WELCOME TO THE DON BOSCO COLUMBIETTES AUXILIARY #7784 WEBSITE!
UPCOMING MAY-AUGUST EVENTS
 MAY
 May 1--Western Chapter hosted by Don Bosco at 7 p.m.
May 5--May Crowning in Mary’s Garden after the 9:30 a.m. Mass. (rescheduled to May 19)
May 6--Auxiliary meeting at 7 p.m.
May 11--Patriotic Caroling at the Nursing Homes
May 12--Mother’s Day
May 18-- AppleBee’s Flapjack Fundraiser
May 27--Memorial Day
May 30--Ascension of the Lord (Holy Day)

JUNE
June 3--Auxiliary meeting at 7 p.m.
June 5--Western Chapter in Parsippany
June 14--Flag Day
June 15--K of C Council Picnic at Swartswood State Park
June 16--Father’s Day
June 21-23--NJ State Convention
June 23--Tank Pull to benefit Wounded Veterans
June 30--Recitation of the Rosary at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph Church

JULY
July 4--Independence Day
TBD--Columbian Fair Booth - Setup and Clean up
TBD--Columbian Fair Booth - Training and BBQ
July 27--Installation of Officers after the 5 p.m. Mass at St. Joseph Church

AUGUST
August 2-11--NJ State Fair (Sussex County Farm & Horse Show) - volunteers needed
PRAY THE ROSARY FREQUENTLY!
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"Say the Rosary every day . . . Pray, pray a lot and offer sacrifices for sinners . . . I'm Our Lady of the Rosary.  Only I will be able to help you. . . . In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph." 
~~Our Lady at Fatima
Click here for instructions on how to pray the Rosary.
New Jersey State Council Columbiettes 2019 Convention
The Sixty-Third Annual Convention will be held on June 21-23, 2019 at the Embassy Suites Piscataway/Somerset.

Click here to download the informational packet.

                         CAN TABS

Please continue to save can tabs.  They will be collected at each meeting and brought to Past President Pat Keegan's house to be stored for convention.   We did an excellent job last year and want to do better for the 2018 convention in June.  Remember that these tabs are given to the Ronald McDonald House Program to help support accommodations for family members whose children are in the hospital.   A Ronald McDonald House is that “home-away-from-home” for families so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little or no cost.

                       THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DONATIONS!
ONE MILLION HAIL MARYS CAMPAIGN FOR WORLD PEACE
Starting on October 1, 2018 and running until May 31, 2019, we are sponsoring a campaign to seek our Blessed Mother’s intercession for world peace.  Please support this endeavor to say ONE MILLION HAIL MARYS by praying and reporting the amount of Hail Marys you have said.  You can e-mail your tallies to hailmarysforpeace@gmail.com at any time, submit them at our Columbiette meetings or record them on slips to be deposited in the container by the statue of Our Blessed Mother at the front altar in St. Joseph Church.  Personal names are optional—Mary knows who you are.  Please ask family members, friends, neighbors, church groups, etc. to pray Hail Marys also to assist us in obtaining our goal.  God bless you for helping with this venture!

TALLY:  1,054,831/1,000,000
    ABOVE GOAL:  54,831

​God bless everyone who contributed with their Hail Mary's to this campaign.  We are still accepting your prayers until
May 31th for a final count!  Keep submitting those Hail Marys!

SQUIRETTE INFO--Circlette of Mary's Angels


Download these forms for information on our newest opportunity for young women:

Squirette Calendar click here

Recruitment Flyer click here 

Squirette Application click here

Website click here

BACKPACK AND SHOEBOX MINISTRY

Voluntary contributions of backpacks for needy school children and toiletry bags for the homeless shelters are due at our June meeting.  See the links below for suggestions to fill backpacks and/or toiletry bags.

​Click here to see suggestions for backpacks.
​Click here to see suggestions for toiletry bags (shoebox ministry).

                    THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DONATIONS!
                                     REMINDERS
~The traveling statue of Mary will be available each month for one  
   member to take home. 
~We are still collecting can tabs to assist the Ronald McDonald House.
~Please bring loose change to the meetings for the Heaven Cents jar to
   help support seminarians and postulants.
- Start buying for your donation backpack now--due in June.
-Start buying/collecting for your shoebox ministry now--due in June.
VOLUNTARY MEETING DONATIONS
SEPTEMBER:    Items for children's lunches (juice boxes, snacks, etc.--no peanut products) for food pantry
OCTOBER:         Pet items (food, toys, blankets, etc.--no opened food containers) for Father John's Animal Rescue
NOVEMBER:     Diapers and food products for NJ Division of Child Protection & Permanency (See complete  listing of needed  items here.)
DECEMBER:     Socks for patients in nursing homes
FEBRUARY:      Character band-aids for children in hospitals
MARCH:             Shop-Rite/Weis gift cards for Manna House
APRIL:                Coffee/Tea/Sugar to food pantry
MAY:                   Baby items for Birth Haven
JUNE:                 Backpacks for needy school children, toiletry bags for homeless shelters, can tabs for Ronald McDonald House Program

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR VOLUNTARY MEETING DONATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR!  DONATIONS ARE NOT MANDATORY.