Lenten Program of Sacrifice - 2025

This year, our Lenten “Work of Love” is to benefit pro-life women’s centers: Options for Her, Trenton and Good Counsel Home, Riverside. These centers give women in crisis pregnancies the support they need to choose life, from the welcome they receive when they first contact the centers, throughout their pregnancy, and even after the child is born. These centers truly give women the full list of options, so they can make an informed choice, and if necessary, receive the emotional, financial, and practical support they need to choose life.

With Gratitude...

Thanks for being so generous to our Lenten “Work of Love” to benefit pro-life women’s centers: Options for Her, Trenton and Good Counsel Home, Riverside. The total collected throughout the season was $11,291.50. The funds were shared equally by the Centers. Our Parish Respect Life Group is very grateful for your support.

Below is an excerpt from a letter received from Options For Her:
 
Dear Monsignor,
 
Thank you so much for the beautiful “Work of Love” blessing you sent to our Trenton location. It was a wonderful surprise and came at just the right time – your generosity and thoughtfulness truly touched our hearts.
 
Because of support like yours, we are able to have medical staff on-site, providing ultrasounds, pregnancy tests and life-affirming resources to help women in crisis. Every day, we witness miracles—babies being saved, hearts being softened and lives being transformed. Women are not only receiving care but are encountering the love of Christ through our team.

Below is an excerpt from a letter received from Good Counsel for our Lenten “Work of Love”
 
Dear Msgr. Gervasio:
 
On behalf of our moms and babies, I want to sincerely thank you for your generous donation to Good Counsel. It is because of compassionate donors like you that we are able to support those who feel that they have no choice.
 
Since 1985, Good Counsel has had 1,366 babies born and we have served over 8,400 mothers and children.
 
Your generosity is a catalyst for transformation, granting the gift of hope for women who knock on our door. Abuse, addiction and abandonment are replaced by a nurturing environment that promotes growth and resilience.
 
God bless you!!

With Gratitude…

Our 2024 Lenten Work of Love

Many thanks to all who generously donated to this year’s “Work of Love” throughout the holy season of Lent. We are delighted to report that donations amounted to $15,030!

These funds will be forwarded to the Voluntas Dei Institute in Haiti to assist with the restoration of the residence for the priests and seminarians of the community.  The residence was ruined, a casualty of the social turmoil that has enveloped Haiti. The priests and seminarians were displaced. Your generosity will help bring them together again.

May the Lord bless you for your generosity and love. Let us pray that the violence and upheaval in Haiti will cease. May our Haitian brothers and sisters know justice and peace.

This Year's Work of Charity

A Seminary Residence in Haiti

Fr. Evens Francis, of the Institute Voluntas Dei, has appealed to us for help in acquiring a new residence for priests and seminarians of the community. The house of formation was the target of widespread looting and destruction. As a result, a new residence is needed to bring the community together. Voluntas Dei Institute is an international secular institute of pontifical right, present in more than ten countries, including the United States.

You can donate to this appeal by placing your gift in the poor boxes at the doors of our churches. All poor box donations throughout Lent will be dedicated to our Lenten Work of Love. Checks should be made payable to Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony.