St. Bonaventure Church

GIVING TREE
Each year the Ministry of Social Concerns sponsors “The Giving Tree.” The goal of this activity is to collect gifts and clothing for children from infant to fifteen years of age for Christmas. A tree is set up in the back of church and decorated with tags. Each tag has a child’s name, age, and information about a particular gift that he or she could use. If you take a tag, please return a gift to ensure that every child will receive a gift. If you do not have the time to purchase a gift, you can leave a monetary offering at the Parish Office. The tree will remain up through Sunday, December 9.

 

END OF YEAR UPDATES

Have you moved, changed your phone number, have an email address, or a new email address, wish to use or not use weekly envelopes? Please let the Parish Office know.

In January a group of our parishioners will volunteer to serve lunch at Eva’s Village. The group will met in the Parish Office parking lot at 10:15 AM and carpool together.
Twice a month this ministry has become part of our faith community.

If you are interested in participating, please fill out the form on the table in the back of the church and place it in the collection basket or call the Parish Office for more information.

 

BEACON PHOTO | RICH GIGLI

REMEMBERING A FALLEN HERO  Franciscan Father Daniel Grigassy, pastor of St. Bonaventure Parish, leads a graveside service on Sept. 11 for Franciscan Father Mychal Judge in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, as firefighters and police salute.
 On 9/11, Father Mychal Judge and all those lost are remembered

TOTOWA  On the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks, Franciscan Father Mychal Judge, who served as a New York City Fire Department chaplain and was the first recorded fatality of the Islamists’ terrorist attacks, was remembered at a 9/11 Memorial Service at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery here where he is buried. Father Judge had previously served as pastor of St. Joseph Church in West Milford. A memorial Mass was also held a St. Bonaventure Parish in Paterson before the graveside memorial service. Franciscan Father Daniel Grigassy, pastor of St. Bonaventure, celebrated the Mass and also led the service at the cemetery.

Knights of Columbus Councils 240 and 6574 have hosted the memorial service since 2002, the first anniversary of the attacks. At the service, local parishioners, friends of the fallen chaplain and police officers and firefighters prayed in memory of Father Judge and all victims of 9/11. 

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We invite you to consider sharing your gifts in the Ministries to our community of faith. If you are interested, please pick up a booklet.

1. Ministry of Adult Faith Formation
2. Ministry of Altar Server
3. Ministry of Family Life
4. Finance Ministry
5. Hispanic Ministry
6. Ministry of Holy Communion
7. Ministry of Hospitality/Ushers
8. Ministry to Those Who Mourn
9. Ministry of Lector
10. Ministry of Liturgy and Worship
11. Ministry of Prayer
12. Music Ministry
13. Ministry of Religious Formation
14. Ministry in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
15. Ministry to the Sick
16. Social Concerns
17. Youth Ministry
18. Ministry to Justice, Peace, & Integrity of Creation (JPIC)
Organizations
1. Knights of Columbus
2. Secular Franciscan Order (SFO)
3. Spiritual Enrichment of Seniors

Our Church is open for private prayer and devotions from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm every day of the week.

All our Welcome!!

Nuestra iglesia está abierta tanto para oración privada como para devociones desde las 8:00 am hasta las 6:30 pm todos los días.

¡Todos son bienvenidos!

CHRISTMAS CASH RAFFLE   

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Religious Formation
Bishop Manning Hall
10:30 AM
December 9   All Grades
December 16  All Grades
December 23 & December 30
  No Religious Formation