St. Patrick Parish will be hosting guests from the Family Promise Program July 22-29. Six families will be with us and for that week, our Parish Center will be their home for dinner and overnight stays. As hosts, we provide and prepare dinner each evening and accompany our guests throughout the night. Contact the parish office if you would like to help or for more information.

For the 32nd year, St. Patrick Parish will be sending teens and adults to Preston County, West Virginia to repair homes for those in need. Click on the title for the full story!

The Children's Choirs celebrated a successful choir season with a picnic and trip to Funplex. They had an awesome time celebrating the year and all their hard work practicing and performing

Help Us Help Others Help Themselves! This summer, Youth Ministry will again travel to Preston County, WV to help renovate homes owned by our brothers and sisters living and coping with the hardships of rural poverty. It is a 5 week long service project involving painting, digging, building, re-siding, roofing, and building relationships with families. Please consider sponsoring us. Click on the title to view the sponsorship form.

Thank you to all who donated towards the Diaper Drive/Baby Shower! Your generosity will benefit single, pregnant women at Several Sources in Ramsey, New Jersey and Birth Haven in Newton, New Jersey.

Join us for our last Sunday Social before the summer! All ages are invited to this free event on Sunday, May 20 from 10:00 am until 11:30 am in the Parish Center. Enjoy a cup of coffee, a cupcake, and conversation with friends, old and new!

Parishioners of all ages had fun at our first Cinco de Mayo Party! Food, fun, games, crafts, and music...Thank you to our Youth Ministry for all the hard work to make the parish-wide party such a success!

Friday, May 4, Andrew Dutko received the Sacrament of Holy Orders at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Parsippany. Deacon Andrew will serve as a transitional deacon until the time he is ordained a priest next year.

On April 30, St. Patrick Church exceeded its goal of collecting 500 lbs. of plastic film in the Chatham Interfaith Council's Bags to Benches project! Thank you to all who lived out our call to be stewards of the earth and care for God's creations!

Glenn was received fully into communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on March 31. He received the sacraments of First Eucharist and Confirmation. Len Mrozak is his sponsor. Congratulations Glenn and welcome!

St. Patrick School students studied Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Spanish class. As part of the unit, the children made alfombras, rugs made from colored sawdust, flowers, dried fruits and vegetables in Guatemala. The students walked on the alfombras as they processed to the Church for the Living Stations of the Cross.

Divine Mercy Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter, is April 8th. Please join us for a Holy Hour and confession with Father Mark O'Malley at 3 pm, the hour of Divine Mercy, in the church.

St. Patrick Home and School Association proudly presents Night at the Museum on April 21st in the St. Patrick Parish Center. The free daytime event is 11 am-3 pm with instant win games for the kids. The evening event starts at 7 pm and costs$75 per person if purchased by March 29. Ticket includes food, open bar and fellowship! For more information, visit the St. Patrick School website.

Congratulations to our Irish Soda Bread Contest winner, Grace Dean, for her first place win in this year's Irish Soda Bread Contest! Thank you to all parishioners who entered their breads! Our parishioners enjoyed the tasty treats while enjoying Irish music and the talented Irish Step Dancers, all students from our school!

Join us as the Knights of Columbus host the annual St. Patrick's Day party on the feast day of our patron saint, Saturday, March 17 from 7-11 pm in the Fr. Ed Center gym! Traditional food, drink and entertainment! $40 per person, $35 per senior. Click on the title for details.

Children entering Pre-K through Grade 3 are invited to join us for up to 5 weeks of summer camp fun! The St. Patrick School Camp features a weekly theme and daily activities that blend play-based learning with a focus on art and STEM activities in our indoor and outdoor play areas. Open to all children entering Pre-K4 through Grade 3 starting the week of July 2nd through August 3. Click on the Summer Camp title for more details or to register!

Save the Date! The annual Appalachia Golf Classic is Friday, May 4, 2018 starting at 9 am at Ballyowen Golf Club in Hamburg, NJ. Proceeds benefit the Appalachia Help Weeks!

This lent, join us for a 6 week series, Living in the Father's Love, on Thursday evenings from 7-8:30 pm beginning February 15 presented by our Walking with Purpose group. In this brief but powerful study, we discover just how much God loves us and how the Gospels are deeply relevant to our relationships, not only with God, but also with those we love.

Thank you to the many parishioners who attended our fourth annual Parish Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, January 17. Many topics were discussed including finances, facilities, our school, youth ministry, faith formation and much more. Click on the title to read the meeting minutes and view pictures of the event. A special thank you goes out to our Pastoral Council for organizing the event and to Marty Gilligan, for facilitating the discussion and Kevin Sullivan for representing the council on our panel.

Sunday, December 3, 2017 marked the 31st year St. Patrick Parish families have participated in this outreach program. Volunteers prepared boxes to be delivered to 100 senior citizens, 100 children, and 111 families ranging in size from 2-7 individuals per family. Thank you to all our generous families who volunteered and purchased items for Christmas in a Box and the Giving Tree to help those in need.