Open - Sunday, May 5: 8:30 am - 11:30 am
(Spanish) 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
There will be a second collection the weekend of May 4/5 for “Development of People”
Mother’s Day Mass Remembrance Envelopes, for loved ones living or deceased, are available in the parish office. You may return envelopes in
the collection basket or the parish office. Envelopes will be placed by the tabernacle and the mothers, grandmothers, and godmothers listed will be remembered by our priests during a novena of Masses starting May 12.
The St. Joseph Pilgrim Icon has arrived at OLMV.
As part of the Knights of Columbus Pilgrim Icon Program, a very special icon of St. Joseph will be visiting the parish from April 29 to May 5.
We will also have a special Mass in honor of St. Joseph on Wednesday, May 1, at 7:00 pm.
Light refreshments to follow Mass.
Please pray for our young parishioners as they prepare to receive the Sacraments of
FIRST COMMUNION: May 11 ( 10:00 am)
CONFIRMATION: May 21 (5:00pm)
The May Crowning will take place on Sunday, May 5, immediately following the 10:00 am Mass. Weather permitting, we will process from the church along the front walk on Harris Avenue to the Prayer Garden where we will honor Mary, Mother of God. Mary is the patroness of our diocese as well as our own special patroness here at OLMV.
Our Lady of Mount Virgin is hosting our annual “Baby Bottle Blessings” Campaign for Life Choices Resource Center, Metuchen.
For over 39 years, Life Choices has been serving women and families in our local communities by offering all our services TOTALLY FREE. We offer hope and friendship for all those facing crisis pregnancies and post abortion healing. WE are “Walking with Moms in Need” for fami- lies facing hard times. By supporting the “Baby Bottle Blessings” campaign and assisting our families, you are helping to spread the Gospel of Life. Please take home a bottle or envelope and fill it with cash, check or credit card information and return by Father’s Day. You can also mail the donation form directly to: Life Choices Resource Center, 503 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840 or donate online at www.LifeChoicesRC.com
Our Lady of Mount Virgin Parish offers online giving through software called ParishSoft Giving. This is a convenient and safe way to make either recurring or one time donations.
When you participate in online giving your gift goes directly into the parish bank account. You will not have to remember to write a check or to stop by an ATM on Sunday mornings.
Online giving provides strong, ongoing financial support to the parish and enables your parish to better budget for and handle its financial needs.
Making a donation is easy. Simply go to the parish website (OLMV.NET). Look for GIVING in the top right corner and then click on Donate Today. Select either One-time or Recurring and complete your generous gift.
Even though you will not be using envelopes, please make sure to include an envelope number when you sign up through ParishSoft Giving. This is necessary to ensure that you receive proper credit for your gift. If you do not have an envelope number, please contact the parish office.
A person seeking a “sponsor eligibility letter” from OLMV to serve as a godparent for the Sacrament of Baptism or a sponsor for the Sacrament of Confirmation must be an active registered parishioner of OLMV for at least 6 months and must have received all three Sacraments of Initiation, be active in the parish and, if married, be in a valid, Catholic marriage. An “active” Catholic is understood to be a person who attends Mass regularly and whose lifestyle is in keeping with the Catholic faith. He or she should ensure that his or her own school age children are attending Mass, are enrolled in religious education, and have received their sacraments.
In order to be considered a registered parishioner, an adult (persons 21 years of age or older) must submit a completed registration form. These forms can be picked up at the parish office. Completed forms must be brought to the parish in person. Please remind young adults (21 and older) who live with their parents that they must be registered separately with the parish.
Ordinarily, for Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation or Matrimony, or to receive a sponsorship eligibility certificate from this parish, a person must be registered and an active member of OLMV.
The Rosary is prayed every Tuesday and Thursday after the 12:00 noon Mass. All parishioners are invited to join in this most devout form of prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary for peace and the preservation of freedom in the United States.
Please make use of our Meditation Garden. What a beautiful spot to spend a few minutes with our Lord! Our Meditation Garden and Remembrance Walkway project is ongoing, and bricks can be ordered at any time. The next placement of bricks will be during the summer. Remembrance bricks are a beautiful way to remember loved ones or special moments in our lives.
All volunteers are reminded that if their volunteer work at the parish involves working with children, unless each child’s parent or guardian accompanies their child for the entire time, the volunteer needs to have been fingerprinted and have gone through the Protecting God’s Children program, and their credentials must be up to date and on file with our Safe Environment Coordinator at OLMV (Ms. Zmigrodski). Also, no photos that include children may be included on any social media website or platform or in any publication without the prior written consent of the parent or guardian. Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation
While online giving is the best and easiest way to make offertory and special contributions to the parish, many thanks also to all who use the offertory envelopes for making their weekly and special contributions to the parish.
Collection envelopes are currently sent out every other month to about 1300 families in the parish. This is far more than the number of families that actually use them. In order to cut costs and waste, we are in the process of discontinuing envelopes being sent to any family that has not used its envelopes since January, 2019. You should still retain your envelope number and use it whenever you add or make changes to online giving or make a note of the envelope number on the memo line of your check if you make a contribution by check. If for some reason you would still like to receive envelopes, please call Patty in the parish office.
The best way to support the parish is to enroll in our online giving program. Through this program you can determine your donation amount, select the funds or funds of your choice to which to donate, determine the method of payment, and set the frequency of payments (one-time or recurring). Many thanks for your prayerful support and generosity.