For all who are in need of healing; spiritual, physical, mental or emotional, there will be a Healing Mass on Saturday, May 18th at 11:00 am sponsored by the Christian Care Committee. All are invited to attend.

SAVE THE DATE- The combined Sacred Heart and St. Cecilia Parish Picnic is planned for June 2 at Fireman's Field.  The picnic will start with a mass at 12:15 PM at the field and run to around 5 PM.  If anyone wishes to volunteer to help out please call the parish office or Jim Gallagher at 973-366-9699. Further announcements will be made closer to the date.

Please join us at Saint Cecilia Church on April 28th from 3 to 4 p.m. for a Divine Mercy Encounter holy hour. We will have exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, music meditations based on the Diary of St. Faustina performed by Derek Nelson, Steve Babula, and finish with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Multiple priests will be available throughout the program for the sacrament of confession. For more information please contact Jennifer at [email protected]

Our prayers and best wishes to the children of our parish who have or will receive their First Holy Communion during these next two weeks. May they always desire Christ, the True Bread which came down from heaven!

The crowning of the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary will take place in our church on Friday, May 10th, at the 8:00 morning Mass. The children of Divine Mercy Academy will participate in the ceremony. All are welcome to attend.

The feast of Our Lady of Fatima will be celebrated on Monday, May 13th with a candlelight procession to the outdoor statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary located in the front of our church. The service will begin at 7:00 with the Rosary. Holy Hour and confessions will not take place on this evening.

The diocesan crowning of the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary will take place on Sunday, May 19th, at 3:30 in the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Paterson. Free parking is available in the municipal garage adjacent to the Cathedral on Grand and Main Streets.

For all who are in need of healing; spiritual, physical, mental or emotional, there will be a Healing Mass on Saturday, May 18th at 11:00 am sponsored by the Christian Care Committee. All are invited to attend.

SAVE THE DATE—MAY 19th—1:30 pm The Sacred Heart Women’s Society will host a Rosary Tea to honor our Blessed Virgin Mary with the Rosary at St. Francis in Denville. The cost will be $20 per person. More details to follow in the bulletin the weekend of May 5th.

Our CRUCIFIX PAVER PROJECT FOR SPRING is now open for those who wish to purchase a memorial paver on the walkway to the Crucifix Shrine. Please see the order form in the parish bulletin and/or the parish office.

WELCOME – We welcome His Excellency, the Most Reverend Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson, to Saint Cecilia Parish. The Bishop will celebrate Holy Mass in our church on Monday evening at 7:30 and will administer the sacrament of confirmation to a group of our teenagers. CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES to our young people who will be confirmed at this liturgy!