From the Social Concerns Ministry: Essay on U.S. Farm Bill
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The Social Concerns Ministry wishes to share their thoughts on a recent U.S. Farm Bill. Please click the button below to read.
Deacon Tom's Homily for Sunday, November 19th; 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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OPEN OUR HEARTS, LORD, HELP US to love like You. Open our hearts, Lord, help us to love.
GOD IS LOVE – TOTAL, SELF-GIVING Love!
WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE God-on-the-Cross pouring Himself out totally…for us. Jesus holds nothing back.
HIS HEART IS PIERCED; IT IS completely open. He gives every drop of blood, every inch of Himself for us.
TODAY, WE PRAY FOR A HEART LIKE Jesus’ heart - the natural heart we once had a long time ago, before we first sinned.
JESUS-ON-THE-CROSS IS THE blueprint for our daily life. He tells us: “Love one another as I have loved you.”
WE EMULATE HIM BY POURING ourselves out for others.
THE GRACES, THE BLESSINGS THAT we receive, we, in turn, pour out on those around us – beginning with our family and friends.
WE SHOWER HIS COMPASSION EVEN on the stranger in the Shop-Rite who blocks our way with his cart and on the jay-walker who deliberately crosses right in front of our approaching car.
JESUS COMMANDS US: “BE compassionate as your heavenly Father is compassionate.” The forgiveness God is showing us, we are to show to those who hurt us.
LIKE THE WORTHY WIFE IN TODAY’S first reading, we reach out our hands to the poor; we extend our arms to the needy.
EACH DAY, THE PATIENCE AND THE love God is pouring out on us, we pour out on everyone we encounter.
ONE DAY, OUR MASTER WILL return. He will require an accounting from each of us of all the gifts He has poured out on us – the forgiveness, His compassion, the patience, and all the love,
ARE WE PAYING THEM FORWARD? Are we giving His gifts with an open heart to those around us?
OR ARE WE HOARDING THEM, keeping them to ourselves? Are we ignoring His gifts, burying them in the ground?
SO TODAY, WE PRAY: OPEN OUR hearts, Lord, help us to love like You. Open our hearts, Lord, help us to love.
Christmas Pageant Sunday, December 17th at 1:30pm
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The 2023 Christmas Pageant will take place on Sunday, December 17th at 1:30pm. Join the youth of the parish as they reenact the Gospel account of Jesus’ birth through story and song.
Admission is free. Attendees are kindly asked to bring a non-perishable item for our church’s food pantry.
If you have a child between the ages of 3-12, you may sign them up before November 26th via Google Form only. Please click here to be taken to the online form.
Annual Christmas Concert Saturday, December 9th at 7:00pm
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The Music Ministry presents our Annual STA Christmas Concert Saturday, December 9th at 7:00pm featuring the Adult and Youth Choirs and The Bloomfield Civic Band.
Admission is free, please consider a free-will donation to support our Music Ministry.
See you there!
2023 Advent Giving Tree begins Saturday, November 25th
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The Saint Thomas the Apostle Rosary Confraternity is once again sponsoring our Annual Advent Giving Tree.
The gift selections will be split between the trees in the Church near the reconciliation rooms and online.
Gift Tags will be available the weekend of November 25th/26th. All gifts must be returned no later than the weekend of December 9th/10th.
Please do not wrap gifts – place items in gift bags or plastic bags. Original gift tags must be attached to the bags.
Gift cards (with the gift tag and $ value attached) should be placed in the collection basket or dropped off at the Parish Center.
Click here to be taken to the AGT ministry page which contains extra details and instructions, or to contact the volunteer team.
We appreciate your spirit of generosity and look forward to another successful year!
Meet & Greet with Fr. Jonathan A. Yabiliyok Sunday, November 12th
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The Holy Name Society is sponsoring a “Meet & Greet” with Fr. Jonathan A. Yabiliyok, our periodic visiting priest on Sunday, November 12th after the 10 a.m. Mass in the Parish Center.
Fr. Jonathan will give a short presentation on “Nigeria – Living the Catholic Faith: It’s Joys & Challenges” followed by an open Q&A.
Refreshments will be provided by our Hospitality Ministry.
A request will be made by the Holy Name Society for you to consider a free-will offering to him for essential furnishings for his congregation’s church worship space – which, for circumstances beyond its control, is currently not protected from the weather.
2023 Christmas Pageant Signup Now Open
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Signups are now open for the 2023 Christmas Pageant! It will take place Sunday, December 17th at 1:30pm. The pageant is ideal for children ages 3-12 and is open to all children of the parish. Signups this year will be conducted via Google Form now through 11/26. Please click the button below to access the form.
We hope to see your child included in this treasured STA tradition!
Concert Recital with Kimberley Mesiti, Soprano 11/8
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You are invited to attend a recital with STA Cantor Kim Mesiti on Wednesday, November 8th at 12:00pm. This will be a 30-minute program featuring classic works by Faure, Debussy, Handel, and Malotte. Kristin Johnson will be her accompanist on piano.
This recital is part of the Cathedral’s “Wednesdays at Noon” series. It will take place at The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart at 89 Ridge Street, Newark, NJ 07104.
If you can’t make it in person, the recital will be livestreamed. Please visit the Cathedral’s Facebook page a few minutes before the concert to access the livestream.
