St. Mary's - Stony Hill

What We Believe

St. Mary’s-Stony Hill is a Roman Catholic parish that is rooted in our sacramental life and the vast traditions of the Catholic Church.  First and foremost, our parish life centers on the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist.  The grace received from Eucharist enables us to function in our mission as a parish community.  Our mission as a parish encompasses parishioners of all ages.
 
We strive to be a place where our parishioners feel a sense of welcome and a place to have their faith nurtured through the various ministerial opportunities that occur throughout the year.

Next weekend, we will celebrate World Mission Sunday (click link for details).  Pope Francis invites the entire Church to support the mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin America and Europe, where priests, religious and lay leaders serve the world’s most vulnerable communities. Please keep the Pope’s mission in your prayers.

We have a new collection bin located in the church Narthex. The Environment Commission of Watchung is starting a new recycling program, collecting clean plastic bags. They have bins located in several places throughout town. If 500 lbs. of plastic is collected in a 6-month period, the town will receive a new bench made out of recycled plastic from the Trex deck company. The collection will run through April 1, 2020. Thank you for any support you can offer to this effort!

Please look for an email soon from LPi, our online giving company. When you choose to give your gifts online, your consistent support allows us to make commitments to grow our ministries and serve the people who rely on them. Please prayerfully consider sharing your recurring gifts through our eGiving program, WeShare.

A Diocesan Consecration for a New Evangelization Awakening Year: Dec.12, 2018 - Dec. 12, 2019 www.LightingHeartsOnFire.org
www.LightingHeartsOnFire.org Our Lady of Guadalupe Devotional As part of the devotional segment of our preparation year for the Consecration of our Diocese to Jesus through Our Lady of Guadalupe, we have the "Our Lady of Guadalupe Traveling Devotional Package” program.

Each week a family from our parish is invited to host the Traveling Devotional Package. The Traveling Package includes everything necessary for the hosting family to devote time each day in prayer, praise and adoration to God, Jesus and our Virgin Mother of Guadalupe with confidence that they will guide us and strengthen us in our mission to evangelize all people to our Lord Jesus Christ and that the consecration of our Diocese will bear abundant fruit. Please check the sign-up page if your family would like to volunteer to host our Traveling Devotional Package.

During this week, all people of the diocese, young and old alike, are encouraged to pray the Rosary daily, confident that her intercession directs us to her Son, Jesus, and our call to discipleship. What better way to show our love for the Blessed Mother?  Click here to find out more!
 

We offer our sincere sympathy to the family of Donald Chester Germaine, who was recently called home to the Father. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in God’s peace.