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December 27, 2009 - Feast of the Holy Family Jesus said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he said to them. - Lk 2:49-50 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Religious Education Classes will resume on Monday, January 4. Dismissal Monitors: Wednesday, January 6 Loreti, Larkin & Kelly Sunday, January 10 Parone, Noesner & Nguyen OUR LADY OF THE MOUNT CHURCH Neighbor to Neighbor Employment Network Please see below the Schedule of events for January: 1/06/10 Mechanics of Networking – Karen Castelllon Business Partner/Organizational Development Specialist/Facilitator/Coach 1/13/10 Educational session – Navigating the electronic job market 1/20/10 Effective Networking with Businesses – Paul Boudreau – President Morris County Chamber of Commerce. 1/27/10 Business networking event – Please invite your employed friends Come join us if you can and bring a friend. Our job search/networking group meets in the Father Peter room on Wednesdays @ 7pm. We are open to anyone; employed, unemployed, underemployed or those willing to help others find positions. Our aim is to mentor job seekers and match them with employers. If you have any questions, please call 908-647-1075 or www.olmwarren.org UNION CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Union Catholic will have their Scholarship Exam for the Class of 2014 on Saturday, January 9 at 9:00 a.m. There is no makeup for this exam. The fee is $25. To register please call the Admissions Office at 908-889-1600 ext. 328. SOMERSET FOOD BANK COLLECTION The Somerset Food Bank collection is held on the second Sunday of the month. All bagged goods should be left in the Narthex. FOOD FOR THE NEEDY - SHIP Please remember to pick-up your pans for the frozen casseroles for SHIP. Pick-up: last weekend of the month and frozen casseroles drop-off is the first weekend of the month. Thank you for feeding the hungry! “CALLING ALL ANGELS” Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen is calling on you, to become a resource parent to one of New Jersey’s 11,000 children in the foster care system. Children of all ages and backgrounds are in need of loving, nurturing homes. Many of these children are innocent victims of abuse and neglect. CALL TODAY! 1-866-247-HOME (4663). You Can Help!! CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS The Center for Great Expectations has an opening for a childcare provider. The job is full-time and requires a high school education. If interested, please contact Peg Wright @ 732-247-7003 ext. 27 or e-mail pegw@cge-nj.org ST. VINCENT DE PAUL PARISH St. Vincent’s Church in Stirling will be sending a bus to Washington, DC on January 22 for the Annual March for Life. If you would like to attend, please sign up ASAP. Minimal cost is $15 due to the generosity of St. Damian’s Chapter of the KOC. The deadline is Jan. 10. For more info, please call St. Vincent’s @ 908 647-0118. XAVIER RETREAT & CONFERENCE CENTER Xavier Retreat & Conference Center, in Convent Station, NJ is having various retreats, starting in January. The first retreat program is Labyrinth-Sacred Pattern, Sacred Path, on January 13. Presentation time is 10am-12noon. For more information and to register for these retreats, please call 973-290-5100. ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH & SCHOOL A reunion of St. Michael’s school, in Elizabeth will be held on Sunday, 10/10/10. We are looking for class lists and all Alumni. Please email: stmikealumlists@aol.com. 2ND ANNUAL IMMACULATA HIGH SCHOOL SPARTAN WINE TASTING Join us on Saturday, January 23 from 7-10pm Immaculate High School, for our annual wine tasting. Theme: A Tour of Wine Country. Tickets are 40 pp in advance, $50 at the door. For more information and tickets contact SpartanClubWinetasting@gmail.com FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY The Feast of the Holy Family is not just about the Holy Family, but about our own families too. The main purpose of the Feast is to present the Holy Family as the model for all Christian families, and for domestic life in general. Our family life becomes sanctified when we live the life of the Church within our homes. This is called the "domestic church" or the "church in miniature." St. John Chrysostom urged all Christians to make each home a "family church," and in doing so, we sanctify the family unit. Just how does one live out the Church in the family? The best way is by making Christ and his Church the center of family and individual life. Ways to do this include: reading scripture regularly, praying daily, attending Mass at least on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, imitating the actions of the Holy Family, and so forth, all done together as a family unit. The Holy Family feast is a good time to remember the family unit and pray for our human and spiritual families. We also may take this feast to reflect on the value and sanctity of the family unit, and to evaluate our own family life. What ways may it be improved? What would Jesus, Mary, and Joseph do? Finally, we can use this feast to ask ourselves what are we doing to promote the family within our own cultures, neighborhoods, and communities. HOLY FAMILY PRAYER Dear Lord, bless our family. Be so kind as to give us the Unity, peace and mutual love that You found in Your Own family in the little town of Nazareth. Saint Joseph, bless the head of our family. Obtain for Him the strength, the wisdom and the prudence he Needs to support and direct those under his care. Mother Mary, bless the mother of our family. Help her to be pure and kind, gentle and self-sacrificing. For the More she resembles you, the better will our family be. Lord Jesus, bless the children of our family. Help them to Be obedient and devoted to their parents. Make them More and more like You. Let them grow, as You did, in wisdom and age and grace before God and man. Holy Family of Nazareth, make our family and home More and more like Yours, until we are all one family, Happy and at peace in our true home with You. Amen. [Welcome] [Bulletins] [Schedule] [Intentions] [Server Schedules] [Sacraments] [Ministries] [Religious Education] [Parish Cemetery] [Staff] [Organizations] [Stations of the Cross] [History] [Links] |
