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We parishioners of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
are called by Jesus to be a community of his disciples, growing
in faith and worshiping together in Eucharistic celebration. Nourished
by God's transforming love and blessed by gifts of the Holy Spirit,
we are empowered to live the gospel message and to witness it to
others. Thankful for God's many gifts as Christian stewards
we commit to share our time, talent and treasure in Christ-like
service within our parish community and beyond. We seek God's blessing
and guidance to be faithful to this mission.
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Welcome
to St. John's new pastor, Rev. John Korbelak!

Fr.
Korbelak was born in 1947 in Bayonne,
New Jersey and was raised
and educated locally. Attending St. Vincent's
Grammar School, run by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, he
graduated and received his secondary education at Marist
High School in Bayonne,
followed by a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in
marketing from St. Peter’s College.
In
spite of a very tempting offer of a teaching fellowship from Notre
Dame University’s
MBA program, he decided to enter the seminary. After ordination, he served
at Holy Spirit Parish in Union Township, St. John the Evangelist in Bergenfield,
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Ridgewood, Our Lady of Fatima in North Bergen
and my last year, after a brief sabbatical, was at Immaculate Conception
in Montclair. He has taken part in the psychiatric
internship program at Marlboro State Mental Hospital, worked on the development
of a values oriented sex education program for Letchworth Village, conducted
religious education, adult education, twenty‑one years of Pre‑Cana
marriage preparation, ten years of signed English Mass for the deaf and
has thirteen years of experience as a pastor, as well as the usual pastoral
activities of a priest.
He
looks forward to working with us all to serve the Lord and seek to grow
in holiness.
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