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Record-Breaking Night at Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s “Open Center” in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, teens in Ridgewood have found a welcoming and vibrant space to connect every Wednesday night at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. The parish’s youth group hosts its popular “Open Center”, offering a fun, safe environment for young people to relax, socialize, and engage in friendly competition.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Holds a Service Honoring Deceased Members as well as Current Members of the Ridgewood Fire Department

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Ridgewood NJ, every year, at the end of fire prevention week, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church holds a service honoring deceased members as well as current members of the Ridgewood Fire Department.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Calls the Winner of It’s Snowman Building Contest

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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,in  Ridgewood announces the winner of its Snowman building contest. It was difficult to choose with lots of very clever creations .
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Religious Education Program Gets a Sound Track

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Ridgewood NJ, Last week Sr. Marilyn Minter strummed some tunes for the religious education program at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, in Ridgewood . Sr. Marilyn’s energetic spirit had everyone on their feet!

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At Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood Teens Gather to Embrace the Spirit of Giving

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Ridgewood NJ, last week at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood, about 75 junior high or middle School teens (7th & 8th graders) gathered for two service events.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Rectory and Youth Ministry offices suffer Internet Outage

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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, on Thursday, November 9th ,reported  the rectory and youth ministry offices  suffered an internet outage . Because of   the internet outage, the live-streaming of their daily masses was also affected. Meaning you could  not view the live-streaming of masses on any of the three platforms (Facebook, parish website or the parish Youtube page.) until the internet is restored. 

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Collects 104 Turkeys

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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Ridgewood, held a FROZEN TURKEY & FOOD DRIVE this Saturday, November 4th – 9am to 12noon.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church was looking for 15 frozen turkey breasts for the seniors at Ridgecrest. Fr. English Center, Paterson (one of OLMC recipients) feeds 20,000 people each month! This year volunteers collected 104 turkeys and 40 turkey breasts.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Youth Group Open Center, Almost a Record

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Ridgewood NJ, almost a record… but not quite! Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church youth group open center had 103 teenagers! It might be a record for the highest number of teens this early in a school year.
The record to beat is 127, dating back to February 2018. If things continue as they are, I think we will break the record this program year!

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church: “Wednesday Open Center”

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Ridgewood NJ, on September 6th , Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church held its first “Wednesday Open Center” for our youth group. 53 teenagers were present! We even had several new comers from the Class of 2027! Open Center is held every Wednesday night for all high school teens 7:30-9pm. The youth center is located in the school building. ( Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1 Passaic St. Ridgewood ) .

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, in Ridgewood, Releases Engagement Statistics For their High School Youth Ministry Program for the 2022-23

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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, in Ridgewood, releases engagement statistics for their High School Youth Ministry Program for the 2022-23 program year that just ended:

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Monthly Food Drive Receives a Big Thank You

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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood received a very nice “Thank You” email today from Healing Meals, one of the organizations that receives the donations from our monthly food drive.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood Warns Parishioners of Text Scam

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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood, is urging parishioners to not reply to text messages from Father Ron requesting a favor. Father Ron would never communicate such a need in that manner.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 5th Annual CATHOLIC COLLEGE NIGHT

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Ridgewood NJ, less than one week from today, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, is Ridgewood, will host the 5th Annual CATHOLIC COLLEGE NIGHT will take place in our parish center. MONDAY, MAY 15TH 6-8PM. As of this posting, THIRTY Catholic colleges and universities will have representatives present to talk with perspective students and their parents.

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Jr. High Program Distributed 230 Easter Baskets to The Father English Food Pantry

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Ridgewood NJ, on Saturday morning families from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Jr. High Program distributed the Easter baskets donated by parish members  to the families at the Father English Food Pantry. Because of overwhelming  generosity, it took SEVEN vehicles to get all the baskets to the pantry!!! Over 230 baskets!!! Thank you for everyone who helped make Easter so special for the children at Father English! The Father English Food Pantry is located in the heart of Paterson, serving those most in need.

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