CURRENT UPDATE: 2020-7-01 14:59:21
Masses have resumed except with a modified schedule. Please reference the weekly bulletin to verify the liturgical schedule.
God Bless!
update: 2020-6-13 17:25:45
Dear friends and faithful of St. Anthony Oratory,
As many of you may have heard, the Archdiocese of Newark will be allowing the celebration of public Masses beginning Monday June 15th. Therefore, this coming Monday and for the remainder of the week, Mass will be offered at 9am at St. Anthony. Please note that for this coming week we will NOT be having a Tuesday evening Mass or a Thursday evening adoration hour. A second Mass will however will be offered at 7pm on Friday June 19th, for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Sunday Masses will resume June 21st at the regular times. It may be necessary to utilize some form of registration so as to avoid uneven turnouts. Information on this will be forthcoming.
I recommend to your prayers the repose of the soul of Colette Forrester who, after battling cancer for many months, passed on to eternity yesterday evening. She commonly attended the 9am Sunday Mass. May she and all the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Yours truly in Christ the King,
Canon Brian Bovee
God Bless!
update: 2020-5-20 20:08:19
We will be streaming Low Mass from the Oratory on Facebook tomorrow at 6:30am (will be available all day). The obligation of attending Mass has been suspended for Sundays and Holy Day in the diocese of Newark.
Beginning tomorrow the Oratory will be open daily from 8am to 10am (except Sundays 10:30am -12pm). All typical civil restrictions as required elsewhere will still apply, particularly a maximum of 10 persons at one given time.
To facilitate a better flow of adorers, a simple on-line form is available to view availability and ‘sign-up’ for a time slot. This will help prevent the disappointments which may occur by having too many persons arriving at any one given time. Please use the website calendar found by clicking on the CALENDAR tab above.
As with all things in this life, patience is vital. We ask for your forbearance as we work with the conditions that have been allotted to us by Divine Providence.
God Bless!
update: 2020-5-08 14:21:26
Sunday Mass at St. Anthony is scheduled for the usual time 9am, and will be streamed live on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/StAnthonyOratory/ . We will afterwards pray the Holy Rosary at 10:30am using the ZOOM platform as explained in our update update: 2020-3-26 13:46:50 which can be found below BUT WILL BE USING A NEW UNIVERSAL CODE (which will replace all past codes) BEGINING SUNDAY MAY 10, 2020.
THIS CODE IS: 895-0101-2436
God Bless!
update: 2020-5-02 10:03:45
Sunday Mass at St. Anthony is scheduled for 9am and will be streamed live on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/StAnthonyOratory/ . We will afterwards pray the Holy Rosary at 10:30am using the ZOOM platform as explained in our update update: 2020-3-26 13:46:50 which can be found below.
God Bless!
update: 2020-4-18 15:55:12
SEMINARY COLLECTION GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY
While the virus is affecting many worldwide, there is one thing which we can be thankful for. This is the fact that due to the nature of our seminary, classes, prayer, and work, continue almost as usual for most of our seminarians.
Typically we would have our semi-annual Seminary Collection today, however this is clearly not possible. However if the Lord has placed you in the position to do so, please consider keeping up the formation of our future priests by contributing to this cause. Thank you very much in advance.
Sunday Mass at St. Anthony is scheduled for 9am and will be streamed live on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/StAnthonyOratory/ . We will be praying the Holy Rosary at 10:30am.
God Bless!
update: 2020-4-11 15:34:12
Please note that due to the 10am Easter Sunday Mass, live on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/StAnthonyOratory/ we will be praying the Holy Rosary at 3pm. Please enter the usual 3pm code 709-037-333 if you will be joining us.
God Bless!
update: 2020-4-09 14:41:30
St. Anthony Oratory will be streaming live all Holy Week liturgies, each day at 10am. https://www.facebook.com/StAnthonyOratory/ . Those not able to join at that particular hour, may do so at any time of the day thereafter, as their schedules allow.
Also, the Holy Rosary will also continued to be prayed daily at 3pm via the ZOOM platform (as outlined below in our previous updates.)
Stations of the Cross will be lead by Fr. Munkelt using the FACEBOOK live streaming, on Good Friday begining at 12 noon. Please click HERE for a copy of the text for the stations.
God Bless!
update: 2020-4-04 14:00:26
Our Facebook Live Streaming trial has worked out rather well, and we plan to live stream Palm Sunday ceremonies tomorrow at 6:30am (will be available all day.) https://www.facebook.com/StAnthonyOratory/ .
Also, please find HERE a letter to all faithful of our apostolates from our Prior General of the Institute.
