Closed - Sunday, December 4th & Thursday, December 8th in observance of the Immaculate Conception.
Join us Sunday, December 4th to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol from 3-5pm in the Parish Center Cafeteria. Presented by the OLMV Evangelization Ministry.
Confessions
Masses
Vigil Masses
Christmas Day Masses
Parishioners are asked to pick a tag from the Christmas Giving Tree, purchase the gift and return both the gift (unwrapped) and the tag to the church no later than the weekend of December 10-11. Delivery to designated charities will be made on December 12th.
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 12th. 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.
Born to Set Thy People Free
Christmas 2022
A freewill offering benefits the Adorno Fathers' African Mission.
Please join us on Saturday, December 10th after the 5:00 PM Mass, for the Lighting of the Memorial Trees and the Blessing of the Crèche.
Sunday, December 11
Following the 10 am Mass
Food, Crafts, and Fun for All Ages
December 14th — Grade 2, Parent Meeting at 7:00 PM for children receiving First Penance and Holy Communion.
Date: Monday, December 19
Time: 7:00PM – 8:30PM
Location: Church Hall (Basement of the Church)
Presenters: OLMV Parishioner Enzo Ragucci & Fr. Lou
Light Refreshments will be served!
Knights of Columbus Council 12700 will once again be conducting their “Keep Christ in Christmas” fundraiser in the narthex of the church after all weekend Masses during Advent.
Oplatki Christmas wafers will also be available for sale.
The Knights of Columbus would like to thank those who made generous donations to the November 12-13 blanket drive. Almost 200 blankets were given to the St. Vincent DePaul Pantry in Perth Amboy and the Life Choices Pregnancy Center in Phillipsburg to provide the “Gift of Warmth” to those in need. Thanks for making the Blanket Drive a great success.
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.