Church of Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph

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FOURTH ANNUAL PRIDE MASS IS SUNDAY, JUNE 27

We invite all our LGBT brothers and sisters, their family and friends to join us for our 4th Annual Pride Mass on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at 10:30 Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church, 400 Willow Ave., Hoboken. Please reach out to others and let them know they are welcome.

We began our parish LGBT outreach called, “LGBTQ at Grace,” after our archbishop, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, welcomed a gay pilgrimage to our Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark in May 2017. The following year he invited 20 LGBT Catholics to the cathedral for dinner and a discussion. Our LGBT leader, Gary Stavella, and Christine Zuba, our May parish Zoom chat guest speaker, attended. Since then, we have held meetings pre-COVID and now on Zoom.

People ask me, “Why do you have a Pride Mass?” Because we believe the lives of all people are worth dignity and respect and we have failed as a Church to do that with our LGBT brothers and sisters. That is part of our official catechism. Pope Francis has asked us to go to the peripheries to find people who have been estranged, disenfranchised or rejected and bring them into the fold. As we prepare to celebrate our Fourth Annual Pride Mass, we reflect on how inclusive Jesus was and how we need to bring that quality to our parish and Church.

PLEASE SIGN THE LGBTQ YOUTH ANTI-BULLYING PLEDGE

We invite you to sign this LGBTQ youth anti-bullying pledge. Cardinal Tobin was among 18 members of the Church hierarchy to sign it. Your name is kept private.

"As Catholic Bishops in the United States, we join with the Tyler Clementi Foundation in standing up for at-risk LGBT youth in our country. As we see in the Gospels, Jesus Christ taught love, mercy and welcome for all people, especially for those who felt persecuted or marginalized in any way; and the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that LGBT people are to be treated with respect, compassion and sensitivity.”

ST. JOSEPH'S FLEA MARKET RE-OPENS

The St. Joseph's Flea Market has re-opened with a new schedule! Come every FRIDAY from 10 am to 12 noon and SUNDAY after the 10 am Mass to the St. Joseph's Flea Market in the Church basement at 61 Monroe Street in Hoboken. Park in our lot next to the rectory and enter through the alley between the rectory and the church.

Get great buys on clothing, accessories, household goods, decor, seasonal items and more. We also accept donations of clean, gently-used items during office hours and flea market hours only.

We appreciate the tireless dedication of Martha Valerio, Maria Rentas, Rosalba Cardona and Filomena Baeza to re-launch the flea market.

Please stop by to check it out!

LIFTING OF DISPENSATION ON MASS ATTENDANCE

The New Jersey Catholic Conference of Bishops has agreed to lift the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, as of the celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi (June 6). Please read the announcement.

2021 ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL PLEDGE REDEMPTION

We thank you for helping us reach our Archbishop’s Annual Appeal goal. Now, if we can redeem the goal in paid pledges by June 30, 2021, we get a 2% reduction in our 2022 annual assessment to the Archdiocese, which is a significant amount of savings.

Also, if you have not yet made a donation or a pledge, it is not too late!

Please consider taking four minutes to watch the appeal video: www.rcan.org/video

For more info on how the funds are used, please visit: www.rcan.org/areas-support

It is easy to donate here: www.rcan.org/ways-to-give Please be sure to designate Our Lady of Grace / St. Joseph as your parish so that we receive credit for your generosity.

Thank you for all that you do to support our parish, the Archdiocese and our Catholic faith!

PASTORAL LETTER ON THE EUCHARIST FROM CARDINAL TOBIN

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin has written a beautiful pastoral letter on the Eucharist. You can access it in English and in Spanish here: www.rcan.org/cardinal-joseph-tobin-pastoral-letter

ONLINE GIVING: VENMO AND ZELLE

We now can accept donations and other payments to the parish from Venmo and Zelle! It's fast and easy. For more information and instructions, please click here.

BIMONTHLY 50/50 TICKETS AVAILABLE

Tickets for the parish's bimonthly raffle are available after Mass. The next winner will be drawn on June 28. You may take some tickets home to sell to family, neighbors and co-workers. Or contact Socorro Martinez at the Parish Center (201-659-0369), and she will mail them to you. Thank you for your support!

2021 MASS INTENTIONS AVAILABLE

Please consider making a Mass or memorial intention for 2021 at Our Lady of Grace or St. Joseph. You may reserve 2021 Mass intentions by calling OLG at 201-659-0369 or stopping by the OLG Parish Center (411 Clinton St.). For St. Joseph, please call 201-659-0221. You may also complete the form on the church tables and mail it in or drop it in the collection or at the Parish Center or St. Joseph Rectory.