Due to current construction for an expansion and renovation, Mary Mother of God Church celebrates mass, usually led by the Reverend Sean Broderick, in the parish center gymnasium. The church continues to hold many of its programs, including its adult and youth ministries, music rehearsals for its choirs and folk group, and its various prayer groups in the Monsignor Liam Minogue Parish Center or in Father Gene Schellberg Hall. The church offers a preschool for three and four year-olds and religious education classes for first grade through eighth grade students. The church's Catholic Youth Organization Basketball league, the Mary Mother of God Saints, offers teams for girls and boys in elementary, middle, and high school.
Located on Forman Avenue, St. Peter's Church is a Catholic community striving to live the Gospel message in the spirit of St. Francis by welcoming and serving others. As an instrument of peace and love, the facility's mission is to worship together and care for all creation.
This Catholic church welcomes diversity amongst its parishioners. It is headed by Reverend Richard Carlson. Visit the church Web site for a full list of masses, devotionals and other church events.
Established in 1927, St. Ann's R.C. Church was founded as an Italian-American parish and continues to be so today. The Feast of St. Ann's, dating back to 1925, is an annual celebration with the Hoboken community. The pastor of St. Ann's is Reverend Vincent Fortunato.
At one point the largest parish in the Archdiocese of Newark, St. Anne is still one of the largest with 3,400 member families. In 1909, the church started out of a house in the Warren Point section of Fair Lawn and by 1926 a church building was built on St. Anne's current site. The present church building was constructed in 1958, and the rectory, office complex and meeting rooms were added in 1966.
There are over 1,000 students enrolled in the church's Sunday classes, sacramental classes, summer sessions, home schooling, and special education programs. Bible study and pre-baptismal and parent sacramental programs are available for adults in the church's diverse community.
The sprawling church also offers boy scouts, girl scouts, a basketball league, six different prayer groups, a club for seniors, support groups, and a nursing ministry, among various other programs and societies.
St. Paul Roman Catholic School is located in the rear of the St. Paul Roman Catholic Church. This school teaches K-8, offering a library, computer lab, science lab, and Internet in each classroom. The curriculum is designed to balance both secular and religious education. Uniforms are required.
