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May 2016
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_________________________________________________________________________ Celebrate Fatima
This evening, May 13, 2016 from 7:30-8:30 p.m., Our Lady of Fatima Parish will Celebrate Fatima in honor of Jesus and Mary. In Church, we begin with a procession of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue, expose the Blessed Sacrament, pray five decades of the Rosary and conclude with Benediction.
This activity features an International Rosary - the prayers will be recited in different languages: Ukrainian, Polish, Italian and English - as is the custom at the Fatima shrine in Portugal.
All are invited to this activity at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 184 Breakneck Road, Highland Lakes, New Jersey. For information call 973-764-4457 or email [email protected].
___________________________________________________________________________________Risk Management
As we approach the beginning of the new fiscal year on July 1st, now is a good time to perform an inventory of outside contractors and vendors who provide services to your parish or agency. You want to confirm that they have insurance coverage that is adequate and up to date.- Prepare a list of your outside contractors and vendors.
- Check your records to see if you have a current certificate of insurance on file.
- Ensure that the certificate contains our required diocesan certificate language (attached). You don't want to be in a position where the certificate has expired, thereby increasing the risk of liability to the parish/agency in the event someone is injured or sustains property damage.
- Forward a copy of your list of contractors and their current Certificate of Insurance to: Risk Management office, Rich Ziccardi by email to [email protected] or by fax to 973-559-5456.
__________________________________________________________________________________Schools Office
On May 3rd, the Diocese of Paterson Catholic Schools Office sponsored a workshop for all elementary and secondary principals and presidents. Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, the guest speaker, reviewed school handbook topics including: technology issues, avoiding appearance of impropriety, guidelines for use of email, and special issues for counselors and administrators in providing safe school environments.
At the end of the presentation, Rev. Stanley Barron, Vicar for Education, and Mary D. Baier, Superintendent of Schools, gave special recognition to the outgoing principals for their commitment and service to their ministry.
__________________________________________________________________________________MetLife Local Coordinators - Contact Information
MetLife has asked that the contacts at the parishes, schools, and agencies have their work email as part of the contact information. Therefore, it was necessary for us to change email addresses in Paylocity of the bookkeepers, office managers, accountants, etc. who will be the contact for Short Term Disability and Family Medical Leave. Please be sure that if you are the contact, we have the correct email address in Paylocity. Any questions, please contact Joan Valk at [email protected] or 973-777-8818, ext. 277.
_________________________________________________________________________________Vocation Office
Quo Vadis Days - The Discernment Retreat for young men ages 15-25 will be held this year June 29 - July 1 at the Sacred Heart Spirituality Center in Newton. Attached are the resource materials for the event: ___________________________________________________________________________________Catholic Charities - Bulletin Announcement
Please consider posting the following announcement in your parish bulletin for the next two weekends:
Catholic Charities Straight & Narrow Gospel Choir very much needs a gently used flute. If anyone has one they would like to donate, please contact Joe Duffy at 973-345-6000 x6280 or at [email protected].
Straight & Narrow: Approximately 250 men and women live at Straight and Narrow, Inc. while receiving substance abuse treatment. Most are indigent; many are estranged from family or have none. Besides treating their addiction, we also clothe them. Footwear is always needed. The men need gently used work boots and shoes and sneakers of all adult sizes, but especially sizes 10 to 13. The women can use all adult sizes of sneakers and casual shoes. Would your parish be willing to conduct a used shoe drive for us? If so, contact Joe Duffy at [email protected] or 973-777-8818, ext. 278.
___________________________________________________________________________________St. Paul Inside the Walls - Save the Dates
The Pope Benedict XVI Institute
In the Image of God: The Genius of Human Sexuality - The Summer Institute, focusing on the writings of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, will be taught by Deborah Savage, Ph.D., Director, Masters in Pastoral Ministry, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and keynote speaker at the 2015 Women's Conference. The four-day Institute will run from 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. each day. The cost to participants for the four days is $120.00 per person. Lunch is included in the cost of tuition. Scholarships covering 50% of tuition will be offered to the first 20 registrants on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Allan Wright at [email protected] about scholarships.
Madison, Monday-Thursday, June 27-30 from 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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