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Academy of Our Lady School
Adults who love to work with children or being around them will enjoy this ministry. The Academy of Our Lady is located in Glen Rock, next to St. Catherine’s Church. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is the co-sponsor for this school which tries to provide students with an experience of true Christian values. It is committed to the pursuit of academic excellence. The Academy is always in need of volunteers who can help in varied ways. If you love children, consider volunteering at the Academy.
Pat Keenaghan, Principal | 201.445.0622 | principal@academyofourlady.org
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AIDS Ministry
A parish group of volunteers has been formed to educate, support, visit those who are ill, encourage prayer services, and help those who have been infected and affected with the pandemic of HIV/AIDS. This group has been connected with the National Catholic AIDS Network, The Names Project, Catholic Community Services, the Archdiocesan AIDS Task Force, The Bergen County Office of Special Services, and New Jersey Buddies. This group is also responsible for the Parish’s observance of the Archdiocese of Newark’s AIDS Compassion Sunday, designated each year to educate and support while raising compassionate awareness and witness to this disease.
Peggy Frazza | 201.444.2000 | aids@olmcridgewood.com
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Bereavement Support Group
Trained bereavement facilitators will reach out with love and understanding and with hope to help the bereaved work through the grieving process. This brings people together who have experienced a similar loss in a non-threatening “safe place” where confidentiality is key. No person need grieve alone.
Fr. Tom Quinn | 201.444.2000 x14 | bereavement@olmcridgewood.com
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Bread Collection and Delivery
Every Monday morning, volunteers pick up donated breads and desserts from local food stores and deliver them to St. Paul’s Food Pantry in Paterson.
Louise Gervolino | 201.445.6553 | bread@olmcridgewood.com
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Career Resources
This ministry serves anyone seeking employment or who may be anticipating unemployment. The Ministry presents a series of four Winter/Spring Workshops. They are: “Create Your Communications Strategy and Resume,” “Define Your Target Market,” “Get Your Message Out - Networking,” and “Interview, Cultivate Offers, and Negotiate.” Professionals, who are members of the Ministry, are always on hand with advice on the topics being presented. An individual does not have to be a member of Mount Carmel Parish to attend. Anyone interested in the subject matter is invited to attend and all are always welcome.
Ed McCabe | 201.652.3130 | career@olmcridgewood.com | Website
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Catholic Daughters of the Americas
This is the largest national organization of Catholic women in the world. Court Our Lady of Mount Carmel #1712 meets on the third Tuesday of the month in the Parish Center. Our mission is to support the clergy world wide, increase our faith, and serve others through works of charity. We hold two fundraisers a year to provide funds for (among others) the Center for Food Action, Eva’s Kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, Retired Sisters of Charity and Retired Clergy, and many religious organizations and orders. We encourage faith development in local school children through an annual Essay, Poetry, and Art competition organized on the national level of CDA. In addition to individually serving various Parish ministries, we hold an annual Court Communion Breakfast in the spring. We also hold a countywide Communion Breakfast on National Catholic Daughters Day in the fall. Our motto is: Unity and Charity.
Madeleine McGuinness | 201.444.9136 | cda@olmcridgewood.com
Doris Novak | 201.445.1272
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Eva's Kitchen/Paterson
Eva’s Kitchen, Paterson, began 21 years ago serving a hot meal, seven days a week, providing take-out for later. Mt. Carmel has been involved through their Parishioners and the Catholic Daughters of America, OLMC Court #1712 since its inception. The number of people relying on soup kitchens is alarming, but they can be helped by those of us with the ability to make a difference. Eva’s Kitchen is now Eva’s Village with programs to feed, shelter and rehabilitate persons of all races and creeds. But it begins in the kitchen with a hot meal and we are there to help.
Ray and Terry Myer | 201.612.8332 | evaskitchen@olmcridgewood.com
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Finance Council
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Finance Council functions as an advisory group to the Pastor of the Parish. It currently consists of twelve members plus the Pastor. Within the Finance Council are three separate committees: Budget, Buildings and Grounds, and Human Resources. These committees meet and report on their activities to the Finance Council. The Finance Council usually meets on the fourth Monday of every other month. The Finance Council will review any and all finance-related items given to it by the Pastor. Members are chosen at the Pastor’s discretion.
If you have qualifications in this area, please contact Msgr. Rozniak. (ronr@olmcridgewood.com)
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Funeral Liturgy Preparation Team
This ministry offers support to the grieving family by helping the family provide a dignified and meaningful funeral mass. This ministry requires great sensibility and compassion in addition to a knowledge of scripture and liturgy.
Fr. Tom Quinn | 201.444.2000 x14 | funerallitprep@olmcridgewood.com
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Gardens and Grounds
When the church grounds are in full bloom, we can see the time and talents of the brothers and sisters of this ministry.
Theresa Selinka | 201.444.7989 | gardens@olmcridgewood.com
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