Welcome
From the Pastor
Dear Parishioners,
We are so privileged to serve you and your family. As the pastor of this great community, I welcome you and pray that you will find your heart's home here. It has been my experience that the people of St. Aloysius Church are warm, loving and giving people, and I hope that you will find the same.
As you look through our directory of ministries, I am sure that you will see many opportunities to serve our God, enrich your faith, and perhaps even find programs that will enable us to serve you. If you come across anything that is of interest to you, please contact us at parishoffice@saintaloysiusonline.org, or call the parish office at 732-370-0500. If you become aware of the need for a ministry that we do not have at this time, please let us know about it so that we can work together to build up our parish family.
With our ever growing community come many challenges and opportunities in the accomplishment of our mission: to become a people worshiping and growing in faith, committed to love, to serve, and to forgive as Jesus did. With your support, and with the help of God, we can do many wonderful things!
Please pray for the success and spiritual growth of our parish, and be assured that I, and the staff here, pray for all of you. God bless you.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. G. Scott Shaffer,
Pastor
How Do I Join the Parish?
To join the parish, one must fill out a registration form. There are a number of ways to obtain one.
You may:
- Come to the parish office in person (Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM) and fill one out on the spot, or take one home and return it at a later date.
- Ask for a registration form at Sunday Mass. We always keep copies in the ministries room (which is located off the Gathering Space in the new church across from the bathrooms), and anyone who is volunteering will be happy to assist you.
- Have one mailed to you by calling the parish office.
To return a registration form you may:
- Mail it to us at Saint Aloysius Church, P.O. Box 1285, 935 Bennetts Mills Road, Jackson, New Jersey, 08527.
- Bring it to the office in person.
- Put it in the collection basket at Mass.
When you register in person, you should be given a Welcome Letter, a Parish Information Booklet, and any other information you may need about the parish. If you did not register in person but would like copies of these items, please call the parish office and we will send them to you. We have Welcome Gatherings for new parishioners quarterly. After registering for the parish you should receive a postcard in the mail inviting you to a Welcome Gathering. If you don't receive one of these postcards but would like to attend, please do so! All are encouraged and welcome to attend! For more information about Welcome Gatherings, please call Jen at the parish office.
My Own Church
My Own Church connects you with your church records via the Web.
Use the secure My Own Church website to register for the parish online or update your church records for your family and individual family members.
Those changes, once approved by a staff member, will electronically update in our church's database...and you can do it all 24/7 without paper forms or phone calls to the parish office...
...or If you prefer to reach out to a staff member, we'd love to speak to you! Please call the parish office at 732-370-0500.
