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We collected over 100 items for babies during our Baby Blanket Drive in October, thanks to the generosity of our parishioners, who used their time and talent to create lovely items that will show our care for the babies whose mothers have chosen life! For a link to see photos of the items, click here.

If you have made a baby blanket during Respect Life Month (October), please bring it to the church this weekend (Nov. 1-2). We will be in the Church Hall at St. Anthony Church and in Holy Family Hall at Our Lady of Sorrows Church after all Masses. We can't wait to see what you've made!

...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.

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.

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.

The Diocese of Trenton is committed to the initiatives outlined in the U.S. Bishop’s Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People and to its own policies and guidelines in regard to the reporting and investigation of sexual abuse allegations involving minors. Click here for more information.

October is Respect Life Month, and we are asking all parishioners who know how to crochet, knit, quilt, etc. to make a baby blanket during October for the local crisis pregnancy center. Give these mothers the gift of knowing someone cares enough to create a soft, bright, welcoming blanket for their baby. Click here for more information.

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.

History was made recently when Planned Parenthood and other big businesses were banned from receiving federal Medicaid dollars for a period of one year. However, Planned Parenthood sued, and a preliminary court ordered injunction was granted that requires taxpayer funding to continue. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites Catholics to pray daily throughout this month to end taxpayer funding of the abortion industry, invoking St. Joseph, Defender of Life. Click here for the prayer.

Click here to see an excerpt from a letter received from Good Counsel in response to our Lenten Work of Love.

Click here to see an excerpt from a letter received from Options for Her, one of the pro-life pregnancy centers we collected for during our Lenten Work of Love.

Thanks for being so generous to our Lenten “Work of Love” to benefit pro-life women’s centers. The total collected throughout the season was $11,291.50. The funds were shared equally by Options for Her, Trenton and Good Counsel Home, Riverside.

The wounds of abortion can be crippling. One may or may not be able to name the pain or recognize any of the symptoms. A Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat is a chance to address this painful time through a supportive, non-judgemental process, in a confidential and compassionate atmosphere. Click here for more information.

The Respect Life Ministry of OLS-SA is hosting a group rosary at an online Zoom conference every Wednesday evening at 6:45 PM. We invite everyone to join us in praying this rosary as a group for the express intention of an end to abortion. Click the article title for contact information and details.

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court legalized abortion throughout the United States. Although the Dobbs v. Jackson decision by the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it left the decision on abortion to the states, and our state of New Jersey is one of those which are hostile to unborn children. Our prayer and advocacy are still very needed. Click here for more information.

The Knights of Columbus Councils of St. Gregory the Great and St. Anthony of Padua Parishes are sponsoring a bus trip to the nation’s capital Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 24, 2025. Click here for details.

All are invited to participate in the Mass for Life and Life Expo on Friday, January 24, 2025, at 11:00 AM at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold. Click here for details.

The Respect Life Ministry would like to thank parishioners for their generous support of the recent sale of New Jersey Right to Life raffle tickets. OLS-SA parishioners purchased 215 tickets, contributing nearly $2,200 to support NJRTL with their on-going Pro Life efforts here in New Jersey.

Tickets benefiting New Jersey Right to Life are available in the parish office until Wednesday, November 6, for $10/ticket. The drawing will be held on November 22, 2024.

Pro-woman IS pro-life, and pro-life IS pro-woman. The idea that abortion empowers women is one of many lies in society that are, in reality, incredibly harmful to women. Abortion advocates perpetuate the myth that women must do violence to themselves in order to preserve their equality and the freedom to advance in the world. Click here to see an abridged article by Kimberly Baker from the USCCB website.