Bishop David M. O'Connell is happy this year to give a dispensation from the Lenten abstinence requirement for those attending a St. Patrick's Day celebration in a parish or other Catholic organization, but ask our Catholics attending that dinner/event to transfer the Lenten abstinence sacrifice to Thursday, March 16.

...and to dust you will return." This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on March 1. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. There will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends, beginning February 4 and 5, to hold the palms.

Click the article title to find a link to the schedule of Masses and Confessions for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, on New Year's weekend.

If you brought or sent a picture of a loved one to be placed by Our Lady at either Our Lady of Sorrows or St. Anthony Church during November, please pick it up at the Parish Office during regular business hours. Click the article title for details.

Starting the weekend of November 26-27, the Church will be celebrating the season of Advent, a time to anticipate the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. Our parish will continue its tradition of inviting families to carry the lighted Advent candle in procession at the beginning of each weekend Mass. Click the article title for information on how you can participate!

You are invited to this glorious celebration, presented by the five parishes of the Hamilton/Robbinsville/Allentown Cohort of Faith in Our Future. Click the article title for details.

...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 details on other remembrances.

Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. This means that Catholics over 14 years of age must abstain from meat (and soup or gravy made from meat) on Fridays of Lent. This includes Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, which are also days when we are obliged to fast.

Reading two chapters a day of fellow diocesan parishioner Bob Dunne's 909 Days that Changed the World would provide a great way to make this Lent a special one and get closer to Jesus. Click the article title if you're interested.

Click the article title to see a schedule of Lenten services and opportunities this week.

...and to dust you will return." This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 10. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. There will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends beginning January 16-17, to hold the palms.

The month of November is dedicated to prayer for the faithful departed. Click the article title to find out how our parish remembers our beloved deceased.

During Advent, our parish will continue the tradition of inviting families to carry the lighted Advent candle in procession at the beginning of each weekend Mass. If your family is interested in participating in this special tradition, please arrive at church 20 minutes before Mass starts and let the deacon know that you are interested in carrying in the Advent candle.