Welcome to the Church of the Nativity

Please join us for Mass! If you cannot come to church for whatever reason, we invite you to view our livestream services.

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Mahjong!
Join us for Mahjong in the Parish Hall. Click here for dates and to sign up.
Weekly Advent Adoration
Every Wednesday in Advent, from 4pm-5:30pm. Take this opportunity to spend time in the Chapel with our Lord. Feel free to stay for a few minutes or the entire hour and a half.
Holy Hour
Come spend time in the presence of Jesus. Thursday, December 12 at 7pm in the Church. Please feel free to stop by for a quick prayer or stay for the hour. Bring rosary beads.  
Basic Needs Advent Project: Ornament Sale
The Basic Needs Committee will be selling ornaments after each mass during Advent, now-December 22. The ornaments are $20 each, proceeds will benefit Mercy Center in Asbury Park. In addition to the ornament you purchase, you will also see paper ornaments available for special intentions. Parishioners are invited to write the name of someone who they would like prayed for or a special intention on the paper ornament. Those ornaments will be placed on the Advent Trees on the altar so the parish can pray for those intentions. After Advent the paper ornaments will be placed under the statue of Mary.
KOC 50-50 Raffle
The Knights of Columbus, Council 3187 will be selling 50-50 raffle tickets after Masses the weekend of December 14/15. The raffle will support Coats for Kids, the Arc of Monmouth, Birthright of Red Bank, and Catholic education. $10 per ticket. $5,000 maximum prize. Raffle drawing will be December 16, 9pm at the Columbus Club. Need not be present to win. For questions or direct purchase, contact Jack Hayes at (732) 742-8155.
Bambinelli Sunday
Bring the Baby Jesus from your family crèche for a special blessing on Bambinelli Sunday, December 15 at 9:30 Mass. Join us for a hospitality breakfast hosted by the Nativity Women’s Group in the Parish Hall afterwards!
Advent Confessions
There will be confession on Thursday, December 19 from 7pm-8:30pm in the Church.
Christmas Masses

  • Christmas Eve: 4pm (Church & Parish Hall), 6pm, 11pm
  • Christmas Day: 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am
Book Club
The Nativity Book Club will meet on Monday, December 30 at 7pm in the Parish Library to discuss The Spectacular by Fiona Davis. All are welcome.
Notre Dame Chorale Concert at Nativity
Please join us for an evening of music! The Notre Dame Chorale, the University of Notre Dame’s premiere mixed voice choir, will present a concert of classic works and Christmas pieces, including works from Handel’s Messiah, at the Church of the Nativity on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 7pm. Admission is free, but goodwill donations will be accepted.

  • We are looking for volunteers to house small groups of students the night of January 8. You would pick up students at the church after the concert and return them there the following morning between 8:30am-9am. If you can host any students please complete this Host Family Volunteer Form.
Save the Dates

  • Parish Progressive Dinner: Saturday, February 22, 2025
  • Vacation Bible School: Monday, July 7, 2025 – Friday, July 11, 2025
Related News & Events
An Irish Christmas at Kylemore
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 7pm
Christian Brothers Academy, at Quinn Library
850 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft
Join us for a virtual trip to Kylemore Abbey in Ireland as Dr. Mark Doerries presents the musical and cultural traditions of an Irish Christmas at Kylemore. This event is part of the University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Lecture Series and is sponsored jointly by the Notre Dame Club of the Jersey Shore and Christian Brothers Academy. It is free and open to the public.
Parish Volunteer Opportunities
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Religious Education
 

Volunteers sign ups for Ornament Sales

Children’s Liturgy of the Word Volunteer sign ups

 

Click for Religious Education Office Hours this week

 

Sign up for FORMED videos- It’s free for Nativity Families!  (one time sign up here before clicking on the video links )

 

FORMED VIDEO –  Marcam -Learn about the colors of the Church  ( 8 minutes )

FORMED VIDEO – Brother Francis video – Introduction to Advent (  4 minutes )

 

FORMED VIDEO – Brother Francis video – Advent Day 11  (3 minutes )

FORMED VIDEO – Marcam – Advent week 2 video ( 5 minutes )

FORMED VIDEO – Brother Francis video – The Story of Saint Nicholas  ( 18 minutes  )

 

FORMED VIDEO – Marcam – Christmas Gratitude List  ( 1o minutes )

FORMED VIDEO – Marcam – Marcam Builds a Gingerbread Nativity ( 15 minutes )

 

December    Weekend Mass Readings  

December      Weekend 8th grade Mass Quiz

December      Weekend  2nd grade Worksheet

Second Sunday of Advent Coloring Page

Saint Nicholas Coloring Page

 

 

FORMED VIDEO –  Who is Mary ? ( 8 minutes )

Formed  VIDEO- Basic Prayers Medley- Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary

FORMED VIDEOS   Jesus Stories

Brother Francis- The Days of Advent Videos ( 3 minutes )

 

Holy Trinity Coloring Page

Saint Michael the Archangel Prayer Coloring Sheet

Angel at Mass Coloring Page 

Important Religious Education Forms