Thanks for joining us in our virtual community this past Sunday for the live-streamed celebration of the Eucharist. We had about 150 people with us live and several hundred watch the celebration later on Facebook or on our website. Please join us again this Sunday, March 29, at 11:00am, and every Sunday until we can resume the public celebration of Mass, for the live-stream on Facebook at "St. Peter the Apostle University and Community Parish". The video will be uploaded to our website as well, following the live-stream broadcast.
Tomorrow morning, Sunday, March 22, the 11AM Mass will be live on Facebook. If you are already on Facebook, go to our page at "St. Peter the Apostle University and Community Parish". Please don't forget to "like" us if you haven't already so that our feeds will appear on your home page. It's a good way to stay current on news and information effecting our parish.
In the year 304, the Roman Emperor Diocletian launched one of the most brutal persecutions the Church has ever known. It was at this time that Roman officials in North Africa surprised a group of about fifty Christians who were attending the Sunday Eucharist.
Out of concern for the safety and health of our people, Bishop Checchio has suspended all public celebrations of Mass in the Diocese of Metuchen beginning no later than March 18 and to end no earlier than April 3, at which time the circumstances will be re-evaluated. Mass will be celebrated as scheduled tomorrow, March 17, 2020, at both 7:30am and 12:15pm in the church.
In light of the growing number of confirmed and investigated cases of COVID-19 in our area and in the four counties of the Diocese of Metuchen, Bishop Checchio issued a communique today to our priests about further precautionary steps we need to take to reduce the risk of exposure to the virus.
Amid growing concerns about the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Bishop Checchio has issued the following directives to be implemented immediately in all parishes of the Diocese of Metuchen...
A few years ago, I baptized my parish youth minister’s second child. His twin sister, a Franciscan Sister of the Renewal, received permission to attend the baptism and came with another sister from her community. They were both in their early 30’s and missioned in the South Bronx to work with the poor.
The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent is always the same: the temptations of Christ. Mark’s account is the shortest and perhaps the least fulfilling. He simply states that Jesus went into the desert for forty days and was tempted by the devil. Matthew, however, gives us more insight...