Next weekend (November 2-3), all the parishes of the Diocese of Trenton will be promoting vocations to the priesthood through a program, Called by Name. During this week, pray for a young man (age 16-40) who you think would make a good priest. Details next Sunday! Click the article title for a prayer to the Lord of the Harvest for vocations, from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.

Click the article title for the story about the "Magic Bank Account."

On Sunday, October 13th, the 102nd anniversary of the Fatima Miracle of the Sun, Rosary rallies are taking place: along coasts and borders; at state capitols; in parks; on beaches; along busy streets; as well as outside and inside Churches and Shrines. Many others are joining in from wherever they can to pray the Rosary simultaneously at 4 pm Eastern, 3 pm Central, 2 pm Mountain, 1 pm Mountain, noon Alaska, 10 am Hawaii. Our parish will be praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary after the 11:00 AM Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows. Please join us then, or at 4:00 PM wherever you happen to be. Click the article title for more information.

K of C Council 6213 invites you to join them at Columbus Hall on October 25 from 7 to 11 PM. Click the article title for more information.

For a day of prayer and fasting for Life! We will be holding a vigil in front of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday, October 3, with scheduled devotions as well as times for quiet, private prayer before the Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity of Jesus. If you can't be there, please join us by praying with us wherever you are! Click the article title for a link to the schedule of events.

to a presentation on "The Sexual Revolution: Sharing the Message of Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later," by Rev. Tadeus Pacholczyk, Ph.D. He is a priest and bioethicist (for more about Fr. Tad, click the article title). The presentation will be on October 22, at 7:00 PM at St. John the Baptist Church in Allentown. Click the article title for more information.

St. Gregory the Great's Respect Life group will be showing "Sexual Revolution: 50 Years since Humanae Vitae on Friday, Sept. 20, at 7:00 PM, in the E-Center (the building right before the school, closest to Nottingham Way). Click the article title for more information.

OLS-SA parish is looking for a volunteer to take over the duties of Director of the Intramural Basketball program for the upcoming season. If you are interested, or might be interested, please click the article title for contact information.

Are you grieving? Are you blaming God for your loss? Do you want to know if this grief is normal? Look on the Grief Support page under Worship & Liturgy > Funerals for information on the stages of grief, some simple things you can do to help you get through it, and contact information for local grief support groups. You can get help.

...a Catholic sisterhood of Faith, Friendship, Goodwill, and Charitable service to others? The St. David the King Columbiettes cordially invite the ladies of the parish and their friends to join. Click the article title for more information.

Will be held at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, in Freehold, on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at 7:00 PM. The celebrant will be the Very Reverend Robert S. Grodnicki, VF, Pastor of St. Luke Parish, Toms River. Light refreshments will follow in the parish center.

To see the July newsletter from Mercer Life, go to the Respect Life page under Ministries, and scroll down to the Documents section under the menu and news articles.

We care about the changes in your life, so please keep us informed if one of your loved ones is hospitalized or moves into assisted living or a nursing home. Let us know when you’re moving—we may not join your painting party, but we will update our records. And please remind your children that once they achieve the age of 21, they need to register on their own.

Are you thinking about marriage or planning a wedding? Check out the Matrimony page, under Worship & Liturgy > The Sacraments, for basic information about the sacrament of marriage and church teaching on marriage. For information specific to planning a wedding, look under Worship & Liturgy > Weddings. There you’ll find information on what you can and can’t do in a Catholic wedding ceremony, as well as a series of pages on preparing for marriage, including information on scheduling your wedding, marriage preparation programs, the wedding liturgy and music, and suggested offerings.

If an abortion is impacting you, remember that God loves you, just as much as He loves your child. If you would like to experience a weekend of God's love and mercy for yourself, come to a Rachel's Vineyard Retreat, where you can find help and healing in an atmosphere of fellowship and compassion. Click the article title for more information.

Come and Experience God’s Grace and Mercy! Our Mission speaker, Fr. Dave Pivonka, T.O.R., will hold a special event for diocesan youth and young adults on Sunday, April 28, at St. Raphael's Church, beginning with Mass at 5:00 PM. Food and fellowship will follow in the Parish Center. Afterwards, there will be Eucharistic Adoration, teaching, reconciliation, and praise and worship. Please register, so we'll know how much food to provide!

Our faith teaches us, and embryologists have concluded, that life begins at fertilization (conception). Despite this scientific reality, pro-abortionists refute the medical evidence in favor of an unnatural assertion that life begins at embryo uterine implantation. Abortifacients are drugs or devices that end rather than avoid pregnancy by preventing the fertilized embryo from implanting in the mother’s uterus. Since implantation occurs several days after fertilization, abortifacients are morally equivalent to abortion and represent a concealed attack on the human embryo.

We are calling all high school teenagers, college students, young adults, and youth leaders to join us for a week of service, friendships, spiritual growth, and memories that will last a lifetime. The week of July 7 - 12, 2019, BOLD will be sending teens from multiple parishes to Hartford, CT for a week of service and fun with Catholic Heart Work Camp.