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St. Peter the Apostle University & Community Parish

Need Confirmation? Our Parish will have Adult Confirmation classes available in the early Spring followed by Confirmation on Pentecost. All those interested need to register with Sr. Lorraine by March 30. If you need more information please email srlorraine@stpeternewbrunswick.org.

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- Office hours:
  
  Monday and Wednesday - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Tuesday and Thursday - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- eucharistic adoration
  
  Eucharistic Adoration will take place beginning Monday, September 26 from 12:45 pm - 7:30 pm in the CC chapel.
  To sign up for a half hour or hour timeslot, please email Izabela at: izelka10@gmail.com
- Bishop's annual appeal 2023
- https://www.diometuchen.org/baa
- church hours:
  
  Please note: Until further notice, the main sanctuary of St. Peter the Apostle will be closed for personal prayer/worship.
  The Church will be open during Mass times.
- MASS CARDS:
  
  If you would like to reserve a Mass intention or obtain a Mass card, please contact Colleen, at 732-545-6663 x 12 or email colleen@stpeternewbrunswick.org. Mass intentions will be offered once the stipend fee (s) is received.
  
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  Happy Easter, from St Peter the Apostle University & Community Parish
  
  Good morning everyone, Jesus Christ has conquered the grave! Let us rejoice on this most important day! Try to find joy in the small blessings--the sunshine and blooming flowers--and also in the hope...
- WELCOME TO ST. PETER UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY PARISH!
  
  St. Peter the Apostle University & Community Parish provides a spiritual home to the diverse local and university communities and proclaims the Gospel through worship, formation, outreach, and service in order to foster a faithful, loving, dynamic, and lifelong relationship with Jesus Christ.
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History of St. Peter the Apostle: The finest historical archive in the diocese of metuchen
- The first recorded visit of a Catholic priest to New Brunswick occurred in 1825, when a Fr. McDonough who was traveling from New York to Philadelphia stopped to visit a Catholic family here. That same year, Father John Powers, from St. Peter’s Parish in New York City, came and celebrated Mass. He began offering Mass here monthly, first in a private home and then in a large room over a wheelwright’s shop on George Street.
  
  In 1829, the Bishop of New York, John Dubois, sent Father Joseph Schneller to continue the monthly visits to New Brunswick. Bishop Dubois erected Ss. Peter & Paul Parish in 1829, and a simple brick church was built on Bayard Street in New Brunswick in 1831, although not without difficulty. Anti-Catholic sentiment made it necessary for Father Schneller to use creative means to obtain land for the new church. Read more here.