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This weekend, DECEMBER 10TH & 11TH, is the last weekend that gifts will be collected!

Thank you to everyone that has already donated a gift to the organizations listed on our Giving Tree.  If you haven’t donated yet but would still like to, this weekend is the final weekend to drop off your presents.  GIFT CARDS should be dropped directly into the collection basket. Please be sure to SECURE all ornaments to the outside of the package. Without the tag, we have no way of knowing where or to whom the package is to be delivered. If you prefer online shopping, please visit our Virtual Giving Tree for additional direct shipping options.

St. Matthias parishioners have always been generous.  If you have an hour to spare on Monday morning, December 12th, to assist with the delivery of gifts, please contact Joanne Diana at (732) 322-6270 or email her at j-diana@comcast.net.

Monastic Monday is a day set apart each week for Contemplative practice as a way for parishioners to come together in a non-reactive way, developing a connection with God in personal prayer with an interior silence. Contemplative practice also helps assure that if more of us tend to our inner lives, then our collaboration and ministry will be deeper and less beset by ego, fragmentation and division.

Our parishioners who attended the recent Retreat/presentation by Msgr. Joe Kerrigan had a taste of contemplative practice, and were very touched to hear about Monastic Mondays in his parish of St. Joseph in Bound Brook, and were interested in attending one. Msgr. Kerrigan is inviting us to his parish on December 19 for a Monastic Monday experience of contemplative prayer. I encourage anyone interested to attend. Click here to know what to expect that day.

https://www.dreamsofstjoseph.org/blog/parish-news/special-advent-version-of-monastic-monday/

 

On GivingTuesday 2022 — Tuesday, November 29, 2022 —

Thank you to our amazing community for their generosity and support during Giving Tuesday. We appreciate you! For anyone who would still like to give, it’s not too late. Every donation — no matter how small — helps!

St. Matthias continued two GivingTuesday campaigns this year:

• “Spiritual Tech Connect” campaign for the church
• “Love Your School” campaign for the school

The church’s campaign has two goals: 1) To raise funds for monitors and equipment to project text and videos inside the church, and 2) To raise funds to purchase and install permanent live-streaming equipment so we can continue to livestream our Masses and other services to spiritually connect our entire community, especially our homebound parishioners and family members and friends unable to participate in-person. Please join us November 29th as we continue the second part of last year’s Giving Tuesday campaign: Spiritual Tech Connect. We hope to reach our goal of $13,748, so we can set up the new media for a better liturgical experience in person and online.

Donate in one of two ways:

• By check: please make the check payable to “St. Matthias Church” and write “Church Giving Tuesday” in the memo line.
• Via Parish Giving by clicking on Give Now (or log in if you have an account), click on Fundraising, then select: Restricted Gifts-Church-Giv Tue

Does your employer offer a matching gift? If so, please let them know of your donation!

Questions? Contact Mary Jo Loboda at mjloboda@stmatthias.net.

All Christmas Tree Volunteers the time to meet on November 19th is 9:30 AM not 9:00 AM.

Thank you for volunteering!

Looking for that perfect gift for the person who has everything? Need a hostess gift? Bridal Shower? New Home? For that extra gift for the unexpected recipient?

Then pick up a 60^th Anniversary Cookbook for only $20!!  They will be on sale at the St. Matthias’ parish office, the 60^th Anniversary Concert on November 18, 2022, and at the SMS Craft Fair on December 4, 2022!  If you haven’t picked up your pre-ordered book, you can also do that at these events!!  Don’t miss out on the delicious recipes!!