| Community News In Bayonne and around the Archdiocese of Newark |
| FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF… Donate Blood. NEW JERSEY BLOOD SERVICES hold their blood drives the 2nd Friday of each month at St. Henry Parish Center, Please consider donating blood – help save lives! For questions or to make an appt., call 1-800-933-BLOOD. For whole blood or ALYX (automated collection for red cells), call 1-800-933-2566. Appointments encouraged, walk-ins welcome! For platelets, call 1-866-758-5387. Platelet appointments required in advance! The next Blood Drive will be Friday, March 12th, 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM WRITING YOUR SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY - A retreat presented by Judith Valente and Judge Charles Reynard (Bayonne native) will be held at the Carmel Retreat Center in Mahwah on March 27th, 9:30—4 PM. Fee is $45.00 (includes lunch) and transportation will be provided. Call Dorothy at 201-339-2624. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, 4th Degree Assemble 675 will present a PASTA NIGHT, Friday, March 5th, 6—9 PM at the K of C hall, 669 Avenue C (corner of 30th St.). $8/adults and $4/children. All you can eat. Tickets sold at door. NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STARS—Two St. Henry parishioners, Joseph Barbero and Marguerite S. Baber are the 2010 honorees for this fundraiser sponsored by the Bayonne High School Choral Parents Assoc. A recognition dinner will be held at the Chandelier Restaurant, Friday, March 12th, 6—10 PM. Tickets are $60/adults & $40/students. Call Mary Beth Golden at 201-823-1710 or MBPapparazze@aol.com. HOLY FAMILY ACADEMY will sponsor an Atlantic City Bus Trip, Sunday, March 14th, Trump Taj Mahal, departing 9 AM from HFA and returning approx. 7:30 PM. $35/person (with $30 cash back) includes light breakfast, snacks, soda & water on the bus). Send cash or checks made out to HFA along with name and phone no. to the HFA office. For more info., call Kerry Boyle at 201-243-6517. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH will host the Franciscan Mystery Players who will present “Jesus the Healer” at 8 PM on Friday, March 19th. The Franciscan Mystery Players are a young persons’ theatre troupe and “Jesus the Healer” is a multi-media presentation of the Passion and Death of Jesus and the healing events in his life. There are no speaking parts; through the use of special lighting, inspirational music and narrated meditations, the play enables people to reflect on their struggles. For more info., visit the website at www.mysteryplay.org. ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY First Annual GALA BALL will be held at Mayfair Farms, West Orange, New Jersey on Saturday evening, March 20th, cocktails at 7 PM, followed by dinner and dancing at 8 PM. Visit the website www.ascabayonne.org for more info. and ticket reservations. FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK: MEMORIAL MASS TO PRAY FOR HAITI will take place at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge Street, Newark on Saturday, March 6th, 11:00 AM. The celebrant will be Archbishop John J. Myers and the homilist will be Rev. Msgr. Beaubrun Ardouin, coordinator for the Haitian Apostolate. SUPPORT GROUP FOR FATHERS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE DIED will take place Saturday, March 6th, 10 AM at Notre Dame Church, (parish center) 359 Central Avenue, North Caldwell. Pre-registration is requested. Call the Office of Family Life Ministries at 973-497-4327 for information and registration. ANNULMENT INFORMATION EVENING will be held at St. Leo’s Church (rectory meeting room) 324 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ on Wednesday, March 10th, 7:30 PM. Pre-registration not necessary. For more info., call the Office of Family Life Ministries at 973-497-4327. Fueled by Faith, United in Christ our Hope—a Catholic Men’s Conference on Saturday, March 13th at Seton Hall University, South Orange. The day begins at 8 AM and ends approx. 5:00 PM. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop John J. Myers along with local bishops and priests concelebrating. Ticket price is $20/adults, $15/students & senior citizens, priests/religious (includes breakfast & lunch). For registration visit the website at www.rcan.org/menscommission. Marriage Anniversary Liturgies—2010 The Archdiocese of Newark will honor those couples in the Archdiocese who will be celebrating 5, 25 or 50 years of Christian Marriage in the year 2010. The Liturgies will be celebrated by Archbishop John J. Myers in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark as follows: Sunday April 11th - 25 Years & 5 Years Sunday June 6th - 50 Years If you wish to participate in this wonderful recognition of the strength and stability of Christian marriage in today’s society, please call Jean at the Rectory office to register, 201-436-0857. |
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