Please submit names of men ages 16-40 who you think would make a fine priest by placing your CALLED BY NAME response card in the collection basket. You may also drop off the card at the parish office. Please continue to pray for the success of this program in our parish and our diocese, especially during these weeks of prayer for vocations.

Click the article title to see the sanctuary lamp intentions for the week of November 10.

The Joe-Bob Gruca Memorial Blood Drive will be held in the Church Hall at St John the Baptist (Allentown) from 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday, December 14. To schedule a donation, visit www.redcross.org/blood or call 609-902-1942.

Welcome the holiday season with the elegance and grace of Father Alphonse Stevenson conducting the renowned Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea on Friday, December 13, at 7:30 pm at St. Dominic's Church, in Brick, NJ. Click the article title for more information.

A Catholic Cemetery Guadalupe Torch will visit St. Mary’s Cemetery from Tuesday, November 12 until Friday, November 15. Each day the torch and the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will lead participants on a procession through the cemetery. Prayers will be offered and the names of deceased loved ones will be called out with the ringing of bells. For more information, click the article title.

The Society of St. Cecilia of St. Anthony of Padua presents their Christmas Concert featuring Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Hodie Christus Natus Est and Johan Sebastian Bach’s Cantata 140 on Friday, December 6, at 7:30 pm at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Click the article title for more information.

Our parish will receive one of the miracle torches of Our Lady of Guadalupe on November 9, at the 5:00 PM Mass. The torch will remain for a week, reminding us that Mary bore in her womb Jesus, the Light of the World. It is also a reminder of the upcoming feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Festive Procession that will take place in Trenton on Saturday, December 7, concluding with Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary celebrated by Bishop O’Connell. Click the article title for details.

Our parish Social Justice/Social Concerns Committee will again be collecting frozen turkeys and non-perishable items to fill Thanksgiving baskets those who are in need. We ask you to bring food for a Thanksgiving Day meal, such as frozen turkeys, potatoes, vegetables, stuffing, gravy mix, and dessert. Click the article title for more information.

It is the very times that we feel most stressed and pressed for time that we can short change our spouse. After all, he or she will understand. Today, take a moment when you next see your spouse to pause and offer a warm, knowing glance. No words need be spoken. Takes maybe 5 seconds. You can spare the change.

Some people hold the position that while abortion should not be allowed in most cases, it should be permissible in cases of rape, incest, and the health of the mother (“health” here defined as not a life-threatening condition yet still a source of pain for the mother). Is it possible to have this position as a Catholic and a person of goodwill? Click the article title for the answer.

Click the article title to see the stewardship report of Nov. 3.

Please pray especially this week, during our Called by Name campaign, for vocations to the priesthood. Click the article title for a prayer for priestly vocations from St. John Paul II.

Today (November 2-3), please submit names of men ages 16-40 who you think would make a fine priest by placing your CALLED BY NAME response card in the collection basket. You may also drop off the card at the parish office. Please continue to pray for the success of this program in our parish and our diocese, especially during these weeks of prayer for vocations.

Join us for a journey from Grief to Healing. Beginning November 11, Our Lady of Sorrows – St Anthony and St. Gregory the Great will offer a Bereavement Program that will run for 9 consecutive Mondays from 10 to 11 am in the Church Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows. The program is open to anyone in the Lumen Christi Cohort parishes who has lost a loved one. Click the article title for details.

During October, 271 hours of service were provided by 42 volunteers to 37 persons. Click the article title for information on the types of services we provide, and how to join this ministry as either a caregiver or care receiver.

Click the article title to see the sanctuary lamp intentions for the week of November 3.

Do you have any grocery store paper bags to recycle? The Food Pantry would love to have them for their Thanksgiving distribution on November 23. Please drop them off before November 14.

For the year 2020, the Mercer County Federation of Holy Name Societies is again offering a scholarship to a graduating high school senior who, with the senior’s parents, are practicing Roman Catholics and members of the parish. Click the article title for details.