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HELPING HANDS
Food Collection to Help Local Families
St. Genevieve’s Helping Hands Group is seeking food and paper product donations to support local families in need. Note: If you are a person or family in need, we can help you. Donations of checks/ food gift cards also accepted. Checks payable to: St. Genevieve Helping Hands and sent to the Rectory.
Attention families of 8th grade students planning to attend Catholic High School in Fall 2026!
The High School Placement Test (HSPT) administered as part of the Cooperative Admissions Program for Catholic High Schools will be given on Friday, November 7, 2025. Registration information for the HSPT exam is online at www.njcoopexam.org. For more information about the Cooperative Admissions Program, go to https:// www.catholicschoolsnj.org/hs-admissions.
Additionally, the Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Newark are holding their annual High School Expo Nights in September at various locations in the Archdiocese. Parents and students are invited to meet with representatives from Catholic high schools from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the following dates:
Thursday, Sept. 18th:
St. John the Apostle School, 571 Valley Road, Clark, NJ
Monday, Sept. 22nd:
St. Peter’s Prep, 144 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ
Thursday, Sept. 25th:
Our Lady of Mercy Academy, 25 Fremont Ave., Park Ridge, NJ
For more information, visit www.catholicschoolsnj.org
or call 973-497-4260.
Dear Parishioners,
At long last the new roof on the rectory is complete! Thank you for putting up with the inconvenience and mess that was in the parking lot for the past month. I truly appreciate your patience and understanding while this greatly needed work was being done. If you stop to look at it, you will see that the workmen did a magnificent job and it should serve our parish long beyond my lifetime.
A sincere word of thanks to the ladies of the Helping Hands group who held their annual church scrubbing day this past week. If you came in today and noticed the brass sparkling a bit more, or the wood more highly polished and those troublesome dust bunnies gone, it is because of their hard work and dedication. Our maintenance department does a wonderful job of keeping the church clean, but sometimes it just requires a woman’s touch. God bless all of them.
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, October 4th when we will again have our traditional blessing of pets. It will take place at 11:00 am sharp in the front plaza of the church, weather permitting. In case of rain we will hold it downstairs in the parish hall. More information will be forthcoming, but please save the date. This is a great event for your entire family.
We are approaching the deadline for reservations for the Holy Year Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on October 18. Our bus still has a few seats left , which other neighboring parishes are asking about. We are holding them off until we are sure that all our parishioners who wish to come are accommodated. It is a long but beautiful day, please consider joining us either alone or with your family and friends. More information is elsewhere in the bulletin.
Fr. Armand
BE A CAFÉ GENEVIEVE HOST
Café Gens will resume in late September. If any Organization, family or group of friends would like to hold Café Gens two or three times each year, please contact Dan Bernier at (908) 451-1948 and he will fit you into the schedule.
WE ARE NOW
ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS
Archdiocese of Newark, Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Tentative Schedule
6:15 AM Arrive at St. Genevieve
6:30 AM Bus departs promptly. We will not wait.
9:30 AM (ish) Bathroom break
11:00-11:30 AM Anticipated arrival at the Shrine
11:30-1:00 PM Confessions available-Lower level
12:30 PM Organ Concert by John Miller, Director of Music Ministries, Archdiocese of Newark
1:30 PM Official Welcome
2:00 PM Rosary (luminous mysteries)
3:00 PM Mass with Cardinal Tobin, (a collection for the Shrine will be taken)
4:30-5:00 PM return to bus
7:00 PM (ish) Bathroom /dinner (your own expense) stop
10:00 PM Anticipated arrival at St. Genevieve’s
For Reservations or questions:
John and Mary Ann Trotter (908) 355-7686
Rectory (908) 351-4444 / 9:30am—3:45pm Only
Cost—$10 per person or $20 for Family
PRO-LIFE MINISTRY NEWS
Coming soon, Sunday, October 5th— 30th annual Baby Shower to benefit infants and young mothers through Gateway Pregnancy Center and Mercy House right here in Elizabeth. We will be collecting new “gifts,” —- baby supplies and good used furniture. More information including gift suggestions coming in the weeks ahead.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal organization for Catholic men. All men of the parish are invited to join. For information please contact : Council 253 at (908) 355-2253 or Chris at (908) 351-4444.
HOLY SPIRIT BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY
The Bereavement Ministry of Holy Spirit Church will again offer our Christ centered support group sessions for those in need of help coping with the loss of a loved one.
The next session will begin on Thursday, October 9, 2025 for 8 weeks ending on Thursday, December 4, 2025 Times are from 7pm to 8pm Meetings will be held in the Parish Hall (school)
Participation is FREE, however REGISTRATION is Required Please e-mail: holyspiritreo@gmail.com or call the parish office at (908) 687-3327
SCOUTS ANNOUNCE WEBBY’S FAMILY FUN FEST
On Friday, October 3, Boy Scout Troop 23 and Cub Scout Pack 23 will host the 3rd annual Webby’s Family Fun Fest at St. Genevieve’s Church from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. There will be activities for boys and girls of all ages, from 4 to 17. The event is open to everyone free of charge. There is no preregistration required. Webby, the Webfoot Duck, has been the mascot of Troop 23 since 1967. He will be providing activities that include craft projects, and other games. Weather permitting, there will be a campfire for marshmallow roasting. And participants can build an ice cream sundae!
The Scouting program instills character, good citizenship and physical fitness in youth through outdoor activities such as campouts and hikes, involvement in community activities, and just plain FUN! If you have a son or daughter, nephew or niece, grandson or granddaughter, or neighbor who is anywhere between a Kindergartener and a high school senior, please suggest they consider getting in on the fun of Scouting. Both groups meet in the church hall on Wednesdays, starting at 7:00 pm. New members are welcome at any time, all year round. For more details, please contact Dan Bernier, Scoutmaster, at (908) 451-1948 or webfoottroop@gmail.com
