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Click here to see the pilgrimage churches for this week.

Click here to see a schedule of Lenten Pilgrimage Churches.

Ash Wednesday, February 18, is a day of fast and abstinence. Ashes will be distributed at all the Masses that day. Click here for the Mass schedule for Ash Wednesday.

Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday during Lent (except for Good Friday), at 7:00 PM. They will be held in English at Our Lady of Sorrows, and in Creole at St. Anthony Church.

Lent begins on Wednesday, February 18. We will be collecting blessed palms through February 15, to be burned for use on Ash Wednesday. Containers will be at the doors of both churches. Please bring loose palms only, no plastic bags, paper bags, rubber bands, plastic ties, or clips. Thank you!

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On Monday April 14, there will be a Lenten Pilgrimage to St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold.

Volunteers are needed to help decorate Our Lady of Sorrows Church on Good Friday immediately after The Seven Last Words Service (approximately 7:30 pm). This is a great opportunity for our students to receive service hours. Help us adorn the Lord’s House for the celebration of His Resurrection!

In addition to the to the usual 7:00 and 9:00 am weekday Masses, we invite you to take part in these opportunities to observe the Lenten Season this week--click here for the list.

To the Lenten Mission at St. Raphael-Holy Angels parish. Click here for more information.

Click here to see Lenten opportunities in Mercer County.

Click here for information on the liturgical lines for Lent.

Remember man that you are dust, and unto dust you will return. This year the penitential season of Lent begins on March 5. Please bring in all your palms from last year to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Place your palms in the containers at all church exit doors on February 22 through March 2.

The Easter appeal is one of the two most important collections of the year. Your generosity in this collection helps Our Lady of Sorrows-Saint Anthony to meet many expenses—not only the care of buildings and grounds but our obligations to our employees and our diocese. Please be as generous as your means allow.

Click here to find liturgical information on Holy Week, such as when funeral Masses are not permitted and other points of interest.

Help decorate Our Lady of Sorrows Church for Easter! Join the team at 8:00 PM on Good Friday, March 29.

We invite interested parishioners to participate in the Washing of the Feet ceremony duing the Holy Thursday liturgy. Click here for details.

Click here to see the opportunities offered this week to get closer to Jesus.

One of the ways Christians have traditionally observed Good Friday is by participating in a service on the seven last words of Jesus from the Cross. This year we are introducing this service on Good Friday (March 29) at 7:00 pm at Our Lady of Sorrows. Click here for more information.

The Rosary Altar Society is conducting its Annual Palm Cross Sale, the proceeds of which benefit Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish. The cross is approximately 12” x 20” and made of looped palms on a wooden cross and mounted on a stake which males a suitable adnornment for the cementary or garden. Click here for more details.