Please join us as we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary honoring her divine motherhood to Jesus Christ during the feast of the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Vigil masses will be Sunday, December 31st 7:00 PM at SS Peter & Paul and Our Lady of Grace. Monday, January 1st masses will be at 9:00 AM at St. Timothy's and St. Mary's. Although not a holy day of obligation this year, Pope Paul VI, in his apostolic exhortation Marialis Cultus (1974), called the Solemnity of Mary “a fitting occasion for renewing adoration of the newborn Prince of Peace, for listening once more to the glad tidings of the angels (Luke 2:14), and for imploring from God, through the Queen of Peace, the supreme gift of peace.”

As we come to the seventh day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas), we will be celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family following our normal weekend schedule. Saturday, December 30th Vigil mass Our Lady of Grace 4:00 PM, SS Peter & Paul 5:30 PM. Sunday, December 31st St. Timothy's 8:00 AM, St. Mary's 8:30 AM, and SS Peter & Paul 10:30 AM.

Daily masses will be held at 9:00 December 27th through the 29th, Wednesday at SS Peter & Paul, Thursday at St. Mary's, and Friday at St. Timothy's and SS Peter and Paul. Please note there will not be mass on Tuesday, December 26th at Our Lady of Grace or Wednesday, December 27th at Heritage House.

Please join us as we begin our Christmas liturgical season. Christmas Eve masses will be Sunday, December 24th at SS Peter & Paul 4:00 PM, St. Timothy's 4:30 PM, Our Lady of Grace 6:30 PM, St. Mary's 7:00 PM, and SS Peter & Paul 10:00 PM. Christmas Day mass will be offered at 10:30 AM at SS Peter & Paul. As we celebrate the culmination of the mystery of the incarnation, the feast of God becoming flesh, and birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we wish you all a holy and blessed Christmas.

With Christmas Eve and Christmas falling on a Sunday and Monday, some of the masses for that weekend have changed. Updated times for the 4th Sunday of Advent will include a Saturday, December 23rd Vigil at Our Lady of Grace 4:00 PM, St. Mary's 5:00 PM, SS Peter & Paul 5:30 PM, and St. Timothy's 7:00 PM. SS Peter & Paul will also have mass Sunday, December 24th at 10:30 AM. Attending any of these masses will fulfill our regular Sunday obligation.

Please join us for our Youth Christmas Program Wednesday, December 20th in the Parish Center Hall at 6:30 PM. All are welcome to join for a soup supper after the program.

This season, we will be collecting Christmas Blessing monetary donations to purchase a small gift for homebound parishioners, as well as those who may have experienced hardships this year. We will also make donations to the Atlantic and Diocesan Catholic Charities food pantries. Checks noting "Christmas Blessings" in the memo line can be mailed to the parish office, placed in the weekly collection basket, or put into the ally black box near the rectory.