Religious Education Updates

Classes are scheduled to be IN PERSON in September. Re-Registrations and registrations for new students are due at this time as classes are filling up!

The Religious Education Program will begin on Tuesday, September 21.

The Religious Education program is in need of the following volunteers for September, 2021-May, 2022:

• Tuesday 4:00-5:10PM: Grade 3 Catechist and Assistant
• Tuesday 5:10-5:40PM: Sacramental Preparation Catechist Needed

September 28: Grade 8 Confirmation Retreat Mandatory attendance by all 8th grade Confirmation students and their Sponsors (or a Parent if the Sponsor is not available).

Please consider donating your time and talent to guide the children of our parish on their journey of faith. As always, all volunteers must be fingerprinted, background checked and attend a one-time Protecting God’s Children Workshop.
 

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Youth Lunch with Bishop Checchio

The Diocese of Metuchen’s Office of Hispanic Evangelization invites our youth to join Bishop Checchio for a Youth Brunch, on Saturday, September 25 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Cathedral of Metuchen. Registration is required. For more information and registration, please visit www.lightingheartsonfire.org
 

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RCIA Info Session

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Catechetical Sunday

All Catechists and Aides are invited to the 11:30 am Mass on Sunday, September 19, to be commissioned and receive your blessing for the year.
 

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Food Collection for Fish Pantry

Our next Food Collection for FISH Pantry will be held the weekend of September 18/19. Last month’s collection we collected 124 bags of food.

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OLMV Adult Faith Formation

EVENING SESSION
A Man Named Joseph, Guardian of Our Times
by Joe Heschmeyer

Sessions begin: September 22, 2021
Eight Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30PM
Petra House

$15 payable first day of class

Register before September 6 in the parish office or email [email protected].

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Altar Rosary Society News

We need 12 to 15 volunteers - Parish Members, Families or Groups to adopt a section in our Prayer Garden to pull weeds three times a year.

• Fall - The Week of October 7th - Our Lady of the Rosary
• Spring - The Week of May 31th - The Visitation
• Summer - The Week of August 15th - The Assumption of Mary

Please look for the sign-up sheet on the back table in the church and choose your section. Please call Jean Bassista at 732-469-5498 for more information
 

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Sacred Relics Exposition 

Our Lady of Mount Virgin Parish will host a presentation on and exposition of Sacred Relics on Saturday, September 26 at 2:30 pm.

Father Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross will be here with a very special Vatican collection of over 150 relics, some as old as 2000 years. Among the treasures will be relics of:

• St. Maria Goretti
• St. Therese of Lisieux (the “Little Flower")
• St. Francis of Assisi
• St. Anthony of Padua
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• St. Faustina Kowalska

In addition, there will also be present a portion of the veil of Our Lady, as well as one of the largest remaining pieces of the True Cross in the world. Those in attendance will be able to examine and venerate each relic. In the Church’s history many miracles and healings have been worked in the presence of relics, and many have been healed through this ministry. Please do not miss this opportunity. You are encouraged to bring your articles of devotion (such as rosaries, holy cards, etc.) and pictures of ill friends/family members which you will be able to touch to the reliquaries as a means of intercession.
 

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