God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten son Jesus. And what a blessing: He loved us so much, He also gave us the Blessed Mary.
The month of May is the month dedicated to the Mother of God and  each year the students at Assumption Catholic School in Perth Amboy, NJ make special efforts to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary by learning and spreading the knowledge, love and devotion to her. We pray to Mary, Our Heavenly Queen each day, we sing special songs in her Honor and we pray the rosary.  Today, the student body and faculty gathered in front of the Grotto to the Mother of God and  sang a very special prayers service, the Moleben to Mary. As the sun appeared on a beautiful blue sky over our gathering, we prayed and asked the Blessed Mary to spread Her veil of protection over all the people in the USA during this pandamic time.  We also asked the Blessed Virgin Mary  to bless Bishop James F. Checchio on his fifth episcopal anniversary as shepherd of Metuchen Diocese and to protect Bishop Andriy Rabiy who is recovering from Covid-19. The Pastor, Father Ivan Turyk spoke to the students about Our Blessed Mother’s love and care for her children and how Mary is never too busy to hear a sincere request for our aid and guidance. As we sing in one of our songs to Mary “Remember, most loving Virgin Mary, never was it heard that anyone who turned to you for help was left unaided. . . . I run to your protection for you are my mother.” .