The Respect Life Group would like to thank you for your generous support of the recent Right to Life Raffle OLS-SA parishioners purchased 220 tickets thus contributing nearly $2300 (including donations) to support NJRTL with their much needed, ongoing pro-life efforts here in New Jersey. Click here to see the winners!

The Diocese of Trenton is committed to the initiatives outlined in the U.S. Bishop’s Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People and to its own policies and guidelines in regard to the reporting and investigation of sexual abuse allegations involving minors. Click here for more information on how to report such abuse.

It is appropriate in this holy season to make sure that our customs and traditions reflect the "reason for the season." Click here to find a link to a blessing you and your family can pray as you first turn on the lights of your Christmas tree.

During Advent, you can carry the lighted Advent candle in procession at the beginning of each weekend Mass! If you are interested, please arrive at church 20 minutes before Mass starts, and speak to the assisting Deacon.

Next Sunday, December 14, will be Bambinelli Sunday, the blessing of the Baby Jesus, at all Masses. We invite you, especially our children, to bring your “Gesu Bambino” from your home nativity scene to Mass on December 14.

Click here to see the schedule for the Christmas season.

A second collection will be taken up at every Mass on the weekend of December 6-7 for maintenance of the National Shrine, the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, DC. Click here for details.

There will be only one Mass on Thanksgiving Day, and the day after. Only the 9:00 AM Mass will be celebrated on each day.

ALL liturgical ministers--Lectors, EMHCs, Sacristans, Adult Altar Servers, Musicians, and Ushers--are invited and strongly encouraged to attend this morning of reflection on December 6. The morning will begin with Mass at 9:00 AM, followed by a light breakfast, a short presentation and time for private reflection ending at 12noon. Click here for contact and other information.

Join us for the 9:00 AM Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church to start your day with thanksgiving to God. After the Mass, blessed loaves of bread will be distributed for you to share with your family on this special day.

During the weekends of October 118-19 and 25-26, attendance was taken at all weekend Masses, in accord with the annual "October Count" reported to the Diocesan Office of Pastoral Planning. Click here for more information

Everyone is invited to the celebration of Holy Mass to commend to the Lord our parishioners who have died in the past year. The Mass will be held on Saturday, November 8, at 10:30 AM at Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

Don’t forget to vote this Tuesday…a most important day for the Garden State! The Catechism (#2239) reminds us that “the duty to vote is one of co-responsibility for society… As Catholics our consciences should be specifically informed as to the greatest moral principles, so that we may vote with them in mind."

Our special Liturgy of the Word for Children will be offered at the 11:00 Mass on Nov. 9, and Nov. 16. All children in Grades K-4 are invited to join us as we hear God’s Word and respond to the Good News of the Gospel!

If you have made a baby blanket during Respect Life Month (October), please bring it to the church this weekend (Nov. 1-2). We will be in the Church Hall at St. Anthony Church and in Holy Family Hall at Our Lady of Sorrows Church after all Masses. We can't wait to see what you've made!

Click here to find the liturgical schedule for All Saints Day and All Souls Day.

During the this weekend and next, (October 18-19 & 25-26) our Ushers will be taking “attendance” at all Masses as part of our annual “October Count.” These figures will be sent to the diocesan Office of Pastoral Planning. We trust that the counting will not be too much of a distraction to your prayer.

The Lumen Christi Cohort invites all current and retired persons who work or worked in the healthcare professions--physicians, nurses, technicians, chaplains, etc.--to participate in a special White Mass celebration on October 19, at 11:30 AM at St. Raphael's church in Hamilton. Friends and supporters are also welcome!

All men are invited to an empowering Evening of Reflection on Wednesday, October 16 at 6:00 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

The Cohort Mission team is asking for volunteers during the mission (held on October 6 -8) to greet and usher people, to direct parking, and to make sure any debris left in the church is picked up. We need your names by September 22 to print name tags! Click here for details.