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 This year’s Vacation Bible School, True North: Trusting Jesus in a Wild World, was a fun and holy success! 110 children and 114 teen and adult helpers enjoyed traveling through the Alaskan landscape learning to trust Jesus in a world gone wild. We completed several service projects and also raised lunch funds for our mission friends at St. Jude’s School in Uganda. We learned so much about Jesus, trusting in His love, and how to share it. God bless all the volunteers who made the week so special! Be on the lookout for VBS registration in February to secure a spot in the next adventure which will be July 6-10, 2026, Rainforest Falls: Exploring the Nature of God. |
 
Members of Nativity’s Basic Needs Committee recently attended a HABcore Open House to view the new mural created by Monmouth Arts Creative Expressions Art & Wellness Program. This beautiful mural hangs in the dining hall of HABcore’s congregate living home for formerly homeless individuals with special needs. Basic Needs donated $6,000 to HABcore last year, thanks to the generosity of Nativity parishioners. For more information about HABcore, visit habcore.org.
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| Ice Cream Sundays – All Summer Long! All kids age 16 and under – our summer Feed Your Faith program is back by popular demand! Beginning Corpus Christi weekend (June 21-22), “Ice Cream Sunday” punch cards will be available after Mass. Pick up a card and then come to church each week to get it hole-punched by Father Chris. When you attend 8 or more Masses between Corpus Christi and Labor Day weekend (August 30-31), you will earn a coupon for a free ice cream cup or cone at one of your favorite ice cream shops! Any questions, contact Maggie Weikel at Maggie.weikel@gmail.com. |
| Collection to Benefit Retired, Elderly and Infirmed Priests – July 26 and 27 The Church’s observance of World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, July 27, 2025, is also a time to remember and care for our “spiritual grandparents,” Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., said in announcing the annual collection for retired and elderly priests. Scheduled in the parishes of the Diocese of Trenton at Masses July 26 and 27, the special collection for the Retired, Elderly and Infirmed Priests Fund is a way for the faithful to thank the more than 80 retired priests who have given the witness of their lives of faith, many of whom still continue to offer Masses and share the Sacraments in our parishes. |
| Book Club Join us Monday, July 28 at 7pm in the Parish Library as we discuss our next book, Welcome to the Hamilton, by Tanya E. Williams. |
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Mahjong!
Join us for Mahjong on select weekdays from 1pm-3pm in the Parish Hall. All are welcome! If you are new, bringing a friend, or need lessons, please contact Mary Ann O’Neil at 941-587-8244 or maryannsrq@gmail.com. Upcoming dates: July 30 (Wednesday); August 20, 27 (Wednesdays); September 4, 11, 18, 25 (Thursdays). |
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Eucharistic Exposition & Benediction
Join us in the Church on Friday, August 1 for Eucharistic Exposition & Benediction. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is at 8:30am and Benediction begins at 10am.
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| Daily Mass Time Adjustments – Please Mark Your Calendars! Our daily Mass times for the week of August 4-8 and August 11-15 will change Monday-Friday. In order to welcome the summer Religious Ed children to the Masses M-F those weeks, we will begin at 8:15am instead of 8am. Thank you for your understanding! |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Holy Hour Thursday, August 14 at 7pm in the Church. This special Holy Hour, flowing from the Jubilee for the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (Dec. 27, 2023 – Jun. 27, 2025), is being sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 3187. During this Holy Hour and throughout the week, an icon depicting the most famous image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, painted in 1767 by Pompeo Batoni and now venerated in the Church of the Gesù in Rome, will be displayed. This reproduction of the original image bears the blessing of Pope Francis and is one of more than 300 icons traveling across the world as part of the Knights of Columbus Pilgrim Icon Program. The Sacred Heart Holy Hour will include readings from Sacred Scripture and reflections from Pope Francis on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as well as the Divine Mercy Chaplet, prayers to the Sacred Heart, and time for silent prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Please join us! |
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| We have successfully completed our 2-year Heavenly Music Campaign and achieved our goal of raising $103,000 to defray the cost of the new organ and updates made to the choir loft. Thank you to all who contributed to this campaign. Your generosity is greatly appreciated! |
| Related News |
| NOAH Live on Stage The Oratory Church of St. Anthony of Padua invites you on their parish trip to see NOAH Live on Stage on Wednesday, July 30 at the Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA. $160 ticket includes bus, play ticket, lunch and tips. Bus leaves St. Anthony’s at 7:30am and returns 6:30pm. Only 55 seats – book soon! Contact Helene Scipione for info and tickets, 908-601-7018 or hts3sag@comcast.net. |
| Walking Together in Hope for Persons with Disabilities The Holy Innocents Society presents “Walking Together in Hope for Persons with Disabilities” on Friday, August 8, 8:30am-12:30pm at Our Lady of Good Counsel, 42 West Main Street, Moorestown, NJ. The Keynote Speaker is Anne Masters, Director of the Office of Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, Archdiocese of Newark. Spotlight speakers include Fr. Jim Grogan, former pastor of Nativity. $10 per person. Register here. Questions? Please email holyinnocentssociety@dioceseoftrenton.org. |