IHM Faith Formation

12/03/2025

Don't Miss it, over 40 Vendors, and the opportunity to get some Christmas Shopping done!

Christmas Festivities for the whole family!

07/17/2025

Over our Summer Academy Program from June 29th through July 11th we reflected on the Jubilee Year, Pilgrims of Hope! So, each day we reflected on Jubilees that relate to our Families!

Day 1 was The Jubilee of Children, Families, Grandparents, and the Elderly.

Naturally our Patron was St. Therese, and her parents, the first couple canonized together!

To see who our other patrons were, keep watching here!

If you missed Summer Academy, or know someone who did, if you want to revitalize your family's faith journey, or want your adult children to do so, check out our Faith Formation page, and we can help get you started: https://ihmparish.net/familiesfaith

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Office For Lifelong Faith Formation - Archdiocese of Newark Mary Immaculate

05/27/2025

Did you know families should start Catholic Faith Formation in First Grade at the latest, if they wish to receive First Eucharist Spring of Second Grade? This allows time for the children to get more familiar with their faith, learn some prayers, and get oriented, before getting into the deep mystery of the Eucharist!

Reach out to us, or your local parish to get started!

04/10/2025

IHM Families, Free Pizza, and Stations of the Cross Tomorrow Night April 11th 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm! Let us know, so that we can make sure that there is a slice for you!!!! 🍕🍕🍕🍕
https://immaculateheartofmarysp.flocknote.com/signup/201810

10/07/2024

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church has been selected by the Archdiocese of Newark to participate in a special project with the NCCL - National Community of Catechetical Leaders called: Parents and Families at the Center of Faith Formation!

We are asking all parents in the parish to complete this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NewarkNJParentSurvey

To help us best respond to the needs of our families as we seek to form new strategies and resources to improve formation in our community!

Please complete this survey by October 18th!

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08/13/2024

While doing your Back-To-School Shopping, perhaps you can pick up a few extra items to help children in need in our area!

IHM Backpack Challenge 2024! To benefit children in foster care in New Jersey. We will be collecting new school supplies for kids from now until Wednesday August 21st, 2024. Please drop off supplies to IHM at the bins near the church doors, Nazareth Center, or at Darby Road. Thank you! Darby Road

08/06/2024

We've been talking a lot about Discipleship in our parish over the last year! The reason Jesus called disciples, not simple followers, is because students, believers, advocates of faith, spread the Gospel to the whole world, in places that priests, deacons, and staff members may never tread.

Here's the deal, you probably know a Catholic First Grader, who isn't signed up for faith formation, because they haven't received word yet that this is when they should be starting. It would be their first time signing up, and they might not have ever formally joined a parish.

Here's where we call you as disciples to spread the word, and give the invitation.

If you have a friend, who needs to jump in, invite them to visit our parish formation website: https://ihmparish.net/childrensfaithformation

and sign up as a new family to get started!

https://www.onesimplifiedforms.com/user...

Especially if they have challenges, or barriers to getting started, we want them to know that they are welcome, wanted, and needed!

Our first event will be:

Sunday 9/15/2024
Opening Mass and Orientation- 10:00 am Mass in Church, Followed by Pastry Potluck in Nazareth Center Gym

At this time our Fall/Spring Families of Faith, and Summer Academy Families will have access to their Gospel Weeklies!

05/16/2024

Tonight at 7:30 pm, visit our parish website https://ihmparish.net/upcoming-events/2024/5/16/the-good-news-about-science-and-the-catholic-faith-w-dr-stephen-barr To find the link and join.

Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves (cf. Ex 33:18; Ps 27:8-9; 63:2-3; Jn 14:8; 1 Jn 3:2).

Fides et Ratio (Greeting)

Dear Friends, On Thursday May 16 at 7:30 PM, we will be sponsoring a talk on Zoom to discuss the harmony of faith and science. The talk will be delivered by Dr. Stephen Barr - theoretical physicist and President of the Society of Catholic Scientists. If you need help signing up, please contact the parish office during regular business hours at 908-889-2100 or sign-up at our website www.ihmparish.net Thank you!

05/09/2024

When does Confirmation preparation begin at IHM Scotch Plains? Believe it or not, it begins in Spring of Seventh Grade. On Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00 pm in the Nazareth Center, we will offer our annual parent information session. We’ll discuss the formation process, what it will entail, and what formation program you should enroll your young person in to make sure they are ready!

Please email us at [email protected] so that we can make sure that we have a packet for you, and don’t assume your friends have seen this, let them know what’s going on!

04/16/2024

For more information, and to sign up, visit here: https://ihmparish.net/upcoming-events/2024/4/21/free-kids-bingo-amp-ice-cream-party

04/08/2024

https://watch.formed.org/carousel/videos/sacred-art-the-annunciation

In an interesting turn of events, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary has been moved from March 25th to April 9th (as a result of the intricacies of the Lenten Calendar).

As a reminder, the Annunciation of Mary is when the Angel Gabriel presented Mary with God's plan for salvation history and welcomed her participation in that plan. At that moment she gave her Fiat, or yes, declaring her consent to participate in the greatest victory of good over evil.

Dr. Ben Akers and Taylor Kemp sit down with different pieces of Sacred Art to discuss their theological meanings and how they can speak to us today. This week, they are looking at The Annunciation as depicted by Elizabeth Zelasko.