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PARISH |
PARISH PHONE |
YM LEADER |
| Alpha |
St. Mary |
908 454-5264 |
Marybeth Luzetti |
| Avenel |
St. Andrew |
732-634-4355 |
Fr. Shawn Monahan |
| Baptistown |
Our Lady of Victory |
908 996-2068 |
Laura & Scott Cariddi |
| Basking Ridge |
St. James |
908-766-0888 |
Christina Baez |
| Belvidere |
St. Patrick |
908 475-2559 |
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| Bernardsville |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
908-766-0079 |
Erin Glynn |
| Blairstown |
St. Jude |
908-362-6444 |
Barbara Philips |
| Bloomsbury |
Church of the Annunciation |
908-479-4905 |
Mark and Stacey Pincus |
| Bound Brook |
St. Joseph |
732-356-0027 |
Steve Kupka: DRE |
| Bound Brook |
St. Mary of Czestochowa |
732-356-0358 |
Fr. Marian Drozd |
| Bridgewater |
St. Bernard of Clairvaux |
908-725-0552 |
Christine Dalessio |
| Bridgewater |
Holy Trinity |
908-526-2394 |
Stephanie Mealha |
| Califon |
St John Neumann |
908-832-2513 |
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| Carteret |
Holy Family |
732-541-5168 |
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| Carteret |
Sacred Heart |
732-541-5410 |
Fr. Virgil Tolentino |
| Carteret |
St. Elizabeth |
732-541-5202 |
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| Carteret |
St. Joseph |
732-541-8946 |
Mark Fiore |
| Clinton |
Immaculate Conception |
908-735-7319 |
MaryEllen Warkentin / Alex Podchaski |
| Colonia |
St. John Vianney |
732-574-0150 |
John Cook |
| Dunellen |
St.John |
732-968-2621 |
Christine Sendzik: DRE |
| E. Brunswick |
St. Bartholomew |
732-257-7722 |
Dan Chirico |
| E. Millstone |
St. Joseph |
908-874-3141 |
Marisa Day |
| Edison |
Bishop Ahr HS |
732-549-1108 |
Sr. Cindy Babyak |
| Edison |
Guardian Angels |
732-985-7565 |
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| Edison |
St. Helena |
732-494-5063 |
Lynne Soltys: DRE |
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| Edison |
St. Matthew |
732-985-5063 |
Frank Yuhas |
| Far Hills |
St. Elizabeth |
908-234-0079 |
Patricia Butwin |
| Flemington |
St. Magdalen |
908-782-2922 |
Matt Pitucco |
| Fords |
Our Lady of Peace |
732-738-7940 |
vacant |
| Great Meadows |
Ss. Peter & Paul |
908-637-4269 |
Eileen Weiss |
| Hackettstown |
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
908-852-3320 |
Armando and Lizette Herrera |
| Hampton |
St. Ann |
908-537-2221 |
Patricia Spangenberg |
| Helmetta |
Holy Trinity |
732-521-0172 |
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| High Bridge |
St. Joseph |
908-638-6211 |
Tom McGovern |
| Highland Park |
St. Paul |
732-572-0977 |
Susan Mantarro |
| Hillsborough |
Mary, Mother of God |
908-874-8220 |
Elizabeth Ippolitto |
| Iselin |
St. Cecilia |
732-283-2300 |
John Cook |
| Jamesburg |
St .James |
732-521-0112 |
Veronica Kreutzer |
| Kendall Park |
St. Augustine |
732-297-3000 |
Harry Defrietas |
| Lambertville |
St. John |
609-397-3350 |
Jack Bogacz |
| Laurence Harbor |
St. Lawrence |
732-566-1093 |
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| Manville |
Christ The King |
908-231-1330 |
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| Manville |
Sacred Heart of Jesus |
908-725-0072 |
Philip Wong / Joseph Wang |
| Martinsville |
Blessed Sacrament |
732-356-4442 |
Peg Harmon |
| Metuchen |
St. Francis Cathedral |
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Frank Yuhas |
| Metuchen |
St. Joseph HS |
732-549-7600 |
Diane Dwyer |
| Middlesex |
Our Lady of Mount Virgin |
732-356-2149 |
Fr. Blaise Barran |
| Milford |
St. Edward |
908-995-4723 |
Lisa Hartpence |
| Milltown |
Our Lady of Lourdes |
732-828-0011 |
Jim Lucach |
| Monmouth Junction |
St. Cecilia |
732-329-2893 |
Nicholas Moragues |
| Monroe Township |
Nativity of our Lord |
609-371-0499 |
Michelle Miller |
| Montgomery Parish |
St. Charles |
609-466-0300 |
Chris Small / Sean Sanford |
| New Brunswick |
St. Mary |
732-846-5873 |
Sonia Cergnul |
| New Brunswick |
St. Peter |
732-545-6820 |
Michelle Miller |
| New Brunswick |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
732-846-5873 |
Luis and Maria Vindas |
| New Brunswick |
Sacred Heart of Jesus |
732-545-1681 |
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| New Brunswick |
St. Ladislaus |
732-545-1427 |
Fr. Stephen Galambos |
| New Brunswick |
St. John |
732-545-5267 |
Irina Colón |
| New Brunswick |
St. Joseph |
732-545-2195 |
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| New Brunswick |
St. Peter HS |
732-846-8046 |
Michelle Browne |
| North Brunswick |
Our Lady of Peace |
732-297-9680 |
Maureen Fisher |
| North Plainfield |
St. Joseph |
908-756-3383 |
Patricia Fallon |
| North Plainfield |
St. Luke |
908-754-8811 |
Lidia DiArmiento |
| Old Bridge |
St. Thomas |
732-251-4000 |
Linda Sikorski and Sam Sowell |
| Old Bridge |
St. Ambrose |
732-679-5666 |
Margaret Zmigrodski: DRE |
