Hurricane Sandy Relief and Information
Today, November 4, 2012 our Parish Committee will have a special meeting at 10 am to discuss what we will do as a parish to help the victims of devastating Hurricane Sandy. We will have special prayers during both Masses 9 am and 11 am for all who were affected by this terrible tragedy.
Our church and residence were not damaged and the residents of Woodland Park have had power restored since Tuesday evening.
If you need assistance you can use our parish hall to charge cell phones and warm yourself up and get food. Call the parish office 973-256-4888.
Little Falls & Woodland Park, NJ are using the Little Falls Civic Center for food donations – both need volunteers to deliver donations as well as donations. Please call 973-890-4520 if you can help. They can offer more information at the same number if anyone needs help.
Resources:
Here is some more information that may be helpful in this time rebuilding after the Hurricane Sandy:
- Look for closest gas station.
- New Jersey Office of Emergency Management.
- Flood insurance information can be found at the New Jersey Division of Banking and Industry website.
- The National Flood Insurance Program is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which can be reached at 202-646-3272.
- National Insurance Consumer Helpline: 800-942-4242
- The Insurance Information Institute: 800-331-9146
- For gas or electrical issues, call PSE&G at 800-436-PSEG
Emergency Contact Cards can be printed out online at the Red Cross.
Bergen County relief
The American Red Cross of Northern New Jersey is also seeking donations to its local disaster fund “to make sure we can handle the demand going forward,” said Red Cross spokeswoman Cathy Hoag.
Passaic County shelters
Residents should contact police to make sure the shelter is open
- Pompton Lakes: Carnavale Center, Lenox Avenue (across the street from Borough Hall).
- Little Falls and Woodland Park: Little Falls Civic Center, 19 Warren Street.
- Totowa: Totowa Community Center, 385 Union Boulevard.
- Paterson: Riverside Veterans building, 165 5th Avenue.
- Wayne: Wayne Valley High School, Valley Road.
- In Little Falls, pets of flood victims can be sheltered at Kamp Kanine, 51 Sindle Ave., Little Falls, 973-837-6630 , and Hal Wheeler Pet Boarding, 1126 Route 23, Cedar Grove 973-256-0694 . Costs vary per shelter and vaccination proof is required.
- Little Falls residents can also call a flood hotline, 973-256-6538 , for emergency information.
Wayne residents can find road closure and other flood information here.
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Please use All Souls Day envelopes and print the names of the departed you wish to remember and send it to the parish office or place it in the collection basket on Sunday. The envelopes with the names will be kept on the altar during the month of November. In addition to that, Father Joseph will celebrate Holy Masses for their intentions in the upcoming weeks and months. Please propose the date when you wish to have the Holy Mass celebrated for the intention of your departed loved ones. Fr. Joseph will confirm the availability of the date. These Masses will be listed in the bulletins as All Souls Day Masses.
In Hebrew, Michael means “who is like God” which is traditionally interpreted as a rhetorical question: “Who is like God?” (which expects an answer in the negative) to imply that no one is like God. In this way, Michael is reinterpreted as a symbol of humility before God. In the Old Testament Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, once as a “great prince who stands up for the children of your people.” The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy.