Bishop Checchio is aware of the financial challenges that this winter’s snow and ice removal costs present to parishes. For this reason, the Bishop has authorized an emergency second collection to assist with snow removal costs this season. The collection will be taken up the weekend of February 27 & 28.
Thank you for your continued support to St. Peter's.
In-person office hours available:
Monday - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tuesday - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Calling in beforehand would be helpful, but not necessary.
NOTE:
Please wear a face mask.
Six-feet social distancing will be observed.
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.
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.
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.