Happening at St. Paul Inside the Walls!

SCC Virtual Run for a Nun! Join the Sisters of Christian Charity in Mendham, NJ for a Virtual 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run this spring. You can participate anywhere and anytime by June 1, 2021. All proceeds benefit the education of the young women in Initial Formation. Sponsorship opportunities are available! Visit the SCC website at www.scceast.org/runforanun to register or for more information. You can also contact the Office of Mission Advancement at dev.director@scceast.org or 973-230-5355.

This year Several Sources Shelters is celebrating 40 years of service. This pro-life organization serves women who seek to give God’s blessed gift of life to their babies.  They provide sonogram services, housing, education, coordinated social services and continued supplemental support until the child reaches 18 years old.  In lieu of their annual visit to our church they are requesting donations.  If you'd like to be a child's guardian angel here on earth, you can donate at SeveralSources.org/donate. 

WEEKEND RETREAT – Following Jesus: Our Mandate for Mercy, May 14 – 16, 2021 – by Retreat Director:  Linda Baratte, assisted by Paul Brian Campbell, S.J.  The Hebrew word hesed defies an easy English translation.  Lovingkindness, fierce loyalty, womblike compassion, covenant love, mercy… No matter the wording, this hesed, this mercy has been seen as the most ennobling of God’s attributes, finding its fullest expression in the life and witness of Jesus.  In our retreat weekend we will explore this supreme Christian virtue, using four Gospel stories as our guide: Mercy as Forgiving Ourselves — The Woman Caught in Adultery; Mercy as Forgiving Others — The Parable of the Prodigal Son; Mercy as Healing — The Bent-over Woman; Mercy Proclaimed with Radical Gratitude — The Woman Who Anointed Jesus.  Click HERE for more details!

Sisters of Charity Golf Outing - The Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth are hosting their 13th Annual Golf Outing on Monday, May 24th at Shackamaxon Country Club in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.   Registration fee of $350 per golfer includes brunch, golf, cocktails and dinner.  All proceeds benefit elderly and infirm sisters.  Please visit www.scnj.org or call 973-290-5454 for further information.

Thursday May 13th - Come celebrate the 104th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima's first apparition to the three shepherd children in 1917. All are welcome at the National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, 674 Mountain View Road East, Asbury, NJ. 08802. Celebrant: Most Rev. James Checchio; Guest Speaker: Rev. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Confessions 10:30 am; Rosary Procession 12:00 Noon; Speaker 12:30; Holy Mass 1:15 pm, followed by Eucharistic Procession, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Fatima Farewell Procession, Enrollment in the Brown Scapular. Visit the Holy House USA, a replica of the Holy House at Loreto, Italy; the Capelinha (little chapel), the original built in Fatima. Info (908) 689-1700 x210 www.bluearmy.com.

St. Paul Inside the Walls: Truth and Tolerance: Pope Benedict XVI on Christianity and World Religions.  This Year's Presenter: Fr. Rocco Viviano, Interreligious Dialogue Coordinator, Xaverian Missionaries Japan.  June 7, 8, and 9 from 7pm-9pm.  A study of Pope Benedict’s teachings on the Church’s dialogue with people of other religions through the eyes of Fr. Rocco Viviano, a missionary priest currently stationed in Osaka, Japan.  Click HERE for details and to register.

Quo Vadis Retreat: "Where are You Going?" A one-day Retreat for young men, high school age (including those entering high school this fall), to help them in discerning their Vocation in Life.  The day will include several talks and fun activities: zip-line, indoor rope climb, and archery.  Barbeque by the Knights of Columbus, outdoor Mass celebrated by Bishop Sweeney. Music by Dan Ferrari.  Please consider inviting one or two young men in your parish who might have a Vocation to the Priesthood to this one-day Retreat at Camp Shiloh in Hewitt on Friday, June 25, 2021. Contact: Father Ed Rama, Vocation Director  (cell) 973-997-2527 or Erama@Patersondiocese.org

OUR LADY of MERCY CHURCH GOLF OUTING - Wednesday, June 16, 2021. “ For Men & Women “ Where: Farmstead Golf & Country Club, Lafayette, NJ. Cost: $ 120/pp. 9:00 AM Start. Kindly make your check payable to: Church of Our Lady of Mercy and mail to: OLM Golf Committee c/o Peter Jovellanos, 15 Daniel Terrace, Whippany, NJ 07981 Any question, please call Peter Jovellanos @ 973-768-3639.