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HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we gather to celebrate the Lord’s Day we also welcome the new liturgical year of 2017. Today is the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new year of grace. With the New Year we also turn to Cycle A of the Lectionary from which we will draw our Scripture readings for the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist. Cycle A focuses upon the Gospel of Saint Matthew and it is from there that we hear the Lord Jesus today speak about being prepared. The season of Advent is one of preparation for the coming of the Lord in His second coming, as well as our preparation for the celebration of Christmas, the feast of His first coming among us.

The Parish has changed envelope companies:  If you haven’t received your most recent set of envelopes, please contact the rectory at 973-627-0422.

We are pleased to announce that Fr. Jean Claude’s brother, Fr. Jonas St. Martin, will be visiting St. Cecilia’s Parish on the Weekend Masses of November 26 and 27.  He will be here to promote a new Foundation, the Father Jean-Claude St-Martin Foundation Promoting the Formation of Young People and Uplifting of Women, to honor the memory and dream of his brother to help young people and women in his native country of Haiti.

The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal will conduct a PARISH MISSION for Saint Cecilia Church and Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Monday through Wednesday, November 14-16.