A Vigil Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, December 7 at 7:00 P.M.
Masses will be celebrated on Friday, December 8 at:
Date: Wednesday, December 13th
Place: Our Lady of Fatima Church
Address: 501 New Market Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Veneration of the Relic Begins: 1:00pm
Veneration Ends: 10:00pm
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Grade 2 Parent Meeting – There is a mandatory grade 2 Parent Meeting on Wednesday, December 13 at 7:00pm in the Parish Center (School) for children receiving First Penance and First Eucharist.
Religious Education office will be open on Wednesday, December 6 from 2-6 p.m.
There will be no classes on Tuesday, December 26.
Sunday, December 11
Following the 10:00am Mass
Food, Crafts, and Fun For All Ages!
The Christmas Giving Tree will be up in the rear of the church by November 26th. Parishioners are asked to pick a tag from the tree, purchase the gift indicated on the tag, and return both the gift (unwrapped) and the tag to the church no later than the weekend of December 9-10. Delivery to designated charities will be made on December 11. We look forward to your continued support. We provide these gifts to 10 organizations, including Catholic Charities, Roosevelt Care Center and Great Expectations. For some of their clients, this is the only gift they receive for Christmas.
We are in need of additional volunteers to sort, bag and deliver the gifts on Monday morning, December 11. We will meet downstairs at 9:00 AM to sort the gifts. A few more helpers would make the job easier. It’s actually a lot of fun working together. If you can, please join us. Thank you.
We invite you to participate in the Eucharistic Celebration in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Refreshments and fellowship will follow Mass.
Many thanks to the Knights of Columbus for running the kitchen. Special thanks to Patty Marshall and her team (Janet Murphy, Ed Lyons, Bertha Gonzales, Louise Crede, Bill Lawrence, Ann Butera, and Paul Hoyt)
Thank you to local restaurants and delis who donated our tricky tray gift cards.
The Knights will once again be conducting their “Keep Christ in Christmas” fundraiser in the narthex of the church after all weekend Masses during the weekends of November 25/26 and December 16/17.
Oplatki Christmas wafers will also be available for sale.
The Knights of Columbus Council 12700 have begun accepting applications for their Fran & Bert Zupko Catholic High School Tuition Scholarship Program for the 2023 - 2024 school year.
Please contact the Knights for an application form or additional information at www.olmv.net/knights-of-columbus
Submissions are due by Friday, December 22, 2023
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.