sum be fixed to be paid each year out of their own resources by the diocese itself and by the parishes and the other diocesan communities.”    

On behalf of Fr. Gregory Ramon Gaston, I ask you to support his work and that of Friends of the Collegio. With your help and participation in this mission appeal, you become part of the mission. Please give consideration to this appeal in that next weekend we all have the opportunity to give from the heart as well as include missionary activity in our prayers knowing that we help provide the opportunity for more people to share in the blessings of God’s creation.
  
In Christ's Love,
Fr. Bob