PLEASE NOTE

The Rectory Office will be closing at noon on Fridays for in-service work during the months of July & August. The office will be open: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am-noon & 1:00-4:30 pm and Friday, 8:30 am-noon.

WALKING WITH PURPOSE
(WWP) is a Catholic women’s faith study. It aims to bring women to a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ by offering personal study and small group discussion that link our everyday challenges and struggles with the solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church.
To learn more please visit https://wwpnjshore.com

INFORMATION UPDATE

Summer Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:30 am-noon & 1:00-4:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am-noon

Weekly Mass Schedule:
Saturday: 4:30 pm at St. Denis Church
Sunday:   
8 am and 9:30 am at St. Denis Church
10 am at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Beach Chapel
11:30 am Facebook Mass
Mon./Tue./Wed./Fri.: 7:30 am at St. Denis Church
Saturday: 8:30 am at St. Denis Church

Confessions by appointment with Father Bill (732-223-0287)

1. Please call the office (732-223-0287) to let us know what mass you will be attending, for safe distance precautions.  You do not need to call for daily mass.  Leave your name, how many people, and phone number.  We will call only if we go over our limits.  (This has not happened to date.)
2. We will continue our Facebook streaming of mass at 11:30 am. Please see the link on the left-side of this web page. Note: you do not have to have a Facebook account to see our posts on Facebook. Please check our Facebook regularly for inspiration and information.
3. Please read our on-line bulletin. The link is in the upper-right corner of this web page.

GUIDELINES FOR ATTENDING MASS AT ST. DENIS:

1. Do not come to mass if you are not feeling well, or in an at-risk population that is advised by health care professionals.
2. You will need to phone the parish office to register for a Saturday/Sunday Mass. We are limited to how many people can attend. (NOTE: There is no need to “call ahead” for daily mass, as we do not exceed the case where we would not have safe distancing with such small numbers.) You will have to phone the rectory Monday through Friday to register for a mass, so that we can have an accurate count for how many people will attend. If the mass you would like to attend becomes “closed” due to numbers, then we will schedule you immediately for another mass or for the following week, so that you have the opportunity to celebrate Mass and receive Holy Communion as soon as possible.
3. Do not arrive more than 30 min. before and you must stay to the end of mass and no congregating is permitted after mass. We will sanitize before and after Masses. All doors will be open and windows, for air circulation. You enter through the front doors and there will be instructions for leaving by sections. The directives are for us to maintain social distance and for orderly seating (you will be directed) and orderly leaving.
4. You must wear a mask during the entirety of the mass until you receive Communion. Pews are marked and you can sit as directed by the ushers and assistants. Families/couples can sit together and others will navigate from that grouping. There will be organ music, but no singing for the next few months. The Eucharistic Minister will come to you for Holy Communion and you are asked to receive in the hand. After the Minister moves away, you may remove your mask to receive and replace your mask. Parents are asked to assist their children.
5. If this is too much for you at this time, please do not come to church and watch the Facebook Mass. Obviously this is something brand new and we will need people’s cooperation and patience. There is not an obligation to attend mass until Sept. 7th, so if attending mass with these “pandemic precautions” in mind will be a source of stress and make you uncomfortable, you may wish to wait for another few weeks to come back to Mass.

To not be together and to not receive Communion is the biggest sacrifice a Catholic can make, and we are being asked to make this sacrifice. We are asked to stay at home and we know that we can pray at home in solidarity with each other. In your prayers, I ask you to please join together in Spiritual Communion each day:

My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

For a list of streamed or recorded Masses available online, or television stations airing the Sunday Mass, click the image below.
Regular updates will be posted on dioceseoftrenton.org/coronavirus

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL FOOD PANTRY UPDATE:
Location: Msgr. O’Connor Hall (lower level of church)
Until further notice: There will be curbside pick-up of prepackaged food with appropriate social distancing. Questions or special food needs? Please call our hotline number at 732-223-1383

Please note adjusted pantry hours:
Tuesdays: 1PM – 3PM and 3rd and 4th Saturdays from 10AM – 12noon

At this time donations may be dropped off curbside by the pantry during regular pantry hours or on the front porch of the rectory, under the overhang.

Over the last few weeks we have had many neighbors visit the pantry. We are low on many items, in particular those listed below:

Items requested for food pantry donation:
Boxed milk, juice and sugar.

Please know that your donations are being received with sincere gratitude.