Saturday May 13 5:00 pm All Mothers Living and Deceased

Sunday May 14

7:30 am All Mothers Living and Deceased

9:00 am All Mothers Living and Deceased

11:00 am All Mothers Living and Deceased

5:00 pm All Mothers Living and Deceased

Monday May 15

8:00 am Sissy Petrozelli and Josephine Como

Tuesday May 16

8:00 am Encarpacion Quiambao and Eileen Raker

Wednesday May 17

8:00 am Gerry McManus and Lillian Damiano

Thursday May 18

8:00 am Claire Ficcio and Ann Fuller

Friday May 19

8:00 am Tom Koehler and Thomas Keppel

Saturday May 20

8:00 am Rose Milde and Doris Holler

5:00 pm John Phelan, Jr. and Mary Cangemi

Sunday May 21

7:30 am Loren Taylor and Loretta Riehl

9:00 am Stanley and Marlene Wisneski and

William Marrinan

11:00 am Donald Weisbecker and Thomas Chiarello

5:00 pm Gertrude Hrenko and John McCabe

Weekly Memorials

The Lamp burning before the Blessed Sacrament the week of

May 14th is in honor and memory of all mothers

The Candles on the altar the week of May 14h are in honor

and memory of all mothers.

The Flowers on the altar the week of May 14th are in honor

and memory of all mothers.

Hear our Prayers for those who are ill especially Anthony

LaFerrara, Neiko Pagaling, Judy Latalladi, Carmela Cecere,

Marie Conlan, Mike Mulane, Evey Staromano, Deacon Tony Siino,

Caroline Palluzzi, Don Tracy, and for all our deceased especially

Louis Aprea.

Monday, May 15

Rosary Group: 6:30 pm; Church

Meditation Group: 7 pm; Church

Tuesday, May 16

Confirmation Practice: 7 pm; Church

Respect Life Ministry: 7:30 pm; North Room

Wednesday, May 17

Parish Nurses Meeting: 7 pm; North Room

Confirmation: 7 pm; Church

Thursday, May 18

Walking with Purpose: 9 am; Parish Center

Marian Prayer Group: 10 am; North Room

Knights of Columbus: 8:30 pm; East/West Room

Sunday, May 21

Chili Drop Off-Knights of Columbus: Priests’ Garage

Appalachia Meeting: 8 pm; East/West Room

Fifth Sunday of Easter May 14, 2017

Pray the Rosary with Us!

The Rosary is prayed every weekday morning before the 8 am

mass starting at 7:40 am and the Novena is prayed after mass

on Tuesdays. We also gather to pray the Rosary on Monday

evenings at 6:30 pm in the Church and Thursday mornings at

10 am in the North Room of the Parish Office Building. Please

join us. All are welcome.

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 21, 2017

First Reading: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17

Philip preaches to the people of Samaria, who accept his word

after witnessing the miracles he performs.

Second Reading: 1 Peter 3:15-18

Christians are urged to remain steadfast in their allegiance to

Christ, giving evidence always of gentleness and hope.

Gospel: John 14:15-21

In his words to the apostles at the Last Supper, Jesus promises to send them a comforter, a Paraclete, the Spirit of truth, who will be with them always.

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Mass Schedule May 20th & 21st

Fr. Bob Saturday 5 pm and Sunday 7:30 am & 9 am

Fr. Chris Sunday 11 am & 5 pm

Reconciliation May 20th

Fr. Bob Saturday 4-4:30 pm

Parish Support-May 7, 2017

THIS WEEK’S OFFERING…………………………...….$18,787

LAST YEAR’S OFFERING………………………...…….$15,071

BAPTISM: Arrangements should be made one month in advance by calling Deacon Joe Wisneski at 973-635-4976. Parents are

expected to attend an instructional session with a Baptism Team. Baptisms are celebrated at 12:30 pm Sundays.

RCIA-RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS: The R.C.I.A. invites non-baptized persons and those baptized into another

faith to participate in a faith journey in preparation for becoming a Catholic. If you are interested in any aspect of R.C.I.A., please

email Deb at Dkuzma@st-pats.org or call her at the parish office at ext. 23.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Congratulations! In order that we can together plan for your big day, couples should notify the

Church and begin to prepare at least one year in advance of the date. Please email Fr. Bob at Fr.Bob@st-pats.org or call Fr. Bob at

the parish office ext. 22.

MINISTRY TO THE SICK AND HOME BOUND: If a family member or someone you know is recuperating from a hospital stay or is

homebound for any length of time and would like to receive Holy Communion, please let us know. It is a priority for the parish com-

munity to support and be present to those who cannot be with us for the celebration of the Eucharist. If you would like a priest or

deacon to visit a family member who is hospitalized, contact Peggy at Pgentile@st-pats.org or call her at the parish office ext. 25.

SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call the parish office at 973-635-0625 to arrange for a priest.

FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST EUCHARIST: Children preparing to receive the sacraments of First Reconciliation and First

Eucharist begin preparation in first grade. To register, visit our website at www.st-pats.org or contact Ginny, vsalvatore@st-pats.org.

St. Patrick Church

The Splendor of Mother’s Day

On an overseas flight from New York to London a woman sitting next to a man on the plane began to chat to him about her grandchildren. She even took out a plastic-foldout photo album of all nine children for him to see. After an hour the woman realized that she had dominated the entire conversation. “Oh, I’ve done all the talking, and I’m so sorry. I know you certainly have something to say. Please tell me…what do you think of my grandchildren?” Today we take time to honor the women who gave life to us and nurtured us with love, which gives us reason to celebrate the splendor of Mother’s Day. Mothers and grandmothers are those special people who shape our faith, and care for many in difficult situations. Today is a day to pamper moms and grandmothers aware that the best gift given to a mother is presence since these special people surrender so much of their personal time to foster love in our lives. There is a range of festivities that bring honor to moms on Mother’s Day that include time together at Sunday liturgy knowing that God blesses these women in a unique way through the children that are entrusted to them. One joy so visible in mothers is to see happiness in their children as moms maintain a unique way of assessing a child’s well-being as they share the joys and sorrows that enter into their children’s lives. Although mothers may smother a child with love, it is their way to show affection. I recall a mom whom I employed coming to realize that her motherhood was lulling her away from giving her ministry the time and energy that she believed people in the parish deserved. In reflecting on her motherhood the young woman stated, “As I’ve learned over the past years, the blessings of motherhood are multi-faceted. A mother’s capacity to love is immeasurable, as she loves her children intense-ly, purposefully, unconditionally. A mother beams with pride at her son’s first steps, crises with joy at her daughter’s first words, glows with enchantment at the sound of her child’s laughter. A mother hurts when her child hurts, battles ferociously to protect her baby, knows no bounds in caring for her own. Out of love, a mother accepts unfathomable challenges, endures sacrifices, and makes diffi-cult choices for the betterment of her children. A mother’s love knows no end and has no limitations.”

Moms maintain ways to quiet the agitations within life as they are always ready to listen to the burdens of loved ones expect-ing little in return which often leads to the delivery of a big hug necessary to sustain confidence during painful times; today it is im-portant to return a giant hug to mom in thanksgiving for the wisdom, respect, and kindness that she injects into a family. Most moms give their heart and soul to nurture children with confidence in ways that require patience in a tender, loving manner so that the spirit of God lives in the hearts of their sons and daughters. Single moms lay hold of additional responsibilities as these women tack on one hundred percent of duties to raise children and oversee a home without another to share in decisions, work, support or finances. To-day, it is not uncommon for grandmothers to take on responsibility to care for children while moms work at careers to support a fami-ly.

Mother’s Day may be a grim day for some women who are not able to have children, may have lost a child, may have lost

their own mother, or may have a strained relationship with their mother. In a book titled, Motherless Daughters, Hope Elderman, who lost her mother to breast cancer at age 17 states, “There is never a day when my mother is not important to me, she might not be living, but she’s still the woman who had more influence on me than anyone else.”

The church highlights Mother’s Day in the liturgy as it continues to celebrate the Easter Season. Today’s Gospel from John

concludes with the words, “Whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these.” Whether living or deceased, see in your mom a woman who took it upon herself to accept the unfamiliar tasks of her vocation to make your life joyful and loving. May you always grasp the living presence of your mother as she carved a path for you to follow as her spirit journeys with you each day of life. Happy Mother’s Day!

In Christ’s Love, Fr. Bob

Baptisms

Caleb Francis Fox

Christopher Elliott Fox

Sons of Curtis and Alison

Welcome New Parishioners

A warm St. Patrick welcome to those new to our parish espe-

cially William, Lara, William and Angelina Kanjo Jennifer, Barry,

Abbie and Ellie Kelleher, and Marlon, Jaqueline, Sophia and

Julie Scarpin. We look forward to getting to know you!

AROUND THE PARISH

Fifth Sunday of Easter May 14, 2017

Marriage

Congratulations to the couples united in the Sacrament

of Matrimony at St. Patrick Church.

Michael Ronald Dubiel and Julia Speck Moorehead

May 5, 2017

Kevin Patrick Conroy and Kathryn Rosalia Macrides

May 6, 2017

May the Lord richly bless their unions.

FAITH FORMATION

Congratulations to the following children who celebrated

their First Holy Communion this weekend!