God Bless!
update: 2020-4-02 19:39:35
Stations of the Cross will be prayed tomorrow (April 3, 2020) at 3pm. We will be using the same ZOOM platform as has been used for our daily rosary, hence the access procedure (as found in the previous update: 2020-3-26 13:46:50 below) will remain the same.
The April Prayer Cards are now available and can be found HERE.
Lastly, a Facebook page has been created, and will soon be also used for announcements, live streaming, etc. Please find the link below: https://www.facebook.com/StAnthonyOratory/
God Bless!
update: 2020-3-26 13:46:50
The Holy Rosary will now be prayed as a parish initiative at 3pm on a daily basis. We will be using the same Zoom Cloud Meetings app but with a different access code, which will be used each day according to the following list:
Meeting ID is: 709-037-333 on weekdays & Saturdays at 3 pm
Meeting ID is: 711-658-766 on Sundays at 10:30
For those who have issues with their Zoom connection, please use the best internet connection, that is, either your cellular data provider or internet provider (Wi-Fi connection). If that does not help, try turning off the Zoom video feature. If that still doesn't help, you can also follow option 3 below to bypass the app completely.
Feel free to invite all parishioners, friends, and family who may be interested, and refer them to the instuctions below. THIS EVENT IS AN OPEN INVITATION TO ALL INTERESTED.
Zoom Cloud Meeting Instructions
1) If you will be using a smartphone, please install "Zoom Cloud Meetings" from the app store and enter the correct meeting ID above to join the conference call.
2) If you will be using a laptop or desktop, install the application if prompted, then click the link to the right and enter the correct meeting ID above. https://zoom.us/join No registration or password is required.
3) If you do not have a smartphone, simply call the phone number +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) and enter the correct meeting ID above and the # (pound symbol) when prompted.
You will be muted upon entry into the conference call to avoid any echo, and will have the option to un-mute yourself at any time.
God Bless!
update: 2020-3-23 19:03:23
The Holy Rosary will be prayed as a parish initiative this Wednesday, March 25th at 3:00 pm. We will be using the Zoom Cloud Meetings app to pray together online. Abbe Francis will be leading us in prayer. Please feel free to invite any friends and family whom you consider would like to know.
1) If you will be using a smartphone, please install "Zoom Cloud Meetings" from the app store and enter meeting ID# 577-694-033 to join the conference call.
2) If you will be using a laptop or desktop, click the link, and enter the meeting ID# 577-694-033 https://zoom.us/join No registration or password is required.
3) If you do not have a smartphone, you can simply call the phone number below and enter the meeting ID 577-694-033# (pound symbol) when prompted. Dial by your location : +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
You will be muted upon entry into the conference call to avoid any echo, having the option un-mute yourself at any time. Be sure to share these instructions to anyone else who would like to join and email us for any questions.
God Bless!
update: 2020-3-21 14:29:54
In compliance with Gov. Murphy's most recent mandate "... putting New Jersey into a virtual lockdown... ordering New Jerseyans to stay at home except for necessary trips and mandating that non-essential retail businesses closed until further notice, and others have people work from home." as well as to comply with the directives of the West Orange Police Department, St. Anthony Oratory will remain CLOSED tomorrow, Sunday March 22, 2020. Consequently, there will be no adoration or confessions available tomorrow. Please pray that the Lord will soon show a way to give all access to the sacraments.
For those wishing to use the video streaming (link below), please note the Chicago streaming Mass schedule for Sunday is 7:00am and 11:30am
God Bless!
update: 2020-3-18 21:10:11
Cardinal Tobin has joined his fellow bishops in suspending all public Masses and all liturgical celebrations until further notice. This of course includes Sundays, and Holy Days, as well as other special services (Stations of the Cross, Thursday Holy Hour, etc.) All the faithful, of course, are dispensed from attending Holy Mass on Sundays and Holy Days, but are encouraged to keep the Sabbath holy through prayer, spiritual exercises, and reading.
All requested Mass intentions will be offered on their scheduled dates. A simplified weekly bulletin will continue to be published and made available on our webpage (https://www.institute-christ-king.org/bulletins-westorange) in which these Mass intentions will be listed.
The US province of the Institute is working to provide live streaming of daily and Sunday Mass from many of our apostolates. When the various Institute apostolate live streaming come online, they will all be accessible through this web link https://www.institute-christ-king.org/videostream (PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS IN CT [CENTRAL TIME ZONE]). Please save this link in your browser for future reference.
There will be a forthcoming updates concerning Sunday adoration at St. Anthony and live streaming once details are finalized.
God Bless!