Please remember to return your All Souls Remembrance envelope. These, with the names of your beloved deceased, will be placed upon our altar through November in prayerful remembrance at all Masses. You are also invited to place a framed photo at the shrines of Our Lady in our churches.

A special All Soul's Day Mass will be offered at St. Mary's Cemetery & Mausoleum on Friday, November 2, at 10:00 AM. Click the article title for details.

The month of November is dedicated to prayer for the faithful departed. During this month the names of our beloved deceased, indicated on the envelopes you have returned, will be placed upon the altars of our churches. There they will remain for prayerful remembrance. Click the article title for information about the photo memorials in our churches.

If you have lost a loved one and would like help dealing with the pain and grief of your loss, please call Deacon Jeff Pierfy (609-245-8614).

You are invited to place the names of your loved ones who gave their lives for our freedom in one of the parish's Books of Remembrance, located by Our Lady’s statue in Our Lady of Sorrows and at the Altar of Remembrance in St. Anthony.

A free seminar on funeral planning will be offered on Monday, April 30, at 2:00 PM in Our Lady of Sorrows Church Hall. Click the article title for details.

Pre-ordered crosses will be available for pickup on March 17 and 18 after all masses at both churches at the location selected on the order form. On Friday, March 16, those who identified OLS as their pickup location will be able to pick up their palm crosses from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The Rosary Altar Society is conducting its Annual Palm Cross Sale, which proceeds benefit Our Lady of Sorrows School. For more information, click the article title.

October 15 is Infant Loss Awareness Day. A Mass of Healing for Infant & Pregnancy Loss will be celebrated at St. Gregory the Great Church, at 7 PM on October 12, for those whose families have suffered the loss of an infant through miscarriage, stillbirth, or regretted abortion, and those who have journeyed with their child through a fatal illness. Please invite anyone you believe can benefit from this healing Mass.

While the Church continues to prefer burial in the ground, it accepts cremation as an option, but forbids the scattering of ashes and the growing practice of keeping cremated remains at home.

The Rosary Altar Society is conducting its annual Palm Cross Sale, which is a fundraiser for our parish. Order forms are in the February 21 bulletin. For more information (cross size, order deadline, pick-up date), click the article title.

Have you lost a loved one? Would you like someone to help you deal with the pain and grief of your loss? Deacon Jeff Pierfy has sixteen years experience counseling the bereaved. If you are interested in meeting with Deacon Pierfy, please call the parish office (587-4372)

You're invited to an All Souls Day Mass at St. Mary's Cemetery and Mausoleum (Bldg. A) on Monday, November 2, at 10:00 AM. Click the article title for details.

Those saddened by the recent loss of a loved one may need some time to work through the natural process of grieving. Sharing thoughts, feelings, and experiences is a most helpful way to get beyond the pain or loneliness cause by the death of a loved one. Click the article title for more information on a series to help the bereaved after the loss of a loved one.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of our parishioner, Joan Bartolomei, who also served our parish for nine years as Director of Pastoral Outreach. We commend her to your prayers, and offer our prayerful condolences to her husband, Tom, and her siblings, Judith and John. Services at Our Lady of Sorrows Church are as follows: Rite of Reception - Friday, October 9, from 5:00 to 5:15 p.m., followed by Visitation until 8:00 p.m. Visitation on Saturday, October 10, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. Committal to follow at Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery.

St. Paul's Church (214 Nassau St, Princeton) announces a support group for those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. Click the article title for details.

Have you lost a loved one? Would you like someone to help you deal with the pain and grief of your loss? Deacon Jeff Pierfy has fifteen years experience counseling the bereaved. If you are interested in meeting with Deacon Pierfy, please call the parish office.

Have you lost a loved one? Would you like someone to help you deal with the pain and grief of our loss? Click the article title for contact information.

While the Church warmly recommends that the faithful receive Holy Communion each time they participate in the celebration of the Eucharist, she also sets forth various requisites for its reception. Click the article title for more information.

All Souls Day Mass will be offered at St. Mary's Mausoleum, Building A on November 2, at 10:00 AM. For details, click the article title.