Thank you so much for your generosity and support of the Baby Bottle Blessings Fundraiser. CHRIST is definitely alive and present at OLMV.
Your beautiful hearts raised an amazing $4,286.24. Words cannot express our gratitude to you!
- Life Choices Resource Center
Join us to watch Molokai: The Story of Father Damien, on Sunday, September 4th from 3-5pm at the Msgr. Haughney Meeting Room in the Parish Center. We will be air conditioned for your comfort!
Presented by the Evangelization Ministry
Please join us as Life Choices Resource Center and other local Pro-life groups march in support of life in the South Plainfield Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 5. We meet near the South Plainfield Recreation Center (PAL) along Avon Ave. and Cady Lane. Step off is at 12 Noon. The Life Choices Resource Center Mobile Ultrasound Unit will be with us with its message of hope and telephone number to call for help. Please come show your support for LIFE! For more information please email [email protected]
September 10th and 11th
All proceeds are designated for the annual collection for the Holy Father.
The Alter Rosary Society will be having a bake sale after all Masses the weekend of September 10 - 11.
SEPTEMBER SOCIAL
Join us in fellowship as we celebrate family unity Sunday, September 11th, after the 10am mass in the church hall downstairs.
Crafts and fun for the children!
Coffee, donuts, and light snacks will be served.
Twenty-one years-ago, on September 11th, our country was hit with a horrific tragedy. Many made the ultimate sacrifice, and too many others are still suffering from its consequences. Middlesex Borough will again hold its Annual Candlelight Memorial Ceremony. Everyone is invited to attend. Together we will pray for peace and freedom.
Servicemen and women currently serving our country will also be recognized. If you have a child, relative or friend currently serving in the military, you are invited to send their name, rank, branch of military and where they are currently serving to: Monique Sasso, 332 Giles Avenue, Middlesex, 08846 or via email at [email protected].
On September 5th, our Bishop Emeritus, Bishop Paul Bootkoski, will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination. Bishop Bootkoski was the shepherd of our diocese for 14 years and he still offers his priestly ministry to our parishes. All are invited to celebrate with the Bishop a Mass of Thanksgiving for this special milestone on Sunday, September 11th, at 4:00 PM at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Metuchen.
Diocese of Metuchen 40th Anniversary Pilgrimage to the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, Saturday, Sept. 24 — see Schedule of Events.
We are sharing a bus with our Lady of Fatima. The price is $35, and includes dinner! Bring your own lunch. The bus departs Our Lady of Fatima at 6:00 am and is scheduled to return at 10:00 pm. Spaces are limited.
For reservations or for additional information please contact the parish office.
HELP NEEDED:
The Religious Education Program needs the following volunteers for the 2022-2023 Academic Year:
4:00-5:10PM Class Session
1 Assistant is needed (Grade 1)
5:30-6:40PM Class Session
Grade 6 Catechist, Grade 6 Assistants (2) and a Hall Monitor are needed
7:00-8:15PM Class Session
1 Assistant is needed (Grade 7)
Please consider donating your time and talent to assist the children of the parish on their journey of faith. All volunteers over the age of 18 years MUST be fingerprinted, background checked and attend a one-time Protecting God’s Children Workshop in order to work with children in the Diocese of Metuchen. Catechists and assistants receive tuition discounts, student volunteers receive service hour credits.
Biblical Women in Crisis: Portraits of Faith and Trust by Jeanne Kun
Seven Wednesdays 7-8:30 pm
Convent Meeting Room
Classes begin September 28, 2022
$5.00 payable the first day of class
Register by email to: [email protected] or in the church office before September 21.
If you have recently lost a loved one, please consider attending the
meetings of our Journey through Grief support group, offered by the OLMV
Bereavement Ministry. Our mission is to provide ways to cope with the
various feelings that are experienced following a loss. We provide a
peaceful and caring environment in which you can learn that you are not
alone on this journey through grief.
The Fall session will begin on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Additional
meetings will be held on October 6, 13, 20 and November 3rd. Meetings are
held from 1:30 –3:00 pm in the Parish Center, across the street from our
church. One does not have to be a member of our parish, or our faith, to be
eligible to participate, but registration is required. Registration forms
will be available near the entrances of the church and in the parish office.
We are having a Fall Vendor Fair on Saturday, November 19 in the Parish Center from 9am – 3pm. If you are interested in a table, we are taking reservation now. Please call Patty in the Parish Office.
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.
With summertime and vacation time upon us, please consider joining our parish online giving program. This is the safest and most convenient way to ensure the financial stability of the parish over the summer months when many of our parishioners are on vacation. You can make your gift payable on a recurring basis, so that you support the parish even while you are away. Remember, parish expenses do not decrease over the summer months! Making a donation is easy. Simply go to this link. You can select either a one-time or a recurring gift. Even though you will not be using envelopes, please make sure to include your envelope number when you sign up to ensure that you get properly credited for your donation.
Wishing you and your family a happy and safe summer! God bless.
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.