As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, may His peace, joy, and hope fill your hearts and homes. There will be no classes on Wednesday, December 24 and Sunday, December 28 and 31. Click here to see the full notice to our Religious Education Families.

Volunteers are needed to adorn Our Lady of Sorrows Church for the Christmas Feast on Tuesday, December 23rd, at 7:00 PM. Click here for more information.

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.

Do you ever wish you could find inspirational materials in either audio or video format? Well, since our parish subscribes to FORMED, you have access to an extensive library of these materials! Click here to find out how to access FORMED using the parish access code.

Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family. ∼ St. Angela Merici

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."

This year we are offering a variety of cakes, cheesecakes, pies, cream pies, and donuts from A&M Garden to complement your Thanksgiving dinner. Click here for more information.

...to a presentation on the Icon of Life, which was blessed by Cardinal Raymond Burke and carried at the 45th Annual March for Life in Washington, DC in 2018. Click here for details.

Bartolo Who? Find out more about this newly proclaimed saint by clicking here.

Our parish takes great pride in the recognition being accorded this Saturday, October 24 to Mrs. Mariyam Francis, our Director of Religious Education. Mrs. Francis will receive the Mt. Carmel Guild’s “Guild Neighbor Award” for her work to support its annual Thanksgiving Drive. We are proud of you, Mariyam!

Our Parish Cohort Mission under the direction of Fr. Bill Garrott, O.P. was truly inspiring, drawing so many ever closer to the Lord through his powerful words and music. Our heartfelt thanks to Fr. Garrott for deepening our understanding and love of the Triune God—the Father who blesses, the Son who heals, the Spirit who strengthens us. Click here for more thanks!

The parish Respect Life team invites you to join us in prayer for life, every Thursday in October, at noon, in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Each week we will pray a different set of prayers, for life and for healing. Click here for more information.

The Cohort Mission Planning Team would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who volunteered to help at the mission: parking assistants, greeters, ushers, sales, and reception hospitality! We would also like to thank all of those who so generously supplied food for the reception--we had more than enough, thanks to your generosity!

Let us keep our Deacons in prayer as they attend their annual convocation this weekend (October 17-19) in Princeton. May it be a time of fraternity, prayer, and continuing formation. Let us also thank Deacons Kevin, Salvatore, Joseph, and Nelson for their ministry which they carry out so well. We thank too, their good wives who are such a great support in their work.

October is a special time to focus on issues that impact our respect for all human life at every stage. The work of restoring a reverence for human life must continue. Click here for more information on what you can do.

If you plan to join us for a trip to the St. Francis Cabrini National Shrine and the Cloisters in New York, on Thursday, October 30, 2025, be sure to make your reservation and payment by this Wednesday, October 15. Click here for details.

Our parish subscribes to FORMED, an excellent resource for Catholic content, from movies to e-books to audio recordings, short or long! There's a lot of great stuff out there, and for you, it's free. Click here to find out how to access this treasure trove!

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.

Monday night Bible study resumes on September 15, at 7:00 PM, meeting in the Parish Library at Our Lady of Sorrows. Click here for contact information if you want to attend from home.

Please join us at the New Jersey Bishops' Mass for Life, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, in Trenton, on Thursday, September 25. Then, a short walk away at the Statehouse Annex, the NJ Rally & March for Life will be held at 11:00 AM. Click here for details.