The Parish Center is closed but our staff is back in the office.   Please contact us by phone at (908) 725-1112 and on weekends at (908) 725-9834.  Contact us by email at cjanuse@icsomerville.org.  The priests will be available as always for emergencies.  Please call or email based on the contact information above. 

Dispensation from the Obligation to Participate at Mass on Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation.
Bishop Checchio has dispensed the faithful of the Diocese of Metuchen from the obligation to participate at Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation during this time of pandemic. This dispensation remains in effect until the time when the Bishop reinstates the obligation. While we encourage your participation in Mass on Sundays and holy days if you are able, you are under no obligation to do so especially if you are unwell or caring for someone who is unwell or are concerned about public health and safety issues. Mass may be viewed on our livestream daily at 8:00am or on Sundays at the 5:00pm Vigil Mass (Saturdays) and at 9:00am and 1:00pm in Spanish.

Please help to spread this information to those to all our parishioners 
As we face this time of challenge, let us look to Christ in one another.  While many of us are still physically separated, we are together in Christ now and always.  Looking to your phones and computers, you can connect to one another through prayer, livestreaming of masses, and other prayer services. I suggest some creative methods to stay connected in faith are Facetime with a friend or family member, pray the rosary together,  take time with your family, or those you live with to pray together at a certain time of each day, perhaps sharing a prayerful reflection or an inspirational video that may have inspired you.  Reach out to anyone you know who may be lonely or afraid.  Reach out to the homebound by dropping off food to their doorstep.  Make brown bag lunches for Samaritan Homeless Interim Program or just drop off food  to SHIP. I am aware that many of you are doing this already, and I am inspired and encouraged.  Our hope in the Lord together will keep us, each and all, faithful and renewed in His love. 

COVID-19 ChildCare Tuition Assistance Program

The applications for the COVID-19 ChildCare Tuition Assistance Program opened September 24, 2020. Eligible families in need of child care for their school age children as schools have opened remotely can apply online at www.childcarenj.gov/COVID19.

The tuition assistance is part of $250 million plan announced last month by Governor Murphy to support working families and child care. This new program will provide tuition assistance to New Jersey families with incomes up to $75,000 in need of either full or part-time child care depending on their school’s remote learning schedule. The department will consider applications until funding is exhausted.
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