There will be no Sunday office hours in July or August.
The Diocese of Metuchen is pleased to host a Celebrate Life Event - A Day for grandparents and Seniors (55+) on July 26, 2023, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center, Piscataway. The morning will include breakfast, fellowship, and a guest speaker presentation followed by Eucharist Adoration and Holy Mass. This event is an outreach to or aging Catholic community and promises to be an upbeat day! There is no fee, but registration is required
Because of summer clergy vacation schedules and the lack of air conditioning this summer, Thursday evening adoration will be suspended during the months of July and August. You are reminded that there is perpetual adoration at our neighboring parish, Our Lady Of Fatima.
Summer office hours are as follows: Through September 8th office hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 AM -3:00 PM.
When visiting the office, please call first to make sure the office is open as we will close for vacations if necessary. (732) 356-2149, ext. 2011.
CATECHISTS/AIDES NEEDED FOR THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR:
All adult volunteers who volunteer with minors within the Diocese of Metuchen need to be fingerprinted, background checked and attend a one-time workshop for Protecting God’s Children. Discounts are available for all adults volunteers and service credits for all student volunteers
As you put together your summer plans, please take time to include God in your summer. Check your summertime holiday locations for the nearest or most convenient Holy Mass. The website Masstimes.org provides an easy way to find the closest Catholic churches and their Mass times. A brief check on your favorite search engine will also provide you with the names, addresses, and Mass times of local churches. There is no summertime dispensation from Mass. Quite the contrary, summertime is a perfect time to include God in your plans as you relax and enjoy a change of pace. Remember to thank God for your leisure time and share some of that leisure time with Him.
Please don’t forget to keep up your offertory donations during the summer months. You can pre-pay or catch up at the end of the season. Our expenses do not go down over the summer. The easiest way to keep your offertory contributions current over the summer is to enroll in our on-line giving program with a recurring gift. Please consult the flyers on the bulletin boards for details or take a flyer from one of the tables around the church or from the parish office.
Memorial Christmas Tree Reservations are now being taken in the parish office.
Cash/Check for $200 payable to: Our Lady of Mount Virgin
Memorialized for the Deceased or Dedicated to Someone Living
Trees will be allocated on a first come basis while supply lasts.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
$25.00 PER TABLE
For details or to reserve a table, please contact Patty Marshall at the parish office: pmarshall@olmv.net/ (732) 356-2149 ext. 1001
Tables are reserved on a first come first serve basis.
The Hispanic Ministry invites you to Snow in the Summer
July 9 after the 10:00 am & 1:30 pm Masses in the parish parking lot
Come with family & friends.
All proceeds will benefit OLMV.
Our Baptismal Preparation classes are held at 7:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month. Advance registration is required. Please contact the parish office to register at 732-356-2149 ext. 1001.
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.