Ethan Zukor, Caitlin Bastidas, Alexa Cassanelli, Max Chapple,

Angelina Christiano, Brendan Connor, Ryan Farkas, Nicholas

Fodero, Claire High, Caitlin Kang, Finn Keane, Juliana McGrath,

Peter Mott, Andrew O’Day, Kieran Rourke, Mia Sikora, Megan

Soos, Andew Speace, Josephine Speace, Katherine Williams,

Hudson Ye, Jack Zorzi, Maja Grochowska, Sean Bolger, Caitlin

Bolten, Keira Clarke, Conall Curry, Margaret Curtis, Molly Haid,

Caitlin Iaquinta, Chase Kania, Bowen Killea, Cormac Leahy,

Georgia Lee, Parker Lee, Emily McDonough, William

McGannon, John McManus, Brooke Nugent, Nicholas Pacchia,

Thomas Ryan, Kiera Shalhoub, Peyton Simmons, Luca Sorvino,

Abigail Struening, Will Von Doussa, Kiera Vowells, Jeffrey

Weichert, Robbie Zito-Ferraro, Alexander Golio, Susannah

Bevere, Molly Chazen, Dario Manrique, William Nauta, Joseph

Pascarella, Matthew Pribula, Christopher Sennett

Appalachia Help Weeks Fundraiser Help our volunteers raise funds as they help

our brothers and sisters in Preston County,

Virginia this summer!

When: Sunday, June 11th

Where: St Patrick ’s Parking Lot

Time: 12 pm-5 pm

Cost: $8.00 for a pre-sold ticket

$10.00 “drive in”

Tickets will be sold after all masses on June 3 & 4.

Faith Formation 2017-2018 Registration

There will be a short delay in opening Faith Formation registra-

tion this year. Please check future bulletins or the website for

details on the date registration will open. Families with children

currently in our program will be alerted via email or text message

once the portal is open. If you have a child going into first grade

in the fall or are new to the parish and would like to receive the

electronic notification, please visit our website, www.st-pats.org

and register your contact information into Flocknote, located at

the bottom, left-hand side of the HOME page. If you have any

questions, please call the parish office.

Join Our Parish Partnership Committee

Our Parish Partnership with Our Lady of Victories has been in

place for 20 years! Prompted by the Holy Spirit, Fr. Ron Aman-

dolare and Fr. Tom Coletta brought our parishes together and

through trials, change and transitions we have maintained our

bond.

We would like to reanimate our partnership and invite everyone

at St. Pats to be a part of this renewed effort. Join the Partner-

ship Committee! We hope to gather bi-monthly and schedule

several events each year. Be a part of discovering ways to enrich

our partnership community. Help create opportunities to gather

for fun, faith-sharing, outreach and more. Contact Peggy Gentile

at 973-635-0625 ext. 25 or pgentile@st-pats.org for more infor-

mation.

Meet our Partners!!

Children’s Choir to sing at Our Lady of Victories

Saturday, May 20th at 5 pm mass

Fr. Chris will be celebrating mass and our children will sing dur-

ing the 5 pm mass in Paterson. Join us! Call Peggy if you’d like

to carpool.

Family Promise-Keys to Housing Project

Have you ever seen a homeless person in Morristown and

wished you could help? Here is your chance!!

St. Patrick Church recently hosted 14 guests from Family Prom-

ise. This was part of their Emergency Shelter Program. Family

Promise also has a Community Support Program, which helps

these families and other at risk families when they move into

their own homes, as well as a Drop-in Center in Morristown that

supports those living on the streets. Recently, Family Promise

was awarded new housing vouchers that will pay the rent of up

to 20 families...forever! These vouchers must be used by Sep-

tember or they will be forfeited.

Securing and using these vouchers is expensive. An enormous

amount of paperwork is necessary as well as moving costs,

apartment repairs, purchase of furniture, household items, in-

spection/compliance issues and case management to name a

few. The average administrative cost per voucher is $3,000.

Family Promise is attempting to raise $60,000 in order to use all

20 vouchers.

CAN YOU HELP? St. Patrick hopes to assist 1-2 families and

needs your help! Consider making a donation! Any amount will

help and will most certainly change someone’s life FOREVER!

Donations can be sent to Family Promise, PO Box 1494, Morris-

town, NJ 07962 with “Keys to Housing” in the note section.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Children’s Choirs Sing at Our Lady of Victories

Choristers in the Morning Song Choir and St. Patrick Girls Choir will travel to Paterson on May 20 to sing for our part-ner parish, Our Lady of Victories, at the 5 pm mass. Fr. Chris, Deacon Mark, and Maggie Hanson will go on the trip with the choirs. All will share a meal together after the mass. If you would like to go with the group, please contact Maggie Hanson. If you’d like to attend the mass and drive on your own, the address is 169 Broadway in the historic downtown section of Paterson--the corner of Broadway and Memorial Drive.

