CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players showcases a handful of saints, artists, mystics, and scholars who not only shaped the life of the Church but changed the course of western civilization.    Tuesdays, February 4  & 18 7-8:30 pm in the School

Join St. Mary's Breakfast With Santa Sunday, December 15th from 8:00 am - to 11:30 am in the school. The cost will be $10.00 Adults, $6 Children 5-11, Free for children 4 and under. Proceeds will go to support our Religious Education and Youth Programs. Menu includes: scrambled eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, orange and apple juice, milk, coffee, tea, hot chocolate. Holiday Basket Raffle and Photo with Santa!

Advent: Vespers and Adoration in the Church December 4th, December 11th and December 18th. All are welcome to attend our Advent: Vespers and Adoration prayer services Wednesdays during Advent from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. These are great opportunities for the parish to come together in preparation for the Christmas Season. May your Advent season be filled with Joy, Peace, and Hope.

Lesson and Carols December 15th 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Church. Join St. Mary's Parish as we celebrate the songs of this blessed season and prepare our hearts for the warming candle of Christ's birth. You will not want to miss this extremely moving event. Admission is free. Refreshments following in Bermingham Hall.

St. Mary’s will celebrate the Christmas season by illuminating our parish grounds with beautiful 6-7 foot Douglas Fir Christmas trees, decorated with white lights. On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 6:00 PM, we will gather outside the church for the blessing and lighting of the trees. They will remain lit each evening until midnight throughout the entire Christmas season until the Baptism of the Lord on January 12. The cost to memorialize one of these beautiful trees is $200. Each tree will have a laminated dedication certificate containing your dedication, the names of those you wish to remember, or a Christmas greeting. The number of trees are limited, please click on the title to order.

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Tricky Tray Saturday, November 2, 2019 Advanced Admission reservation(s)  $15 each  (Includes one sheet for level 1 and coffee, tea & dessert) Doors open at 5:30 and the event starts at 7:00 at the School next to St. Mary's. To pre-order your tickets please click on the title above.  Don't miss out on this fun and exciting event.  All proceeds will go towards St, Mary's Church, the CCD Program, Youth Program plus many other areas.

Tickets may be purchased after all weekend masses, or during parish office hours, for $20.  Each ticket is eligible for 91 chances to win as the winning ticket from each day is put back into the drum.  Winners are drawn daily from December 1st through February 29th.  The calendar raffle will feature a total of $5,000 in cash prizes. The dates of the drawings and daily prize amounts are listed on the tickets.

Join St. Mary’s for our Parish Picnic on Sunday, June 23 at 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. There will be food and games for all ages. The cost is $5 per person or $20 per family. Please sign up on our website or call the parish office at 973-366-0184, so that we can get an accurate headcount for the event. Since the theme is a Hawaiian Luau, all are asked to wear bright colored shirts or t-shirts.

Online registration is closed but you can Register for the 2019 - 2020 CCD year by printing a hard copy of the Registration Form located under documents on the Faith Formation page and emailing or mailing in the form.

VBS is an exciting, week-long adventure for kids to experience the Bible in a whole new way, and have a lot of fun doing it! Any child from grades K-5 is invited to attend. VBS will be held from Monday, July 8th - Friday, July 12th from 9:00am to 12:00pm, and the cost is $40 per child (but if you need help with this, let us know! To register click the link above! See you there!!

A Lent To Remember Tuesday evenings 7:00pm - 8:30pm    March 5, 19, April 2, 16 Starting on Tuesday, March 5 we will begin a new Adult Faith Formation Series called, A Lent to Remember. We will explore the many ways God reaches out to us personally in his loving mercy. Through Christ’s suffering on the cross in the Paschal Mystery and his perpetual reception of his people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, God makes his love, his very self, present to us in the world. By reflecting on the Paschal Mystery and making a step-by-step examination of the Rite of Confession, A Lent to Remember communicates God’s invitation to each one of us to come and experience his indescribable love this Lent.

