Saint Aloysius Parish Newark Archdiocese 219 Bloomfield Avenue Caldwell, New Jersey 973/226-0221 info@StAloysiusCaldwell.org    Mass Schedule:  Saturday Evening: 5:30pm  Sunday: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30am, Noon, and 7:00pm 5:00pm Misas en Español  Weekdays: 6:45 and 8:00am and Noon  Saturday: 6:45 and 8:00am    Eucharistic Adoration: Monday 12:30 until 7:30  Miraculous Medal Novena:  Monday 7:30pm  Reconciliation: Saturday: 1:00 to 2:00 and after the 5:30 Mass

Welcome Fr. JACEK NAPORA, to our Parish Staff and to St. Aloysius Family. He comes to us from St. Therese parish in Linden. A native of Poland, he is ordained a priest for three years

FOCA A Radical Threat to Human Life   March 4, 2009AD WASHINGTON-The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has launched an e-mail campaign urging Congress to maintain widely-supported pro-life policies and to oppose the federal funding and promotion of abortion. The e-mail campaign augments the massive national postcard campaign launched in dioceses throughout the country in late January. Both efforts are being coordinated through the USCCB's partner organization, the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment (NCHLA). Click here for the complete news release.

Take action Print this postcard and mail it TODAY! Caldwell, West Caldwell Representative: Rodney P. Frelinghuysen Senators: Frank Lautenberg,               Robert Menendez

We are facing the most serious threat to pro-life policies ever--the "Freedom of Choice Act", or FOCA. This bill would create a right to abortion the government could not limit and bring about a national abortion policy far worse than the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. For the first time, abortion would become an entitlement the government must fund and promote. Citizens would lose the freedom they now have to enact even modest regulation of the abortion industry. FOCA would: Eliminate regulations that protect women from unsafe clinics and unscrupulous abortionists Force American taxpayers to fund abortions Force every state to allow partial-birth abortions¿its sponsors have said a primary purpose of the bill is to ensure that killing partially born children will again be permitted nationwide Run roughshod over the conscience rights of physicians, nurses and hospitals that oppose abortion on religious, moral or ethical grounds Strip parents of their right and responsibility to be involved in their minor daughter's abortion decision Simply put, if FOCA becomes law, it will put at risk all the widely-supported laws that for 35 years have promoted women's health, ensured informed consent, protected minors, ensured parental involvement, safe- guarded rights of conscience, and respected the desire of most citizens not to support abortion with their tax dollars. FOCA also explicitly encourages challenges in court against any law or regulation that protects unborn children and their mothers and families in the abortion context, prom- ising a virtual cottage industry of lawsuits. And FOCA's tentacles would reach beyond federal policies to every state and local law or regulation having to do with abortion. FOCA is without doubt the most radical abortion legislation ever considered in the United States. Abortion supporters have been trying to pass FOCA since 1989--and now we have a Congress more disposed than any in recent years to pass the bill, and a new President who has said he will sign the measure into law. Email: feedback@njrtl.org United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Pro-Life Activities

St. Aloysius Parish, in Caldwell, was founded in 1892. During this century, the parish has served the West Essex area of the Archdiocese of Newark. The parishioners have given of themselves to make the parish what it is today: a community of faith, prayer and service. In the history of the parish, it is recorded that the early parishioners built the first church in three months. Much of the work was done in the evenings after their own day’s work. That same spirit fills the parish community today. The desire to build up their own faith commitment to the Lord, to share that faith with others through worship and witness, to share with those in need, and pride in their parish community typify the parishioners of St. Aloysius.

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Parish Membership Welcome! Every Catholic should be registered in the Parish, become active in the life of St. Aloysius, and be known to one of the parish priests. Letters of testimony for godparents and sponsors will not be given unless one is registered. We are a stewardship parish, sharing, time, talent and treasure. When moving, please notify the parish office.

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