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Pasta Dinner for Hopebuilders

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:45:37 +0000

Having trouble deciding what to make for dinner on another Friday in Lent?? Please join us for a meatless pasta dinner on Friday, March 23rd from 5:30 – 7:00pm in Heritage Hall. The torch has been passed from our (recently confirmed!) high schoolers to our current 7E middle schoolers! They will be in charge of selling tickets, setting/cleaning up and serving you a delicious meal which will include pasta, salad, dessert and drink – all as a service to our St. Matthew’s community. Any monies made from the evening will be donated to St. Matthew’s Hope Builders and our teens that travel to Kentucky where they help complete home repairs for local residents. Additional information including ticket price and ticket sales dates will appear in future bulletins. Any questions, please contact 7D religious education teacher Terri La Penna at terlap4@verizon.net. Thank you for your support!!

Upcoming Hope Builder Events

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:43:16 +0000

Hope Builders, in conjunction with Good Neighbors, a grassroots 501c3 charity that provides home and automobile repair exclusively for employed American families, helps to build and repair homes for the working poor in Appalachia. Last year’s trip cost a little over $28,000 for 51 Hope Builders to participate. This year our expenses will be more as we hope to bring along 20 more participants, so we can affect the lives of 3 more families, totaling 10 families we hope to help.

Upcoming Events – Thank you for your continued Support
January 21 & 22 Bake and Panera Bread Sale (after all masses)
February 9 &16 ZUMBA® Classes 7 PM Heritage Hall – $10/class
February 11 & 12 Chocolate Bar Sale & Panera Bread Sale (after masses)
February 24 Lenten Soup Dinner 5:30-7:30 with Crown of Thorns craft
February 25 & 26 Easter Plant Sale (after masses)
February 28 1^st installment payment due $150

Cookbook Fundraiser for Hope Builders – Calling all Cooks!

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:33:49 +0000

St. Matthew’s is preparing a taste-tempting custom cookbook featuring favorite recipes from our parish and friends. These cookbooks will be professionally published and contain special pages of interest including helpful cooking hints, dedications, special reference, children’s favorite craft recipes, and much more. This cookbook is sure to be treasured for years to come.

As a primary fundraiser for our Hope Builders, we would love for our cookbook to be a huge success; your recipes can help make that happen! If you have a favorite recipe that you would like to share with the world, please submit it! In fact, please submit as many as you’d like; there is no limit to the number of entries. Just a word of caution, however; a recipe can only be published once (variations are ok), so to ensure you’ll be published, it’s better to submit one-of-a-kind, passed down from generation-to-generation recipes than to submit everyone’s all-time favorite “public” recipe! This cookbook will not only be a wonderful collection of favorite recipes, but also a memorable keepsake of those people who have enriched your life. And who wouldn’t be proud to see their name, or their child’s name, in print! These cookbooks definitely become a cherished keepsake and make great gifts to give.

Because the publisher requires a specific format for our recipes, attached is the recipe template which must be used when submitting your recipe. (NOTE: If you are going to type the recipe yourself, or (crisply) photocopy a hand-written recipe, please make sure that all the required elements are outlined on your recipe, i.e., clearly indicate the category, title, etc.) Before submitting your recipes for inclusion in our cookbook, please make sure it is clearly explained because what you send in is what will be typed (barring any changes in standardization, abbreviation, grammatical or spelling errors).

So let’s get cooking! By January 25, 2012, please electronically submit your recipes to Maryann Hoolahan @ hoolahan5nj@yahoo.com. If you prefer, you may also drop off your recipe in the “RECIPE DROP BOX” located in the gathering space. Feel free to contact Maryann with any questions you may have. Bon Appétit!

Classes begin…

maryr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:43:30 +0000

Classes begin on Sunday, Oct. 16th. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so immediately and include a $25 last fee for each child you will be registering.

Classes begin…

maryr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:41:25 +0000

Classes begin on Sunday, Sept. 25 for Sunday classes and Sept. 28 for Wedesday classes. If you haven’t registered yet, please do so immediately and include a $25 last fee for each child you will be registering.

Classes begin …

maryr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:37:21 +0000

Kindergarten Starts Oct. 16th

maryr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:33:50 +0000

We will be offering one Kindergarten class this year on Sunday monrings at 8:45-9:45 AM. Please go to the calendar tab to get the entire year’s worth of dates.

There are 5 spots left so register quickly before the class is closed.

Make Up Work for Absent Students

maryr — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:12:42 +0000

Mass Journal

Religious Ed News August 2011

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:28:41 +0000

St. Mathew’s is pleased to announce the following changes in its Religious Education Department:

Mary Ramsden, D.R.E. will continue on as the Youth Minister and will expand her role as Director of Religious Education. Her responsibilities now include: Grades K-12, all aspects of the children’s faith formation, from Religious Education (COP/CCD) to sacraments, retreats and all things in between. She is responsible for attaining and training our catechists and supporting volunteers, choosing and implementing the curriculum, scheduling of classes, overseeing retreats for all grade levels, supervising the sacramental prep and sacramental celebrations for the appropriate grade levels.

Deacon Jim Hackett will serve as the Pastoral Associate for Religious Education and is responsible for coordinating the preparation, sacramental achievement (First Reconciliation, First Eucharist and Confirmation) and retreat experiences of our students. Deacon Jim will also be responsible for conducting parent, sponsor, catechist and volunteer meetings throughout the year. He will also assist Mary in working to achieve faith-filled experiences and education for those whom they are responsible.

If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to contact Mary at mary.ramsden@ stmatthewsrandolph.org or Deacon Jim at deacon.jim@ stmatthewsrandolph.org. Both Mary and Jim are eagerly looking forward to another exciting and fruitful year with our students, catechists and volunteers.

Parents Page Coming Soon!

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:43:18 +0000

We can’t wait! Stay tuned for the new Parents Page on the St. Matthew’s Parish website.