| Old Bridge |
Holy Redeemer |
732-566-9334 |
Charles Mannino |
| Oxford |
St. Rose of Lima |
908-453-2034 |
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| Parlin |
St Bernadette |
732-721-2772 |
Lorna Francis: DRE |
| Peapack |
St. Bridgid |
908-234-1265 |
Patricia Butwin |
| Perth Amboy |
Holy Spirit |
732-826-4859 |
Judy Smith |
| Perth Amboy |
Holy Trinity |
732-826-0439 |
Fr. Tom Ryan |
| Perth Amboy |
La Asuncion |
732-826-4991 |
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| Perth Amboy |
Our Lady of Fatima |
732-442-6637 |
Richard Paquette |
| Perth Amboy |
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary |
732-826-2771 |
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| Perth Amboy |
Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima |
732-442-6637 |
Gracaceu Santos |
| Perth Amboy |
Our Lady of Hungary |
732-442-0512 |
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| Perth Amboy |
St. Mary |
732-442-0039 |
Fr Mike Scott / Donald Reid |
| Perth Amboy |
St. Stephen |
732-826-1395 |
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| Phillipsburg |
St. Philip & St. James |
908-454-0112 |
Msgr. Michael Corona |
| Piscataway |
Our Lady of Fatima |
732-968-5555 |
Fr. Jose Marcelo / Aimee Eng |
| Piscataway |
St. Frances Cabrini |
732-885-5313 |
Teri Abano |
| Pittstown |
St Catherine |
908-735-4024 |
Laurie Young |
| Plainsboro |
Queenship of Mary |
609-799-7511 |
Megan Yaeger |
| Port Murray |
St. Theodore |
908-689-8318 |
George Merlo |
| Port Reading |
St. Anthony |
732-634-1403 |
Deacon Mickey Copolla / Frank Cacace |
| Raritan |
St. Ann |
908-725-1008 |
No Youth Group |
| Raritan |
St. Joseph |
908-725-0163 |
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| Sayreville |
Our Lady of Victory |
732-257-0077 |
MaryAnn Ingenito
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| Sayreville |
St. Stanislaus |
732-254-0212 |
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| Somerset |
St. Matthias |
732-828-1400 |
Austin Schafer |
| Somerville |
Immaculate Conception |
908-725-1112 |
Jim Borrelli |
| Somerville |
Immaculata HS |
908-722-0200 |
Helen Sanford |
| South Amboy |
Cardinal McCarrick HS |
732-721-0748 |
Nicole Leggett |
| South Amboy |
Sacred Heart |
732-721-0040 |
Sue Lang |
| South Amboy |
St. Mary |
732-721-0179 |
High School |
| South Bound Brook |
Our Lady of Mercy |
732-356-1037 |
Debbie Kubeck |
| South Plainfield |
Sacred Heart |
908-756-0633 |
Helen Towey: Secretary |
| South Plainfield |
Our Lady of Czestochowa |
908-756-1333 |
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| South River |
Corpus Christi |
732-254-1800 |
Dolores Peters |
| South River |
St. Mary |
732-254-2220 |
Deacon Tom Dominiecki |
| South River |
St. Stephen |
732-257-0100 |
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| Spotswood |
Immaculate Conception |
732-251-3110 |
Walter Sisto |
| Three Bridges |
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
908-782-1475 |
Doreen Rinaldi |
| Warren |
Our Lady of the Mount |
908-647-1075 |
Tom Berrios |
| Washington |
St. Joseph |
908-689-0058 |
Natalie Baratta-Verdi |
| Watchung |
St. Mary |
908-756-6524 |
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| Watchung |
Mount Saint Mary HS |
908-757-6587 |
Nicole Knapp |
| Whitehouse Station |
Our Lady of Lourdes |
908-534-2319 |
Debbie McKenna |
| Woodbridge |
Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
732-634-1438 |
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| Woodbridge |
St. James |
732-634-0500 |
Bill Lange |
Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
—Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador (1917-1980)
It helps now and then to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is
not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a small fraction of the magnificent
enterprise that is God’s work.
Nothing we do is complete, which is
another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that could be said.
No prayer fully expresses our
faith.
No confession brings perfection.
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No program accomplishes the Church’s
mission.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about:
We plant the seeds that will one day grow.
We water seeds already planted,
knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need
further development.
We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond
our capabilities.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing
that.
This enables us to do something, and to do it well.
It may be incomplete
but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s
grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the
master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers,
not messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own.
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