First Communion Musicians

Thank you to the many children who sang for the four First Com-munion masses this weekend and last weekend! Forty-seven choir members and instrumentalists from the Morning Song Choir, Boys Choir, and Girls Choir sang for these beautiful masses. Many of the children sang for two of the four masses, and some sang for all four. It was a joyous time, and very hard work. Thank you, choir members and parents, for your dedica-tion to music ministry!

The Knights of Columbus will be serving chili at Eva’s

Kitchen on Sunday, May 21st. If you would like to help

make chili, there are pans and recipes in the back of the

church. The frozen chili can be dropped off in the freez-

ers located in the priests’ garage before 10 am on Sun., May 21.

If you would like to help the Knights serve the chili in Paterson,

please be at the St. Pat’s parking lot by 9:45 am on May 21.

SAINT PATRICK SCHOOL

SUMMER CAMP!

June 26th—August 4th, 2017 from 9 am until 1 pm

All children entering Pre-K4 to Grade 3 are invited!

Come and join us for up to six weeks of summer fun! Camp

features a weekly theme and daily activities that blend play-

based learning with a focus on art and STEM in our indoor and

outdoor play areas. Staffed by St. Patrick School faculty mem-

bers, our camp provides campers with an

exciting summer adventure for every child.

Contact the school at 973-635-4623 for

more information or to register.

Have you experienced the joy of our neophytes-

those people who are “baby Catholics,” having been wel-

comed to the faith at the Easter Vigil? How has the Word of

God transformed you? Can you remember a time when your

heart burned within you because of a new biblical insight or

a new application to your life or circumstances? What was

that like? Perhaps you are one who has come to church for years

with your spouse, though you, yourself are not a Catholic. What is

bringing you through the doors? If you are interested in becoming

one with us at the table of the Lord (in full Communion), contact

Deb, dkuzma@st-pats.org for more information on joining us at

the table of the Lord.

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liturgy

St. Patrick School Endowment Fund: Investment advisor

needed to manage the St. Patrick School Endowment Fund.

Funds are currently invested at Vanguard. Advisor would be

responsible for overseeing the investments, rebalancing the ac-

count and making distributions as needed, and reporting to the

Investment Committee on an annual basis. Please contact

Fr. Bob via phone or email for further information.

From the Desk of Dr. Deb,

What would you do if you were invited to someone’s home for

dinner, and when you arrived, nobody welcomed you or greeted

you as you entered? We, the parish family of St. Patrick, wel-

come people to our parish home for five Masses a weekend.

Ideally, there should be a minimum of six people per mass in

order to cover each door to greet people as they enter, and then

(because our people do double duty as greeters and ushers),

take up the collection. We need your help. The hospitality minis-

try is a ministry of evangelization and welcoming current parish-

ioners and visitors to mass and special liturgical events.

It is important that each person be greeted as the body of Christ

gathers together. The welcome of a greeter sets a tone of love. It

reminds people that they are entering a special time of worship,

where they will experience God, and God’s love. Maybe some-

one has had a difficult week. A warm greeting can remind people

that they are entering a place that will treat them differently than

the way the world treated them. A warm greeting also reaffirms to

each person that they belong. It’s a way of saying, “You belong

here, and we are glad that you do.” After all, everyone is im-

portant to the body of Christ. Won’t you consider joining this min-

istry? Anyone over the age of 12 can help be a greeter, and

those over 16 can also be an usher. If you are interested in join-

ing this ministry, please see an usher, one of the priests, or Deb

at any of the Masses. Don’t keep the faith—share it!!

The Catholic Schools Office of the Diocese of Paterson is seeking

applicants for the 2017-2018 schoolyear for the following posi-

tions:

Principal, St. Joseph Elementary School, Mendham, NJ

Principal, St. Brendan Elementary School, Clifton, NJ

Principal, DePaul Catholic High School, Wayne, NJ

A job description and application materials can be found at

https://www.patdioschools.org/administrative-openings

Closing date for applications is May 22, 2017.

Parish Nurse Resource:

If you are suffering in any number of mobility impairments (MS,

ALS, Arthritis, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke, etc.), you may find

relief and freedom through SWIM Inc. They provide a safe and

supportive environment for adults to participate in water exercise

programs. Classes are offered generously, freely and graciously

with dignity and respect for each participant. The group uses the

Madison YMCA and no membership is required. Visit their web-

site: www.swim-inc.org or call 908-766-6085 for details.

Opioid Awareness Presentation

Wednesday, May 24 at 7 pm

Chatham Township Municipal Building

Chatham Township will host an event in conjunction with the

Morris County Prosecutors’ Office. Chatham is not immune to

the epidemic of opioid drug use sweeping the nation. This

presentation will highlight the devastating impact heroin and

prescription drugs are having on families and communities and

discuss potential ways to stop the epidemic.