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Newark NJ, The Office for Youth & Young Adult Ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark recently launched its new “Days in the Diocese” program, which offers one-day service immersion experiences to archdiocesan teens throughout Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties.
Continue reading New Summer Program Engages Youth in Service Around Archdiocese of Newark
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Msgr. Sheeran has tested Positive for COVID19. Father Ron explains the situation in and email:
Continue reading Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church ,Msgr. Sheeran Tests Positive for COVID
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, had a bit of a scare after two rectory staff tested positive for COVID19 . Masses were temporally suspended , however all priests tested negative and mass was resumed .
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Ridgewood NJ, Drive-thru collection of the items below for Ridgwood senior citizens sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to their Faceboook page Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church food drive collected 302 turkeys and seven SUV’s filled with other nonperishable food items . The turkeys were split up with 253 going to Fr. English, 25 to Ridgewood Social Services (the maximum they could take) and 24 turkey breasts and one ham for Ridgecrest Seniors. Nonperishable food items were also divided up for the three locations.
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Continue reading Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is participating in the Box of Joy program
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Ridgewood NJ, , The Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan spoke about Judge Amy Coney Barrett on his SiriusXM show “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan” and said “she takes her Catholic faith seriously, but that is not why she was nominated as a Justice to the Supreme Court is it? I think she is nominated because she is the best candidate around. I hope so. And from what I hear she is. So, lets hope for the best.”
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Ridgewood NJ, yesterday was the Feast Day of St. Camillus de Lelllis. Most people have never heard of him ,but he was the patron saint of nurses . It rings extra special this year with covid pandemic still disrupting our lives.
Continue reading Feast Day of St. Camillus de Lelllis the Patron Saint of Nurses
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, is reporting to please be aware another phishing campaign using Fr. Ron’s name hit emails this morning. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND OR ENGAGE WITH THE SENDER. This email DID NOT come from Fr. Ron and should be DELETED IMMEDIATELY.
Fr. Ron or any priest or staff member will NEVER ask for money, gift certificates or any type of direct financial assistance via email.
Also, please note that official emails from the priests and staff members will always be from our official email system @olmcridgewood.com
Thank you!
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Ridgewood NJ, as many of you are aware Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has suspended all masses until further notice and the church has set up a Go Fund Me page . Father Ron explained in a message on the OLMC Facebook page:
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Newark NJ, The Archdiocese of Newark announced today it will live-stream Mass this Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Noon (EST). All faithful are invited to join virtually. The bilingual (English and Spanish) Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, to provide the faithful with spiritual nourishment during this time of need.
To watch the livestream, visit the Archdiocese of Newark’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/nwkarchdiocese. Following the livestream, the video will be available on the Archdiocese’s Facebook page and website at www.rcan.org. Links also will be available on archdiocesan social media channels: @nwkarchdiocese.
Continued updates will be posted on the Archdiocese of Newark’ s website at www.rcan.org.
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Ridgewood NJ, from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, On Christmas Eve 1818, 200 years ago, Silent Night was sung for the first time! Here is the origin of how this wonderful song came to be…
In 1818, a roving band of actors was performing in towns throughout the Austrian Alps. On December 23 they arrived at Oberndorf, a village near Salzburg where they were to re-enact the story of Christ’s birth in the small Church of St. Nicholas.
Continue reading On Christmas Eve 1818, 200 years ago, Silent Night was sung for the first time!
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, sent fifteen teenagers and three adults from the parish to Indianapolis with other parishes from the Archdiocese for the National Catholic Youth Conference or NCYC!
Continue reading Fifteen Teenagers From Mount Carmel Parish Travel to the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis
