Important Message from our Pastor
With the challenges Fr. Orapankal has in this ‘single-priest-parish’ to do the daily 8:00am Mass, the four weekend Masses, Confessions, Funerals, Anointing of the Sick, etc., he feels it is necessary to make some adjustments.
Prayers for a New Bishop
O Lord, Shepherd of Shepherds, we turn to you seeking your grace, that we in the Diocese of Metuchen may be given a bishop who is a shepherd after your heart and will guide us, your flock, to be a faithful flock and fruitful field in union with you now and for eternity. Amen.
—From the Diocese of Jefferson City
O God, eternal shepherd, who govern your flock with unfailing care, grant in your boundless fatherly love a pastor for your Church who will please you by his holiness and to us show watchful care. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
—Excerpt from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
For our diocese as we await the appointment of a new Bishop. Let us pray to the Lord.
Weekly Reflection
Happy Father's Day!
06-21-2026 | Fr. Abraham Orapankal, PastorDear OLP Family,
Today we have two wonderful celebrations – a parish feast and a national feast. As a parish of Our Lady of Peace, we have the joy of celebrating the First Mass of the newly ordained priest, Reverend James Prumos. Yesterday he was raised to the Order of Priests, by Most Reverend Paul Bootkoski, the Bishop Emeritus of our Diocese at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi.
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