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The work of Renewal is challenging, but exciting! It’s living out the Great Commission Jesus gave his disciples when he ascended into heaven: Go make disciples. The challenge is teaching the faithful what is means to be a disciple of Jesus and what he expects from his disciples.

Let me begin by wishing all our moms a happy Mother’s Day! Our mothers have such a big influence in our lives. My mom passed away when I was just 26 years old and even after all these years, there is still not a day that goes by when I don’t think of her or pray for her soul.

Good News: We have confirmed that a crew from Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) will arrive at Saint Mary Chapel to run new wires from the street into the chapel.

The entire month of May has been set aside by the Church for loving devotion to Mary the Mother of God for centuries

The month of May is the month dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God when all Catholics are encouraged to turn their attention to the Blessed Mother with a renewed intensity.

LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE FAITHFUL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2020

We are excited to announce the release of a new Mobile App for our parish. This app is available for download in the Android and Apple Stores.

Welcome to all our parishioners, extended families, and guests to our wonderful parish of Saint Mary, Mother of God Church, as we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Your presence at St. Mary’s today adds to the joy of our celebration!

Join Bishop O’Connell and priests of the Diocese for the annual Chrism Mass at 7:30 p.m. at St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. 

On this first anniversary of the World Health Organization’s March 11, 2020, declaration of COVID-19 as a world-wide pandemic, we continue to confront the challenges it has imposed.  

It is with great joy that we welcome back the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal who will lead our Lenten Parish Mission, Moving forward in Jesus our Hope. After a year of facing so many challenges because of the pandemic, fear and anxiety to name a few, this mission will focus on a pathway of moving beyond these challenges anchored in Jesus our Hope.

Ash Wednesday Schedule at Saint Mary's 

St Mary's Respect Life Committee would like to invite you to join the spring session of  40 Days for Life which begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17th and runs through March 28th. 

For almost 24 years, our parish community has been blessed to have Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration on our campus.  However, since the pandemic restrictions, we have had only limited Eucharistic Adoration in Mary, Mother of God Church from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily.

Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., invites the faithful from the Diocese of Trenton and beyond to pray with him a Novena to St. Joseph to End Abortion.

Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., shares Pope Francis' announcement of the "Year of St. Joseph," which the Holy Father released in his apostolic letter, "Patris corde" ("With a Father's Heart").

Our parish is excited to announce that we will hold a Christmas Super 50/50! I want to thank all the parishioners of Saint Mary, Mother of God Church who helped in selling the Summer 50/50s and the Fall 50/50s. Because of you we had huge grand totals! Congratulations on an amazing job!

“We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was.

During these unprecedented days, our parish, under the vision of our Pastor. Fr. Jeff and the Music Ministry, have been standing to the challenge of bringing the joyful sound of worship and celestial music to our parishioners in every Mass, Holiday and Special Event, in a safe way.

As Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton, I invite and encourage all the clergy, consecrated religious and lay faithful to join together with me in praying this “Novena for the United States of America” from Monday, October 26 through Election Day, November 3, 2020.