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Please take time to remember the following in your daily prayers.

For the health of: Peter, Dorothy, Anna, Helen, Paraskeva, Olga, Stefan, Anna, Margaret, Dorothy, Helen, Karen, Helen, Georgia-Mary, Ambrose, Margaret, Bernadine, Catherine, Elmer, Mary, Helen, Anna, Stephen, Robert, Helen, Mary, Mary Ann, Nadezhda, Michael, Michael, Mary, Mary, Anne, Mary, Catherine, and Simeon.

"Choose Life", a publication printed by the National Right to Life Committee, is now available in the church office. You can pick up a copy of the May/June 2004 issue any Sunday until supplies last.

For more information on the National Right to Life Committee, please click here.

Note the following:

Please notify Fr. Royer at least two weeks in advance when requesting a Parastas.
Please notify Fr. Royer as soon as possible if you are hospitalized for anything other than a same-day procedure.

Food Pantry - Our parishioners are extremely generous concerning the Food Pantry. The fall season is especially fulfilling. Florence Junda would like to thank everyone for their help and would also like to remind everyone that need arises in the summer as well. Remember the Food Pantry before you go on vacation and also when you return..

80th Anniversary of our Church - A banquet in honor of our 80th Anniversary in 2005 is in preliminary discussions. Check on our site for news of this event in the future.

Preliminary work has been done on the parking lot located between the church and School #14. A large hole formed in the area of the parking lot that was recently renovated. This has been filled in, however, paving will be done soon to allow the filled in area to settle.

Several members of our church joined other Orthodox Christians throughout the United States at the annual Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America (FOCA) convention held in Buffalo, New York last week. Sessions were held at the Holiday Inn Grand Island on Grand Island, New York on Friday, Saturday, and Monday. Topics that were discussed concerned the youth of our church, financial aid to those who are in need, current and upcoming projects sponsored by the FOCA and future events including the next convention that will be held in Alexandria, Virginia over Labor Day Weekend in 2005. As witnessed by those in attendance, the convention was a great success and everyone said good-bye with the hopes of seeing each other again at the next convention. The Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America is an important arm of the Orthodox Church in America and all Orthodox Christians should consider joining with others that share their same values and interests. More pictures of the event are on the picture's page.

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July 25:
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Wayne, NJ at 11:30 a.m.
Annunciation Orthodox Church, Brick, NJ
at 12:00 noon.

Father Royer on vacation. Fr. Basil Summer will celebrate Divine Liturgy here on Sunday, Aug. 22.
Women's Club meeting following Divine Liturgy.
Father Royer will be away.
"O" Club bus ride to Atlantic City.
Women's Club Breakfast.
Semi-Annual Parish Meeting following Divine Litugry with luncheon.

V. Rev. Chad Hadfield gave the homily at Divine Liturgy on Sunday, July 18. He was an interesting, enthusiastic speaker who encouraged those present to welcome converts. He stated that he was introduced to the Orthodox Faith by Metropolitan Herman many years ago when he was a member of the Episcopal clergy. Metropolitan Herman, who was a bishop at that time, told him that the door was always opened. He took that invitation and is now the Dean of St. Herman Seminary, Kodiak, Alaska.

Father Chad Hadfield