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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is pleased to announce the opening of the main church for private prayer beginning Monday, May 18th. In a letter from Cardinal Tobin, churches will be permitted to be open for private prayer and for individuals to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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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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Ridgewood NJ, All are invited to gather in the church on Friday, January 3rd at 7pm to await the arrival of the Kings and their camels.
Parents are invited to help their children prepare a letter for the Kings in which the kids ask for a gift they would like to receive from the Kings. There letters will be collected by the Kings and the gift will be left at the child’s house on the Feast of the Epiphany – Sunday, January 5th.
For more information contact Fr. Gustavo 201.444.2000 X202. or email: galfaro@olmcridgewood.com
Friday, January 3, 2020 at 7 PM – 8 PM
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Ridgewood, N.J.
1 Passaic St, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
STARTS TODAY! TODAY’S HOURS 9AM TO 12 NOON
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is hosting a faith-based gift sale. Everyone should have a faith-based gift under the tree and in their stocking!
Continue reading Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Faith-based Gift Sale
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, has issued a scam alert, Seems someone is sending out emails and or text messages using Father Ron’s name.
Continue reading Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Tells Flock to Beware of “Fr. Ron “email Looking for a favor
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Ridgewood NJ, NCYC – National Catholic Youth Conference is held every two years and is a gathering of Catholic teenagers from all over the country.
Join Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for the information night for all those interested in attending.
Continue reading NCYC – National Catholic Youth Conference Information
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE 2018
MONDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE
4:00 PM
4:00 PM (Auditorium)
5:30 PM
5:30 PM (Auditorium)
7:00 PM
Carols begin at 11:30 PM
MIDNIGHT
TUESDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY
8:00 AM
9:30 AM
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
12:30 PM (Spanish-Auditorium)
NO 6:30 PM MASS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
MONDAY, NEW YEAR’S EVE (Vigil – Mary, Mother of God) 5:30 PM
TUESDAY, NEW YEAR’S DAY
(Mary, Mother of God)
8.00 AM
10:00 AM
12:00 NN
3:00 PM (Spanish Mass)
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, is warning parishioners that there is a scam going around. It purports to be a request from Fr. Ron for money. It is a scam, using a similar email address. If you get such a request, please ignore it. Always be sure to check for the correct email address.
photo courtesy of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church would like to thank everyone who donated a turkey this weekend for the Fr. English Turkey Drive! Members of the youth group collected 162 turkeys along with many other food items. Pictured with us is Carlos who is the Director of the food pantry.
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Ridgewood NJ,Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, in Ridgewood, will be hosting its annual youth group frozen turkey drive .The group will be collecting frozen turkeys (25lbs or LESS please) for the Fr. English Food Pantry in Paterson. They will also take any other non-perishable food items as well on Saturday, November 10th – 9AM to 12Noon ,at OLMC Church Parking Lot – School Side
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Ridgewood NJ, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will hold a special Memorial Mass for our brothers and sister whom we lost on 9/11. Mass will be held in the main Church beginning at 7PM.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Today at 7 PM – 8 PMSeptember 11th
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Ridgewood, N.J.
1 Passaic St, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
AP
Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.
In a 25-page letter delivered to Francis last month and provided Saturday to The Associated Press, the 62 signatories issued a “filial correction” to the pope — a measure they said hadn’t been employed since the 14th century.
The letter accused Francis of propagating seven heretical positions concerning marriage, moral life and the sacraments with his 2016 document “The Joy of Love” and subsequent “acts, words and omissions.”
The initiative follows another formal act by four tradition-minded cardinals who wrote Francis last year asking him to clarify a series of questions, or “dubbia,” they had about his 2016 text.
Francis hasn’t responded to either initiative. The Vatican spokesman didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment late Saturday.
None of the signatories of the new letter is a cardinal, and the highest-ranking churchman listed is actually someone whose organization has no legal standing in the Catholic Church: Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior of the breakaway Society of St. Pius X. Several other signatories are well-known admirers of the old Latin Mass which Fellay’s followers celebrate.
But organizers said the initiative was nevertheless significant and a sign of the concern among a certain contingent of academics and pastors over Francis’ positions, which they said posed a danger to the faithful.
Corned beef Dispensation
Statement of Cardinal Tobin on St. Patrick’s Day Dispensation
February 23, 2017
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This year, the celebration of the Feast of St. Patrick — March 17, 2017 — falls on the Friday of the Second Week of Lent.
After due consideration of a number of requests, I dispense the people of the Archdiocese of Newark from the obligation to abstain from meat on Friday, March 17, 2017.
I remind Catholics who avail themselves of this dispensation that the Church highly encourages you to substitute some other act of penance, such as special prayer, acts of piety or works of charity on March 17th.
Please share this information with all in your parish and school communities. I also encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to remind your communities of the Lenten Regulations, a copy of which is attached.
Sincerely in Christ the Redeemer,
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Newark
