Blessed Sacrament

Later this year, the non-profit Operation Chillout is looking forward to enacting its plan of giving the first of five homeless veterans the opportunity to engage in some old-fashioned therapy: working on re-entry into society, in part by learning how to work the land of a local farm while at the same time residing in a custom-designed mirco-home on the property.

Parishioners of Holy Spirit in Pequannock welcomed Bishop Serratelli, who made a pastoral visit there Sept. 9 to celebrate the 11 a.m. Mass for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. During the Mass, the Bishop acknowledged the parish school, Holy Spirit School, and its principal, Filippini Sister Marie Antonelli, who celebrated her 60th anniversary in religious life this year.

The faithful will have the opportunity to venerate the relics of St. Anthony of Padua — the patron saint of finding lost items — from Oct. 4 to 14. Over those 10 days, two of St. Anthony’s first-class relics will visit five churches in the Diocese for public veneration — part of a larger tour that will reach other locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.