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To celebrate our nation's 250th birthday, we will hold a parish excursion to Philadelphia. Details to come!

The 30th Annual Golf Outing will be held on September 28, at the Mercer Oaks Gold Club.

Tens of thousands of couples have healed their marriages through Retrouvaille (pronounced Retro-vy). It provides help for marriage problems, difficulties or crises, and couples learn to build communication skills and to increase intimacy. Click here for more information, and if you know anyone who could benefit from this program, please pass this on.

From emergency shelter to transitional and permanent housing, Anchor House works to ensure our young people have a safe home as well as supportive and educational services for a better future. Click here for the link to support this year's 500 mile cycling fundraiser which will take place July 11-18.

Our parish will be hosting the Loaves and Fishes meal at St. Mary's Cathedral in Trenton on June 27, and we need volunteers! We also need volunteers on Friday, June 26, to prepare boxed lunches for distribution on Saturday. Click here for a link to more information.

On this 250th anniversary of the founding of our country, our Bishop David O'Connell, in union with all of the bishops of the United States of America, has requested that all Catholics consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Click here for the prayer of consecration.

On Friday, June 12, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we heed the appeal of the US bishops to consecrate our nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in observance of the 250th birthday of our nation. Click here to find the prayers for this, and for the sanctification of all priests.

If you have a child or know of a child between the ages of 6 and 14 and would be interested in his or her baptism, we would be delighted to prepare them through a one-week program in July. Click here for more information.

If you are a practicing Catholic who is 18 years or older, comfortable communicating the truths of our faith, committed to the teachings of the Church, and willing to live out your baptismal call of service, consider becoming a Catechist! We will provide training. Click here for more information.

You are invited to come and see, and consider the vocation of the priesthood in the Diocese of Trenton, on Friday, June 12. Come to Ascension Church in Bradley Beach, for a Holy Hour at 5:00 PM and Mass at 6:00 PM, with dinner to follow. Click here for more information.

There will be a Mass for Catholics in recovery on June 7 at 1:00 PM at the Church of the Epiphany in Brick, NJ. Click here for details.

The OLS PTA is hosting a Cash Bingo on Friday, May 15, at Our Lady of Sorrows School. Click here for details.

The New Jersey Catholic Youth Rally will be held at Six Flags Great Adventure on May 17, 2026. Click here for more information.

During April, 32 parishioners provided 178 hours of service to 28 persons. Click here to find out what kind of services are provided, and how to sign up to be a care giver or care receiver.

Registration is underway for our Summer "Intensive Program", which will serve students preparing for the sacraments in Grades 1 & 2 and 7 & 8. Click here for dates.

We invite all children ages 4 through 11 to join us on July 6 though 10 for a wonderful week of learning, fun activities, and growing in faith. Sessions are from 8 AM to 12 PM. Click here for a link to more information.

Corporate Sunday is May 3 at St. Anthony Church. The monthly meeting will be held on Monday, May 11. A Marian prayer service, May Crowning and induction of new member will begin at 7 PM in Our Lady of Sorrows Church. All are welcome. The Prayer Shawl meeting is on Monday May 18, at 1:00 PM. For details, click here.

Let us remember in our prayers our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV who celebrates this Friday, May 8, the first anniversary of his election to the papacy.