GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY FOREVER!
SLAVA ISUSU CHRISTU! SLAVA VO V’IKI!

 A warm welcome to St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church. Whether through this web site or in person, here you will find a dynamic Byzantine Catholic faith community.  I hope you find this site provides a "taste" of what we are about.

These pages contain much more information about our church and our work together. We joyfully encourage all to come and worship with us at the Divine Liturgy on Saturdays at 4:00pm (all English) or Sundays at 8:30AM  (all English) or 11:00AM (English and Church Slavonic) until Memorial Day. Summer hours will only affect the 11 which will then be held at 10:30.

WELCOME VISITORS!

“MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLES.”

Isaiah 56:7 

When you visit St. Mary’s, we want you to know how welcome you are; whether you have come from another part of the country, from across the world, or simply from another parish. We hope you find our worship true and reverent and our people here friendly and cordial.

If you are seeking a spiritual home, we would be honored by your presence in our family. For more information about becoming a parishioner, please see me or Deacon Alex.

Please join us for coffee and donuts in the Fellowship Hall following the Sunday Divine Liturgies.

 If you wish more information, please contact me through e-mail at pastor@stmaryhillsboroughnj.org or by phone at 908-725-0615

 Please know that you are in my prayers!

 Fr. Jim Badeaux

THE CHRISTMAS FAST or FILIPOVKA begins this Friday evening, November 14, the Feast of Saint Philip, at sundown, and continues until and including Christmas Eve. It is a forty-day penitential preparation period for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord. The hallmarks of any penitential period are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.Please try to include some form of extra penance in your routine. Observance is voluntary, but if we don’t keep our traditions, who will?

HARVEST HELPERS: Pilgrim Vocation Icon Program The Byzantine Catholic Church in the USA isundertaking a pilgrim icon program to ask the faithful topray for vocations. Each family is encouraged to sign upeach week to bring it to their homes, place it in their iconcorner, or other prominent place, and pray together forvocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and monastic life.The sign-up sheet will be in the rear of the church, next tothe pilgrim icon set up for veneration.. 

ALMSGIVING PROJECT We will collect non-perishable items to be given to the Hillsborough Food Bank, beginning November 15. Please donate non-perishable food generously as so many people are currently facing food insecurity. Some suggestions beyond can goods is: shelf milk, juice boxes, cake mixes, oils, toilet paper and paper towels, diapers, wipes. Whatever you bring will be greatly appreciated by those who receive them! Place them in the plastic bin by the fellowship.

JOIN US FOR PRAYER AND FELLOWSHIP 7PM on 12/12/25- St. Nicholas Moleben, 12/19- Emmanuel Moleben. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Click Here

Regional Confessions: Confessions will be heard beginning a 7PM at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Rahway on Tuesday, December 9.

Confessions will be heard HERE at St. Mary in Hillsborough onTHURSDAY DECEMBER 11 beginning at 7PM. There will be many priests hearing confessions in English and Slovak.

BLOOD DRIVE.  December 21,  from 12:30 PM to 6:30 PM, NEW TIME in the parish center. Please visit www.nybc.org/njdrive and use sponsor code 07802, or call/text 1-800-933-2566 or 1-800-933-BLOOD.

KOLACHE: If you ordered nut rolls, poppy, Levar or apricot rolls, they are ready for you to pick up. Please pick them up after weekend liturgies. There are also some extra ones, if you forgot to order. They are $22 each. Please reach out to the office or see someone after liturgies in the Fellowship Hall. They are going fast! 

St. Nicholas Party: Our annual Saint Nicholas Party will be on December 7 following the 11AM Liturgy. PLEASE CONSIDER BRINGING SOME NON-PERISHABLE FOODS FOR THE FOOD BANK. Some suggestions beyond can goods is: shelf milk, juice boxes, cake mixes, oils, toilet paper and paper towels, diapers, wipes. Whatever you bring will be greatly appreciated by those who receive them! 

GCU Trip to Miracle on 34th Street and more at Wind Creek Casino. Click on December 13. Click here for more information

ANNUAL BISHOP’S APPEAL You should have received information in the mail about the annual bishop’s appeal. Please give as generously as possible to the annual bishop’s appeal. For 2025, our parish goal is $30,000. Once we reach our goal $30,000, the parish receives a 40% rebate.

BINGO on Wednesdays & Saturdays 

Doors Open at 11:00AM - For more information click here

Saturday:

Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)

Saturday 3:15 p.m to 3:45 p.m.

4:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy (Vigil) in English

Sunday:

8:30 a.m.  Divine Liturgy in English

11:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy in English & Church Slavonic.

We pray the Third Hour every Sunday morning

at 10:15am.  Check the bulletin for weekly vespers. 

We also pray the Holy Rosary on the

first Sunday of the month at 8 AM

Check Bulletin section for Changes to Liturgy Schedule and special intentions.

ECF Registration Class Registration!

Feel free to use this registration for the 2025-2026 year!