The Mother of God Community is a Catholic Charismatic Covenant Community located in Monmouth County in the Diocese of Trenton. Inspired by the first Christian Community as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles (2:42-47; 4:32-35), we are responding to God’s invitation to live each day in the power of the Holy Spirit in Christian Community with brothers and sisters in Christ. Our Community consists of married couples, single men and women, clergy, and religious who worship in various parishes. Families form the basis and provide the underlying stability to our common life. We have a particular responsibility to evangelize our children, strengthen marriages and form families in the Christian life. In keeping with Catholic teaching, we recognize and encourage the evangelizing influence of families.
Our Community life is lived out daily through our household structure which consists of a number of families that meet for prayer, men’s and women’s share groups, scripture study and reflection, faith formation, Lord’s Day Celebrations, fellowship and service to the poor and needy.
On the 2nd and 4th Sunday, we come together for our General Community Gatherings. Here we continue to keep holy the Lord’s Day through charismatic praise and worship, teaching and fellowship. The General Community Gatherings are held at St. Catherine Church, Middletown, N.J. On the 3rd Sunday we celebrate our Monthly Community Mass in which the Church’s highest act of worship is offered in the spirit of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Our Community Masses are held at St. Catherine Church, Middletown and St. Benedict Church, Holmdel, NJ.
Other elements of our Community life consists of First Friday Healing Masses, Life in the Spirit Seminars, Marriage in the Holy Spirit Retreats, Men’s & Women’s Prayer Meetings and Retreats, Children and Youth Outreaches.
The Mother of God Community operates with the express permission of the Most Rev. John M. Smith, Bishop of Trenton, and with the guidance of Father Jeffrey Kegley, Spiritual Director of the Community.
