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Earthquake Relief for Syria & Turkey
On February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated large areas of central Turkey and northwest Syria. The death toll has surpassed 17,000 and continues to climb.
We continue to witness via news reports the horrible loss of life and damage in Turkey and Syria, and we
stand in solidarity and prayer with our brothers and sisters there.
Catholic aid agencies have launched emergency collections for quake victims.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS),
the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Church, is already on the ground offering emergency relief efforts led by local partners with Caritas Turkey,
Caritas Syria in Aleppo and Lattakia, and others. They are bringing displaced people to safe spaces and distributing hot meals, clean water, hygiene supplies,
and other essentials. They are collecting donations. If you wish to help in these efforts or make a donation, please visit crs.org.
Along with financial support, prayer remains essential. Let us continue to offer our prayers to our brothers and sisters who mourn losses and face this devastation.
Peace,
Fr. Frank
My Dear Parishioners,
It gives me great joy to share with you that our parish now has a subscription to FORMED,
a premier online platform filled with over 4,000 Catholic studies, movies, audio dramas, talks, e-books,
and even cartoons for our children. FORMED has content from over 60 apostolates, including Augustine Institute,
Ignatius Press, and the Knights of Columbus, with material that is professionally produced,
engaging, and solid in its catechism. Best of all, this material is free to you.
Our parish will be using the material on FORMED to support our Religious Education Classes and provide continuing
education for our parishioners, as well as outreach for our sick and homebound members.
Much of FORMED’s content is available in both English and Spanish.
You have easy access to all of the material on FORMED to support your own faith journey and that of your family members.
Are you hesitant to return to the Sacrament of Reconciliation after a long absence? Watch Forgiven: The Transforming Power of Confession.
Would you like to be more confident in answering your teenagers’ questions about the validity of the Gospels? Watch Lectio: The Case for Jesus.
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You can enjoy FORMED on your computer or on your television with an inexpensive Roku device or Apple TV.
My hope and prayer is that the content on FORMED will enrich, deepen, and inspire your faith. Please pray for our benefactors who have made a FORMED subscription a reality for our parish. Please pray for the people at the Augustine Institute who create this wonderful and much-needed Catholic content for our people.
I invite everyone in the Archdiocese of Newark, and all who long for peace everywhere, to join me in praying for the people of Ukraine, especially on the day of prayer and fasting for peace that Pope Francis has announced for Ash Wednesday, March 2. We must always reject war as a political solution and pursue honest and respectful dialogue among nations as the only way forward.
Peace,
Fr. Frank
To gain access to all of FORMED’s content, follow these simple steps:
Go to https://signup.formed.org/
Enter our parish’s zip code
Enter your name and your email address
That’s it! You’re in. Now you can get the free FORMED app for your phone by searching FORMED Catholic in your app store.
Statement from Cardinal Tobin on the Situation in Ukraine:
I would like to make my own the following words of Pope Francis offered during his General Audience remarks on Wednesday, February 23:
My heart aches greatly at the worsening situation in Ukraine. Despite the diplomatic efforts of the last few weeks, increasingly alarming scenarios are opening up. Like me, many people all over the world are feeling anguish and concern. Once again, the peace of all is threatened by partisan interests. I would like to appeal to those with political responsibility to examine their consciences seriously before God, who is the God of peace and not of war; who is the Father of all, not just of some, who wants us to be brothers and not enemies. I pray that all the parties involved refrain from any action that would cause even more suffering to the people, destabilizing coexistence between nations and bringing international law into disrepute.
And now I would like to appeal to everyone, believers and non-believers alike. Jesus taught us that the diabolical senselessness of violence is answered with God's weapons, with prayer and fasting. I invite everyone to make next 2 March, Ash Wednesday, a Day of Fasting for Peace. I encourage believers in a special way to dedicate themselves intensely to prayer and fasting on that day. May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war.
I invite everyone in the Archdiocese of Newark, and all who long for peace everywhere, to join me in praying for the people of Ukraine, especially on the day of prayer and fasting for peace that Pope Francis has announced for Ash Wednesday, March 2. We must always reject war as a political solution and pursue honest and respectful dialogue among nations as the only way forward.
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R.
Archbishop of Newark
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