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Since our founding in 1879, the Parish of Saint Mary has been a growing spiritual community and has provided a place of loving worship for many generations of Catholic families in Monmouth County’s Bayshore area. From our rural beginnings when parishioners built the first church in 1880, to the dedication of the original eight classroom structure of Saint Mary School, to more recent times when our parish community joined together to build Mary Mother of God Church, our parish has grown to be a vibrant, loving, and diverse faith-filled congregation. The Parish of Saint Mary now serves as the spiritual home of more than 4,200 Catholic families and is host to more than 65 programs and ministries.