This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 26. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week, there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.

Check out the news article on the Trenton Rally for Life in front of the State House, held on January 22. Click the article title for a link to the article.

The OLS-SA Rosary Altar Society invites you to join us on Wednesday, April 29, for a trip to the Sight and Sound Theater in Lancaster to see the play "Queen Esther". Click the article title for more information.

The Diocese of Trenton is sponsoring a pilgrimage to Poland and Prague: In the Footsteps of Saint John Paul II, on April 29 - May 8 of 2020. Click the article title for more information.

This Wednesday, May 22, is the Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia. This 14th Century woman of the Umbria Region of Italy, is the Patron of Christian Mothers and Saint of the Impossible.

Of course we know that respecting life is a human imperative that cannot and must not be limited to a single month or a single day. It is an "everyday and always" cause that is not unique to any one religious belief or denomination. For Catholics, however, respecting life, especially the unborn, is intrinsic to our identity as people of faith. It admits no denial, no exception, no compromise. “Every life is cherished, chosen, sent,” as the theme of Respect Life Month expresses.

The Relics of Saint Anthony To Visit Our Co-Cathedral The relics of St. Anthony, making a ten day tour of the United States from the Basilica in Padua, will be at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, 60 Georgia Road, Freehold, this Wednesday, October 10. Click the article title for details about the program.

The USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities is initiating a Novena for the Legal Protection of Life from Friday, August 3, to Friday, September 28. Click the article title to find out more!

Click the article title to see the Holy Father's prayer intentions for July, 2018.

This week, on June 29, we celebrate the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Click the article title for a short meditation on the Church and St. Peter.

Happy Father's Day! God is calling all men to Respect Life at all stages and to help, especially, those who have no voice. Join us for our next Respect Life meeting, on Thursday, July 12, to find out how you can help to defend the helpless. Click the article title for more information.

Click the article title to find a reflection on the presence of Jesus Christ, Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity, in the Blessed Sacrament.

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, grants a plenary indulgence for Our Lady of Fatima's Centennial. Click the article title for details.

Memorial of St. John Vianney, Patron of Priests. Let us keep in prayer all priests, especially those who have ministered to us through the years. Let us commend to the Lord's mercy the souls of our departed priests.

We are grateful to Anna Vasta for donating the red roses blessed and distributed at our Masses on the Feast of St. Rita of Cascia, May 22. For information on the significance of the red roses, see the page on St. Rita of Cascia, under Faith Formation > All Things Catholic > Saints.

One-time Special Collection on May 13-14 for the beautification of the dome of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC (the National Shrine). Click the article title to find out more.

Click the article title to see two meditations on St. Joseph.

Join us in a festive celebration of the Solemnity of St. Joseph on Monday, March 20. An additional Mass will be celebrated at 7:00 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, followed by the traditional blessing of the "Saint Joseph Table." If you have given up "sweets" for Lent, you are hereby "dispensed" since St. Joseph's feast is a joyful break in our Lenten observance!