Holy Week Message
To contact me
I wanted to
remind you in these difficult times to feel free to email me at
frjoe@standrewcc.com
or to call me on the
parish number
201-666-1100 (when recording begins press 4, then when next recording begins press 201), or through the
emergency number:
201-523-4133 (please leave a message
if I can’t answer)
Holy Week schedule
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
9 am - Daily Mass
Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday
9 am -
Morning Prayer
Holy Thursday
5:00 pm - Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Bilingual)
Good Friday
3:00 pm - Passion of the Lord (Bilingual)
Holy Saturday
8:15 pm - Easter Vigil (Bilingual)
Easter Sunday
10:00 am & 2:00 pm -
Vigil Mass will be rebroadcast on Public Access TV
(Optimum Ch. 77, Verizon Fios Ch. 24)
Palms
I'm sorry we will not be able to distribute palms this year, but please see
my
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for a suggestion of what to do at home!
Confessions
I
t pains me greatly not to be able to offer confessions (except for an emergency situation) … But in this moment it’s not by your choice or my choice that confession is not possible…. Please see my
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for what to do in the meantime until Confessions can be available again!
Funerals
This is a terribly sad situation! For our loved ones who suffer illness and may die alone and for us, that we are not able to accompany them in their last moments and deaths, nor in many cases to have the sacraments (because of the danger that you or I would bring to others after we leave their sides)…. And not to have a proper funeral at this moment. Please
see my
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for more on this. Especially please do not hesitate to contact me (instructions above).
Money
Thank you so much to so many of you who have been able to continue your donations by mail, dropped them off, or started
electronic giving
or gave through
our GoFundMe page
…. This is wonderful!
I know that many of you are suffering, so I just ask you to be as generous as you are presently able, especially in the Easter Collection which is one of the most important of the year… so that when this moment passes, we’ll be in a position to continue to offer all of our pastoral service and programs, and hopefully even more!**
Let us all continue to pray!
I’ll be praying for you; please also pray for me!
And together we pray for all who are suffering in any way!
May God bless you all in these most Holy Days!
Father Joe
**Click for details on how to donate:
