Thursday, October 27, 4-5:30pm
Pre-Registration Required!

Join us for an exciting afternoon of “trunk” or treating in the parish parking lot. Children should wear their Halloween costumes. Decorate your trunk in your favorite Halloween style, there will be a prize for the “best decorated trunk!” Don’t forget the candy! (no rain date)

We will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Community Food Bank. We’ll have a food bin available at check-in for your donations.

Please note: For the safety of our children, pre-registration is required (no exceptions) and parents must remain with their children.

Plan to arrive between 4:00pm & 4:30pm only. Once the “trunk or treating” begins, vehicles will be prohibited from moving around the parking lot for the children’s protection. Parked cars will not be able to leave before 5:30pm.

To pre-register, email TrunkorTreat@churchofpresentation.org with the family name(s) & # attending.

Join us on Monday, September 12, 7:30pm-9:00pm in Gathering Room North

John Hogan, Bergen County Clerk, will be speaking on our voting rights and legislative policies, including those concerning the security of our ballot count.

All Christian citizens are called to vote and to ensure the voice of the poor and marginalized is heard. All are welcome.

Sponsored by the Justice & Peace Ministry.

You can make a difference in this critical time in human history…without leaving home and in less than 5 minutes!  The U.S. Catholic Bishops are encouraging all Catholics to contact their representatives BY AUGUST 7 to show support for the proposed climate investments to take steps toward protecting our food supply; making all communities more resilient to floods, fires & extreme weather; ensuring a just transition for fossil fuel workers, and innovating new and emerging clean energy technologies through tax credits, and research and development funding. Investments today will determine the range of options, economic outcomes, and the well-being of human life and all of God’s creation for years to come.

Pope Francis reminds us to ask ourselves, “What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?” (Laudato si’, no. 160). The US Bishops have prepared this link to easily contact your legislative representative: www.votervoice.net/USCCB/Campaigns/95276/Respond

The access road leading to/from Riverview Terrace to the parish parking lot will be closed for repairs beginning 7am on Monday, July 11 through Thursday afternoon, July 14, 2022. Plan to use West Saddle River Rd. to visit the parish during these times,

June 24, 2022

The United States Supreme Court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide recognizes that even the most helpless and dependent human beings have a right to life and possess inherent dignity and worth. 

The Catholic Church teaches that all human life is sacred, from conception to natural death. We must oppose the many threats to human life and dignity evident in contemporary society, including abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, and capital punishment. 

Abortion represents a failure to recognize the sanctity of human life and promotes a culture in which human life in its most vulnerable moment is perceived as disposable. It is telling that in the public debate, the unborn child frequently disappears from the moral calculus.

Furthermore, abortion is not healthcare. It is a disastrous attempt to create a false equivalency between the taking of innocent human life and the “reproductive health” of women in our society. It results in inhuman and lethal consequences.

We join with Pope Francis in noting that “it is troubling to see how simple and convenient it has become for some to deny the existence of a human life as a solution to problems that can and must be solved for both the mother and her unborn child” (Pope Francis, address to the United Nations, Sept. 25, 2020). Our Holy Father has repeatedly said that abortion is not a religious issue; it’s a human rights issue.  

We recognize that a woman’s decision to have an abortion is often tragic and painful. A woman who takes this desperate action is often under great duress and is encouraged by social structures that are patently sinful. As people who care deeply for all women struggling with unplanned or unwanted pregnancies, we must ensure that life-giving options are available and our support does not end simply with the birth of a child.

We recognize that a significant number of our fellow citizens are angered by this decision of our nation’s highest Court. We hope that all Americans can discuss respectfully how best to support women who face crucial decisions while recognizing the dignity of the most vulnerable among us.

We agree with the analysis of Pope Francis, who has made it clear that if we fail to protect life, no other rights matter.

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Newark

May 25, 2022

The disciples of Jesus that form the Archdiocese of Newark join our hearts and prayers for the anguished families of Uvalde, Buffalo, and many other communities across this country, including Newark, the city in which I live and love. The slaughter of children and teachers yesterday in Texas, and the surge of violence in communities nationwide, cannot be easily explained but must not be dismissed as a perverse “new normal.”

Cynically short-sighted solutions that facilely propose turning schools, grocery stores, and shopping malls into armed camps must be rejected. This nation cannot flourish by permitting the unregulated sale of weapons designed to kill. There is no convincing argument to justify the sale or possession of automatic rifles, oversize magazines, folding stocks, and other weapons that are used in an ever-growing number of massacres.

New laws alone will not change hearts. We need civil conversations around all the forms of violence that are tolerated, even celebrated in our culture. The role of social media, especially its indiscriminate use by young people, needs to be questioned. We adults must examine how our speech and slogans and our resignation and apathy contribute to violent death and the disintegration of our communities.

There is much to do, but for now, let us recognize our connection with the grieving families and plead with God to heal their broken hearts.

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R.

Archbishop of Newark

TerraCycle®is a social enterprise on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste.

This platform offers free recycling programs funded by brands, manufacturers, and retailers around the world to help you collect and recycle your hard-to-recycle waste. For every pound we recycle our parish is rewarded monetarily which will benefit our many outreach programs. Supporting this program is beneficial to our parish and community as well as the philosophy of our St. Francis Ministry.

Presentation is enrolled in the following Terracycle® programs: BIC Stationary & Colgate oral care products. Please bring used or empty products and their packaging to the green recycle bin marked TerraCycle® in the back of the auditorium.

Learn more at www.terracycle.com.

Celebrate the Resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit with our 5-part weekly series!  Together, we will explore the person of the Holy Spirit and examine how the Spirit is alive in our hearts and world.  Join us as we share our own faith stories and as we explore these topics. Invite a friend!! Small Christian Communities can come together, or simply come and make new friends at your table.

This 5-part series will be led by Fr. JC & Catzel LaVecchia

…from 7:00pm-8:30pm on the following Tuesdays: April 26, May 3, May 17, May 24, & May 31

..& from 9:45am-11:15am on the following Wednesdays: April 27, May 4, May 18, May 25, & June 1

Note: No sessions on May 10 & May 11

Click here to sign up for either the evening sessions or morning sessions. Even if you missed a session or two, you’re still welcome! We look forward to seeing you!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP & RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK

Email justiceandpeace@churchofpresentation.org with any questions

Pope Francis, united to all the Bishops and Catholic faithful around the world, will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Friday, March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation.
The Act of Consecration will be prayed during the “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten pentential service in St. Peter’s Basilica, which begins at 5:00 pm Rome time.
The Pope will pray the Act of Consecration around 6:30 pm, and has asked all Bishops and priests to join him spiritually in this prayer, which will be broadcast across our Vatican News channels – radio, website, YouTube, and Facebook – with English-language commentary.  Attached here is the official translation of the Act of Consecration.

Church of the Presentation will offer the 9am Mass on March 25 to this intention.