St. Stephen the First Martyr

Click on the photo below to find out more about what's happening in our parish community ... this week, this month, and in the upcoming months as well!

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Safe Environment Training Scheduled for Parish & School Volunteers The Bishops' Charter for the Protection of Children & Young People mandates that all ministers, employees, and volunteers who have meaningful contact with children and young people undergo training in the detection, prevention, and reporting of child abuse. Read more from the Archdiocesan website here.

Two training sessions have been scheduled: (choose one)

 Monday, November 18 from 11:30am - 12:30pm in the Church Meeting Room and  Thursday, November 21 from 6pm - 7pm in the School Library.

If you are a volunteer or interested in volunteering in a parish, school or religious education program program, please
 sign up for one of these sessions.

St. Benedict Tours, along with Fr. Glenn Sudano, will be leading a  twelve-day pilgrimage/retreat June 7-18, 2020.   For more information, click on the photo below.

Please help us make the holidays a little nicer for families in the Town of Warwick. We are asking for bags of shelf stable groceries to help provide the basics for a holiday meal. Families who use the pantry will receive a bag for each of Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Donors need not provide all items on the list, if their budget does not permit it. Alternatively, donors may combine their contributions for a bag or bags. We ask that you provide only the items listed, in the sizes specified. Pantry volunteers will check donations to insure that families receive bags with the same items. The pantry will accept food donations beginning on October 29th. We encourage you to deliver as early as possible.

CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF ITEMS!
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We also gratefully will receive ShopRite or Price Chopper gift cards, or monetary donations, to help offset our own cost of purchasing groceries for the program. Mail to the address below, Attention: Holiday Program or make a donation at our website, www.warwickpantry.com.

 

Please join us after all Sunday Masses this week, November 17 for Hospitality Sunday in the Atrium. It only takes a few extra moments to share a cup of coffee with a fellow parishioner. If you are interested in helping before or after one of the Masses  with brewing coffee and cleaning mugs, please sign up here. 

 

Altar Server Training for current and new altar servers, grades 4th- 8th, will take place on Sunday, November 17 from 4pm - 5:30pm in the church atrium.
Dinner will be served following training.
Please click on the link below to sign up!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A4BAEAB2EA4FF2-altar

On Friday, three beautiful new signs were installed on the parish grounds. The sign in the photo is at our church entrance, and new signs were installed at the parish center entrance and the corner of Sanfordville Road and Country Route 1A. This project was made possible by the generous support or parishioners through our Renew and Rebuild Campaign.
There is no denying that our original signage, installed when our church was built 30 years ago, was tired and worn. 

Our first night was a huge success!  Please join us next time, on Wednesday, December 4 ... and click on the photo below to see more information, as well as photos from our Why Knots Blanket Ministry!