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The weekends of March 29th & 30th and April 5th & 6th, the Women’s Society will be collecting Easter Candy to help less fortunate children and their families with Easter Baskets. We are looking for individually wrapped small chocolate bunnies, crosses (no peanuts please), individually wrapped candy, plastic eggs, crafts, little toys, etc. Please put your items in the box at the back of the church or drop off at the rectory office Monday through Thursday 2:00 – 5:00. Once again, thank you for your generosity!

Sponsored by the Women’s Society - Sunday, April 13th @ 11:00 am - Backyard of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish - Weather permitting - All children of our parish are invited!

Join Derek Nelson and Deacon Rick each Monday night, from 3/10-4/21 to learn about this wonderful devotion, it’s history, the benefits of praying for Mercy, and how it helps the church & its people. We will meet in Suchon Hall at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish from 7-8:30 PM. The book we will be referencing, “Understanding Divine Mercy” is $15.00 and can be purchased at the first session. To reserve your spot text Derek at 201-213-3393 or email Deacon Rick at [email protected] Pope John Paul II: “There is nothing man needs more than Divine Mercy.”

The Way of the Cross is prayed every Friday during the season of Lent in our parish. The service is at 7:00 pm on Fridays; on First Friday it will be at 6:00pm. Let us join in prayer as we recall the suffering our Lord endured for our salvation.

Lenten Lunches– The annual Lenten Lunches sponsored by the Rockaway Ecumenical Clergy Association will take place every Friday during Lent beginning on March 7th. The program takes place at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall beginning with lunch at 12 Noon followed by a presentation given by a different clergy person each week

Our Lenten alms project is the RICE BOWL sponsored by Catholic Relief Services. Rice bowls will be available in church for you to take home and place on our kitchen-dining room table as a reminder of the fasting and abstinence which is part of our Lenten observance. Money which you would normally spend on snacks and other non-essential food should be placed in the rice bowl and at the conclusion of Lent (Easter Sunday) brought to the church. The alms collected from the rice bowls is used to feed people throughout the world, especially in parts of Asia, Africa and Central America, where food insecurity is a serious issue. Alms giving is one of the major disciplines of the holy season of Lent.

Tuesday February 18 at 7:00 PM, please join us and the Purgatorial Society to pray for all the souls in Purgatory. Mass will be sung in the original language of our Church and will be a beautiful prayer on behalf of all those awaiting Heaven. Additionally, all are invited to enroll their deceased loved ones in society by going to PurgatorialSociety.Org. Your loved ones will then be included in the prayers at every requiem mass that the society celebrates.

The traditional blessing of the throat in commemoration of the Feast of Saint Blasé, Bishop and Martyr will take place at the conclusion of all Masses Sunday, February 8th and 9th.

His Excellency, Bishop Kevin Sweeney has announced that the printed version of the diocesan newspaper, The Beacon, will cease at the end of December. Mounting costs and a change in readership options has contributed to this decision by diocesan leadership. The Bishop is inviting us to read the on-line version of The Beacon at https://beaconnj.org/ . Information is also at the site for a subscription to the “Beacon and Beyond” Newsletter.

The first night of the traditional Filipino novena Masses before Christmas will take place at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on Sunday, December 15, at 6:00 PM. Rev. Fr. Vic Karljohn Leviste will be the principal celebrant. Fellowship and Filipino refreshments will follow the Mass. PASKO: Misang Pinoy (Filipino Christmas Mass) The Filipino Christmas Day Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 25, at 12:00 PM by Rev. Fr. Cerilo Javinez. This is a Holy Day of Obligation. These traditional Filipino Masses are sponsored by the Diocesan Commission for Catholic Ministries (DCCFM) of Paterson. For more information or to volunteer, please contact  DCCFM President,  Elmer Maximo at (973) 664-1949. Maraming salamat po!

On Thurs. November 21st we will remember and celebrate the “Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “with a solemn high Mass and Veneration of the relic of Mary’s veil. Join us at 7 pm for this beautiful experience celebrated in the original language of the Church, which sanctifies and strengthens our faith.

Please join us as we pray for our country with the Patriotic Rosary on Monday, November 4 at 7:00 PM, the night before the election. We will pray in front of the Most Blessed Sacrament for peace, unity and healing for our great country. Don’t know what the Patriotic Rosary is? Come find out. - Deacon Rick

September 6th, October 4th and Nov. 1st - Join us for First Friday Devotion beginning with Adoration & Confession at 6:30 pm. Followed by the Litany of Sacred Heart and Mass 7 p.m. Afterwards we will join in the back of church for s’mores, cider, snacks, and social time.

The blessing of pets will take place on Saturday, October 5th beginning at 12 Noon at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church yard. This traditional blessing is done in commemoration of the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi whose memory is celebrated on October 4th.

Beginning Friday October 11, Friday Mass will be at 6:30 P.M. and Holy Hour will follow from 7:00 -8:00 P.M. There will not be a Noon Mass. First Friday Mass schedule will remain the same.

The Mass schedule for Thursday, August 15th is at 12:00 (noon) and 7:00 pm!

All are welcome to join us for Divine Mercy Holy Hour from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Fridays through July and August starting July 12th. (7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23)

Registration for Religious Education classes for 2024-2025 is open. For more details please click the Religious Education tab, or email [email protected] or contact the rectory office at 973-627-0422 for a registration form.

Thursday, July 4– Independence Day Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. There will be no noon Mass.

The 5th Sunday of the month Rosary will be prayed on Sunday, June 30th at 3 o’clock in the afternoon in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. The short service will also include the praying of the Divine Mercy Chaplet. This event is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 3359 and is open to all.