IT'S STILL ON! Sacred Relics Of The Saints: Treasures Of The Church St. Mary Parish presents a teaching and exposition of Sacred Relics on Saturday March 2 at 10:00 am.  Father Carlos Martins of the Companions of the Cross will be here with a very special Vatican collection of over 150 relics, some as old as 2000 years.  Among the treasures will be relics of St. Maria Goretti, St. Therese of Lisieux (the “Little Flower"), St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Faustina Kowalska.  In addition, there will also be present a portion of the veil of Our Lady, as well as one of the largest remaining pieces of the True Cross in the world.  Those in attendance will be able to examine and venerate each relic.  In the Church’s history many miracles and healings have been worked in the presence of relics, and many have been healed through this ministry.  Please do not miss this opportunity.  You are encouraged to bring your articles of devotion (such as rosaries, holy cards, etc.) and pictures of ill friends/family members which you will be able to touch to the reliquaries as a means of intercession.

Join St. Mary's for a delicious spaghetti dinner on Saturday evening, March 2nd from 5:00 pm to 8:00pm in the school. The cost is $11.00 for adults, $7.00 for children - age 4 and under eat free. (BYOB) Your support will help fund our St. Mary's Religious Education and Youth Programs. Takeout will be available!

Help Sponsor or Co-Sponsor A Child Go To Steubenville  Once again we are beginning our fundraising efforts for this years Steubenville conference. Over the past four years through our parish’s generosity, we’ve raised over $31,000 which helped 80 students and 25 adults attend these conferences. Steubenville conferences provide our teens an experience that has helps deepen their faith and strengthens their personal relationship with God. All that have sponsored this event have help make St Mary's youth program what it is today.  The cost for each person to attend the event is $300 dollars. If you would like to sponsor or co-sponsor a teen for this years conference please drop it at the main office or in the drop off box by the parish office door. Please make all checks payable to St. Mary's with Steubenville in the memo line.

SIGN UP FOR OUR STEUBENVILLE YOUTH CONFERENCE Come join us for the Steubenville Youth Conference July 19th - 21st! This is open to all graduating eighth graders and all high school students. This is a great experience of growing in faith and community.

Giving Tree Gift tags from our Giving Tree will be available starting 11/24. Suggested gifts and sizes are on the Christmas tags, which will be given to needy families in our community. Please attach the tag to the outside of the wrapping paper and return under the tree by Sunday, December 9th. Gifts will be distributed Thursday, December 20th. If you can't shop but would like to donate, please click on the title and you can donate online and we'll do the shopping for you!

December 18th 7:00pm - 9:00pm in St. Mary's Church Join the parishes of St. Bernard's and St. Mary's for an Advent Reconciliation Service. This is a great opportunity to prepare the way for Christ's coming. Christ is always extending an invitation for all people to return to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Masses for All Souls Day (Nov 2) will be at 9:00am. After the Mass, there will be a procession of cars from St. Mary's parking lot to St. Mary's Cemetery where we will offer prayers for the faithful departed and Fr. Derek will bless the graves of the deceased.

Join St. Mary’s for our Parish Picnic on Sunday, June 24 at 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. There will be food and games for all ages. The cost is $5 per person or $20 per family. Please sign up on our website or call the parish office at 973-366-0184, so that we can get an accurate headcount for the event. Since the theme is a Hawaiian Luau, all are asked to wear bright colored shirts or t-shirts.

This eight-part study (30-minute sessions) provides the easiest way to understand the Bible. Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible makes the complex simple. It helps you uncover the story woven throughout Scripture so that you can get the “big picture” of the Bible and understand what it is all about. The Bible is a story about the Father’s unfailing love for you - a love that you are now called to share with others. Join us for this engaging journey through the Bible on 5/15, 5/29, 6/19, 7/10, 7/17, 8/7, 8/21, 9/11. All sessions start at 7:00 p.m. in the school. For more information and to register, please contact Steven Serafin at formation@stmarysdover.org.