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UPDATE FOR Sunday mass:Please note the following important information, as of the date of printing, regarding the obligation to attend Sunday Mass beginning the weekend of June 5th-6th. Further information will be forthcoming on our diocesan and parish information outlets as they become available. Click below to view the statement from the NJ Bishops:
Reinstating the General Obligation to Attend Mass
For information on daily Mass, please click here.
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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.
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Office hours:
Beginning September 13 In-person office hours are:
Monday and Wednesday - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday and Thursday - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pmNOTE: Please wear a face mask.
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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.
Mass Intentions
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History of St. Peter the Apostle: The finest historical archive in the diocese of metuchen
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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.
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