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A PRO-LIFE MESSAGE AND REQUEST FROM OUR BISHOP DAVID M. O’CONNELL

As Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, I encourage all our Catholic clergy, religious and lay faithful to sign a petition to protect congressional legislative provisions in support of life: Click Here. Please access the New Jersey Catholic Conference website and also read the Action Alerts posted on the NJCC website: https://njcatholic.org.

Please consider writing letters in strong support of pro-life protections to our New Jersey senators and congressmen and congresswomen. Thank you and may God bless and protect you all, born and unborn.

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Healing After Abortion:

Do you know someone who is carrying the grief of a past abortion? There is always hope. The pain and sorrow of abortion does not need to endure for a lifetime. A “Day of Prayer and Healing” offers the opportunity to experience the love and mercy of God and to respond to His invitation to begin the journey of healing the wound of abortion. For upcoming dates, locations, and confidential registration, or just to talk to a Sister, please call the Sisters of Life at (866)-575-0075 (toll free) or reach us by email.

Know someone needing assistance with food, housing, drug addiction, mental health, domestic violence or immigration? Contact Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton.

Home Study

HOME STUDY GUIDELINES - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

You must set time aside each week to complete your chapters and activity book. This will ensure that your child will not fall behind. Please give your child any assistance they need.

If your child has a problem with one of the activities in his/her activity book just tell them to skip over it and mark it with an X so that I know they did not understand it.

We are also available through the computer. You can contact us on our web site at www.stmichaelnj.com You will go to Religious Ed. under Home Study and click on your grade to read about your grade. When it is time to take your exams you will click on your grade and be able to print your test.

There are approximately 12 weeks in the first semester ending in December so you need to be halfway through your book by then. Your midterm will be ready the first week of January and you will have one week to take it. There are 13 weeks in the second semester ending in March so you need to be done with your books by then. Your final will be ready the fIrst week of April and you will have one week to take it.

If you are NOT working on the computer your midterm and final will be mailed to your home and you will return it back.

You can return your exams by mail or you can place it in the collection basket at church attention Patty. You may also drop it off at the Outreach Office at 6 West End Ct. in Long Branch.

Please also go over your grade requirements that are attached.

Please make sure that you keep your activity book up to date, IT MUST BE TURNED IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN ORDER TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL NO EXCUSES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

If you have any questions or concerns during the year please do not hesitate to call me at 483-0360 ext. 10. Please keep this cover letter to answer some of your questions you may have in the future.

Sincerely,
Patty Chavez
Coordinator of Religious Education

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Instruction Regarding the Burial of the Deceased
and the Conservation of the Ashes in the Case of Cremation

("Ad Resurgendum cum Christo"...."To Rise with Christ")

Helpful and instructive information on the proper care for and treatment of cremated remains consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church has been provided in an informative and reliable document issued by the Holy See's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and approved by Pope Francis in 2016. This Instruction document ("Ad Resurgendum cum Christo"...."To Rise with Christ") is recommended reading for all the Catholic faithful and for funeral directors who assist their clients with Catholic funerals. The Instruction's information and guidance are recommended to be part of the planning for funeral arrangements and cemetery arrangements.

Please pray for the souls of all the faithful departed. May they rest in peace.

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For Information About the Parish's and Parishioners' Efforts to Provide Aid to our Brothers and Sisters in Ukraine

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U.S. Bishops' Statement on Moral Concerns with
Using the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine

The U.S. Conference of Catholice Bishops (USCCB) issued a Statement on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 regarding moral concerns with using the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The Statement may be accessed by clicking below. The Statement says in part, "if one has the ability to choose a vaccine, Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccines should be chosen over Johnson & Johnson’s." The moral concern arises because the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was developed and tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines. The USCCB Statement also quotes the judgment of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican that "when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not available... it is morally acceptable to receive Covid19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process."

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