Christmas is almost here!
Here are just a few things happening in our parish
- St. Catharine School News
- Spotlight VIP- Teresa Rigney
- Breakfast with Santa- sponsored by the Community Outreach Ministry (COM)
- Young Family Survey
- St. Anne Cemetery Christmas Memorial Mass
- New Website now live!
- We're Hiriing!
- Spotlight Ministry- Community Outreach Ministry
- 2018 Christmas Mass Schedule
On November 7-8, the Secretary and the Department of Education celebrated with 300 public and 49 private school honorees at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
St. Catharine School News
Pictured receiving the Blue Ribbon Award: L-R Msgr. Cullen, Pastor, Mr. Dougherty, Principal, Ms. Aba Kumi, Ms. Joann Tier, Superintendent Trenton Diocese, Mrs. Margaret Boland, Assistant Superintendent
Msgr. Cullen and Mr Dougherty would like to invite you to a very special First Friday Mass scheduled for Friday, December 7th at 9:00 AM in the SCS gymnasium. We will have a special presentation of our National Blue Ribbon award, as well as the raising of our National Blue Ribbon School flag. We recognize that the National Blue Ribbon School Award is reflective of our students’ outstanding achievements, as well as our hard working team of faculty and staff at St. Catharine School. Reaching this goal would not be possible without the collective efforts of our dedicated school families, alumni, parishioners, the PTA, and our School Advisory Council. It’s truly incredible how much we are able to accomplish with the support of our school community!
SPOTLIGHT VIP
(Volunteer In Parish)
Each month we will be putting a spotlight on a volunteer within the parish. Without our volunteers much of which happens would not be possible.
Teresa Rigney
Teresa has been a parishioner of St. Catharine- St. Margaret parish since 1975; her four children graduated from SCS as well as two grandsons and she has twin granddaughters currently in 5th grade. Teresa enjoyed volunteering at SCS for many years and still participates when asked. She also served on the Parish Council, taught CCD and was on the SCS board.
Teresa was a stay at home mom for many years before working at Jersey Shore Medical Center for 24 years. While working there she graduated from Georgian Court with a BA in Psychology and received her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from Monmouth University and is also a Licensed Social Worker (LSW).
Teresa currently assists our Pastoral Care Department with planning the liturgy for funerals and meeting with the families. When Teresa was asked to help St. Margaret with funerals she knew it was something special to help families who were grieving. At the hospital she was a patient advocate which entailed being present to families who lost a loved one. It was very gratifying and a gift to spend time with them.
Teresa was a stay at home mom for many years before working at Jersey Shore Medical Center for 24 years. While working there she graduated from Georgian Court with a BA in Psychology and received her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from Monmouth University and is also a Licensed Social Worker (LSW).
Teresa currently assists our Pastoral Care Department with planning the liturgy for funerals and meeting with the families. When Teresa was asked to help St. Margaret with funerals she knew it was something special to help families who were grieving. At the hospital she was a patient advocate which entailed being present to families who lost a loved one. It was very gratifying and a gift to spend time with them.
Young Family Survey
For the 2-minute online survey, please visit:
http://ParishYouthSurvey.com
Have you stopped attending mass?
Have your children or grandchildren stopped attending mass?
Are you looking to see more young faces in the crowd or involved in parish life?
Here at St. Catharine - St. Margaret Parish, the Parish Pastoral Council is working to help address the needs of our younger parishioners. We want to address the issues and work towards to improving as a parish family to gain further involvement from all parishioners, but especially those that are younger.
Note: We do ask that the survey be shared by all parishioners, but only those in the age groups from teenage years to young families complete the survey. This is very important to our results and the actions we take from the survey.
Thank you very much for your help!
Updated Parish Website
We just did a complete overhaul of our parish website.
See the new and improved St. Catharine- St. Margaret Parish website at
Now Hiring
St. Catharine- St. Margaret Parish is seeking applications for an Administrative Assistant for the rectory offices. This person would be responsible for providing administrative support to and work closely with the Priests and Business Manager and regularly interact with parishioners. Strong computer, written and verbal communication skills are required.
A working knowledge of church offices is preferred. This is a full-time position, 30 hours per week.
Please forward resume, cover letter and references to
Community Outreach Ministry
Members of the Community Outreach Ministry (COM) gathered on November 4th and December 2nd to organize bagels donated from local businesses and distribute them to organizations and families in need.
They will be meeting again on Sunday, January 6th at 5PM in Francis Duffy Hall, please contact John Natale at natalesells@gmail.com for more information or to join this new ministry
The C.O.M. is being led by young parishioners, who will be planning fun and exciting parish events to directly help those in need in our local community. This will be a “hands-on” ministry that is looking for others that want to help make a difference. If interested in finding out more information, please contact John Natale, Jr. by text: (732) 546-6177 or email: natalesells@gmail.com.
2019 Mass Intention Book
The 2019 Mass intention book is now open, forms are available on our website HERE and can be booked at the rectory
Please call 732-449-5765 x100 for more information
Attention Lectors
2019 Workbooks are now available for pick up in the rectory.
Cohort 19 News
A New Cohort website has been created, GatheredAsOne.com
Here you will be able to see mass times, events and news from all five of the parishes in Cohort 19
Get Social With Us
You may have noticed a more concerted effort in the parish's social media department during the past few months. The parish technology team definitely appreciates all the support, follows and likes you have given. If you don't already follow us, we can be found on
Facebook- www.facebook.com/stcatharinestmargaret
Instagram- @stcatharine_stmargaret
Twitter- @stcathstmarg
Instagram- @stcatharine_stmargaret
Twitter- @stcathstmarg