Pastor’s Desk

Dear Fellow Parishioners, If you have been part of our parish community for any length of time at all, you know that I am very reluctant to ask for financial support. Sometimes, more than a year can go by without my making a single request for funds other than the weekly collection, and the national […]

Pastor’s Desk

Dear Fellow Parishioners, Though we are only at the mid-point of August, our new academic and religious education school years are beginning. On Tuesday the 12th, we had our Back-to-School Mass with our elementary school students, plus many of their parents and grandparents. Every year, I am amazed at how young the youngest of them […]

Pastor’s Desk

Dear Fellow Parishioners, As we approach the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it’s worth noting that the time markers of this time of the year have changed. Now that school starts in the middle of August, the Marian feast and the return to school are nearly simultaneous. This year’s Back to […]

Pastor’s Desk ~ June 8, 2025

Dear Fellow Parishioners, Notes on late Spring As I mentioned in last week’s Pastor’s Desk, the Hispanic Community planned a celebration for Fr. Mauricio’s 1st Anniversary of Ordination for last Sunday, which was June 1st. What I didn’t know is that when they realized that Msgr. Dan and I have our anniversaries just a few […]

Pastor’s Desk ~ June 1, 2025

Dear Fellow Parishioners, These are very busy weeks, with graduations, ordination anniversaries and, sadly, farewells. First of all, I ask your prayers for our talented and dedicated office manager, Noelia Gonzalez. Her husband Bonifacio, for whom we have been praying for weeks, finally passed from a cancer he valiantly fought to the end. Before you […]

Pastor’s Desk ~ May 25, 2025

Dear Fellow Parishioners, I don’t often comment on civil matters, if only because they tend to be converted into political issues, into which I will not knowingly dip even one pinky toe. However, there is a current legal story closely connected to Church autonomy and the free exercise of religion. The village of Toms River, […]

Pastor’s Desk ~ May 18, 2025

Dear Fellow Parishioners, This week’s ā€œFrom the Pastor’s Deskā€ was nearly completed when we received the news of the election of a new pope and, shortly after that, one from Chicago to be called Leo XIV. There was no way I could go forward without mentioning it and celebrating it while keeping in mind that […]

Easter Flower Donations

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR FLOWER DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF 🌷 YOUR LOVED ONES 🌷 Ignacio and Margie Cerros, Mr. and Mrs. Aladino Marcucci, Mr. and Mrs. Egidio Mancini, Pat Doherty, Theresa and Henry Morth, John Radtkey, Arthur and Marie Barboni, Gene and Dorothy Williams, Jim Williams, Sister Mary Louise Williams, Sandra Shannon, Brett D. […]

Pastor’s Desk ~ April 27, 2025

Dear Fellow Parishioners, Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Usually, priests, deacons, parish musicians and staff take a day or two off after Easter, not only to ā€œrecoverā€ from Holy Week, but take some time for personal prayer and reflection on the meaning of Holy Week and Easter. This year, on Easter Monday, we were informed of the death of […]

Holy Week Schedule

Holy Week at St. Vincent’s – 2025 Palm Sunday – April 13 Regular Sunday Schedule CONFESSIONS Thursday, April 17 ~ 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. THE EASTER TRIDUUM Holy Thursday – April 17 (No Mass at 8:00 a.m.) Mass of the Lord’s Supper ~ 7:30 p.m. (bilingual) Adoration until 10:00 p.m. Good Friday – April […]