We are happy to announce that the Adorno Fathers will be celebrating 75 years of their presence at Saint Joseph Parish in Lodi. The Most Reverend Thomas Donato will officiate at a solemn Mass on December 30, 2011 at 7:00 pm in order to give thanks to God for His [...]
Congratulations to our 1000 Club Raffle winners!!! 1st Prise: 2,500 Ticket #: 131 Christian Crisologo Englewood, NJ 2nd Prize: $1,500 Ticket #: 279 Chris Cocas Tenaflay, NJ 3rd Prize: $1,000 Ticket #: 729 Jim Forbes Ramsey, NJ To claim your prize, please see Fr. Hector and present your winning ticket [...]
By: Joey Reistroffer [slideshow id=5] "Three priests from the Philippines have people singing about their faith in South Carolina. They say God has given them a talent, and they are using this gift to spread His word. On Nov. 5, the Revs. Melvin Avilla, Ted Kalaw and Liam Panganiban brought [...]
Someone told me that seeing a priest always wearing a smile makes her faith even stronger. This old lady is very sick and finds joy and consolation in her faith. She told me that seeing people around her trying to comfort her with words and their presence adds only a [...]
Save the Date! Saturday, December 3rd 8:00pm Caritas Chamber Chorale Concert St. Joseph Parish 40 Spring Street Lodi, N.J. 07644 Te. (973) 779-0643 Caritas Chamber Chorale will be presenting a Christmas Concert Series to benefit the Adorno Fathers’ St. Francis Caracciolo Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. [...]
In the mid-summer of 2011, two brothers from the Philippines arrived in Ramsey to embark on a new journey in their religious and priestly formation. Br. Dominic Bryan San Jose, CRM and Br. Christopher Maige, CRM came on August 4th after making their simple profession of vows for the Clerics [...]
Several months into my novitiate, a priest reminded me that soon I was about to consecrate myself to God through religious profession. At that moment I received a clearer picture of what the religious life was all about. I was to belong exclusively and directly to God through the profession [...]
This image of St. Francis Caracciolo, is considered perhaps the oldest image of our founder. The original painting is presently kept in the Vatican archives and was first displayed to the public in the year 1629 in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Naples in honor of Fr. Francis [...]
"The DIOCESE Trivento joined the demonstration on Thursday, April 8, 8.30, in Campobasso with local administrators, civil authorities and citizens of Agnone to support the full preservation of the Civil Hospital St. Francis Caracciolo "Agnone. Bishop Mgr. Domenico Angelo Scotti invited priests and lay faithful and Alto Molise area Vastese [...]
There is so much snow here in Ramsey! The surroundings are all covered with snow probably about 20 inches already and still accumulating. Thank God the town provides us with service personnel to plow the snow in our property. I took some pictures this morning by the kitchen area where [...]