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November 3, 2023
Thanksgiving Harvest
Special Edition #6
💥 Inside!

Our Thanksgiving Harvest Festival is next Sunday, November 12!

  • More invitations to our Harvest Festival from our Honorary Sponsors- this time, from Mary's entourage.

  • Not too late to invite everyone to our Harvest event. Use our DIGITAL Thanksgiving Harvest flyer to send to everyone on text, email, Whatsapp, etc. See below.

  • Below - see photos of last week's Family Thanksgiving offerings.
Next week is the final edition of our Thanksgiving Harvest newsletter.

9-day Novena to St Joseph for petition for a fruitful and blessed Thanksgiving Harvest 2023

Day 1 begins today!


Today we begin our 9-day Novena to St Joseph for the petition of a fruitful and blessed Thanksgiving Harvest 2023. This was decided by the Harvest Committee in preparation of our Thanksgiving celebration on Nov. 12th.

St Joseph is venerated as the Protector of the universal Church and our families, and among other titles, he is also as St Joseph the Worker. We fervently commend to him the reason and inspiration behind this harvest fundraiser, which is the ongoing constructions and renovations taking place.

We are asking St Joseph to intercede before God's throne for the Lord's abundance on all levels: Provisions for the upkeep of the House of the Lord and the unity, and the spirit of gratitude & sacrificial love in our parish community and in our families.

Brothers and sisters, please join in this novena . Each novena day has a very brief but beautiful prayer. We will pray this during our Rosary Zoom for the next 9 days at 7:10pm . Please join us on Zoom ( Click for Zoom link ). Or you can pray this with your families or by yourselves.
Here is the link for the Novena to St Joseph.

Since St. Joseph is the patron saint of this year's Harvest, we are offering a beautiful 22" x 21: canvas picture of St Joseph with Jesus at our auction during our harvest celebration.

Fr Anthony Abalike & Mayowa Oloba are inviting you to our Thanksgiving Harvest. Come and be blessed by the " opportunity to bring your contributions to the House of the Lord..."

Veronica Nwajei is inviting you to to our Thanksgiving Harvest.
or simply copy https://conta.cc/46ECCy6

Paper copies of the letter & flyer also available
at the church entrance.


Ricardo Izquierdo is inviting you to to our Thanksgiving Harvest.

Yves Kossi is inviting you to to our Thanksgiving Harvest.

Sr Genevieve Okoro, DMMM is asking us all to support our Harvest.
Support our Honorary Sponsors!

A KINGDOM FOCUS TO HONORARY SPONSORS
Harvest 2023

A note from Fr. Joseph:

This year in addition to the traditional Thanksgiving Harvest Honorary Sponsor titles that we enjoy celebrating each year, we chose to add some new Honorary Sponsor titles, which we hope will help us orient our lives toward a heavenly perspective on everything we do, including fundraising. Each of the additional titles will highlight one of the virtues of Our Lady or of one of the saints. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us to emulate them in our lives.Click to continue

Below:
More invitation letters from our Honorary Sponsors .
From our Blessed Mother's entourage! Mary's Matron of Honor, Mary's Maid of Honor, Mary's Flower Girls, and friends of Mother Teresa & Bl. Carlos Acutis.
(Refer also to the previous edition for some Honorary Sponsors who were already featured)

PRESENTING...

Esther Yamboesse, Mary's Flower Girl (along with her sister Sara) for this year's Harvest Festival, explains why we "celebrate God".

Needed!
FLAG CARRIERS FOR THIS YEAR
We are trying to complete the list for this year's FLAG CARRIERS . If possible, not the same persons from the previous year. Text to 551-689-0107 if you would like to carry your nation's flag. Thanks!

There will be no Family Thanksgiving Harvest on the actual Harvest celebration on Nov 12, since we are having the Parade of Nations, which is our offering on behalf of our nations. However you can still do your offering after our Thanksgiving Harvest. Please call the office at 973-623-0258 for this.


This Sunday
Nov 5:
  • Friends of Mother Teresa (Pearl Friday & Jane Cebedo)
  • Okechukwu & Priscillia Korieocha & Family
  • Lawrence & Joy Anyanwu & Family
  • Youth & Young Adults
  • 

PHOTOS
Family Thanksgiving Offering
Sunday, Oct 29, 2023

Mary Comfort Opara and her family

Ministry of Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers

Family Thanksgiving Offerings over the past weeks:
  • MaryComfort Opara & Family
  • Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers
  • Robert & Stella Banjo
  • Modupe Ojo & Family
  • Brendan & Lizzy Igwe.
  • 2023 Thanksgiving Harvest Committee
  • Religious Education Children
  • St Antoninus French Community
  • Maria Milligan and Family
  • St Antoninus choir, led by Ken Julien
  • Christopher & Mary Akinwuntan & Family
  • The Harvest Committee members
  • The Nigerian community in celebration of the Nigerian Independence Day.
  • Mrs. Grace Odionu

Note: There were a number of parishioners who did their offering for this year's harvest before we officially launched our fundraiser. The list will be added next time.


2023 Thanksgiving Harvest Special Editions so far:

If you missed any of the back issues:

5th Edition

4th Edition:

3rd Edition

2nd Edition

1st Edition


Photos from our previous Thanksgiving Harvest celebrations- click below to view.

Schedule of our regular Liturgies & Events. Click on image below to view:
973-623-0258
337 South Orange Ave, Newark NJ 07103 
Rev. Joseph A. Meagher (Pastor)