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Our Thanksgiving Food Drive will be held the weekend of November 7–8 and we invite everyone to bring non-perishable food items to share with the needy families in our community.

Imagine redirecting up to $1,700 of the taxes you already owe ($3,400 for married couples) straight into scholarships for New Jersey students! This could affect YOU! Click here for more information.

Join us for a solemn novena to St. Jude Thadeus, at St. Michael's Church on Brunswick Ave, in Trenton.

If you love children and would like to join us for a few hours each week or day, click here to find out more about several open positions at our school.

Please join us in prayer at 4:30 PM on Tuesday October 13th, at St John the Baptist Church in Yardville, in front of the outdoor image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Click here for contact information.

During September, 34 parishioners provided 218.5 hours of service to 26 persons. If you would like more information to join this ministry, either as a caregiver or a care receiver, click here for more information.

Once again, the Hamilton Knights of Columbus (Hamilton Council #6213) is collecting donations to provide coats for kids who need them! Click here for information on how to participate!

Click here for information on the diocesan Mass for Healthcare Professionals, on October 18, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold.

The Rosary Altar Society is sponsoring a Day of Recollection on October 17, from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM. Click here for details.

October is Respect Life Month, and once again, our parish will be making and collecting baby blankets for expectant mothers experiencing crisis pregnancies. Click here for more information.

During August, 32 parishioners provided 201.3 hours of service to 29 persons. To find out more about what services are provided and how to sign up to either give or receive care, click here.

We hope that everyone who came to our parish picnic enjoyed it. We thank all those who helped to organize and assisted to make the afternoon a success! Special thanks to Jen Petro and her team of helpers, and Brad Buxton, our director of maintenance, without whose help the picnic could not take place!

Family to Family is an 8-session educational program for family members and friends of adults (18+) living with mental illness. Sessions will be held from October 1 to November 19 at the NAMI Mercer Center at 1235 Whilehorse-Mercerville Road, Bldg. C Ste 303. Click here for details

In honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the blessing of pets will be held on Sunday, October 4, at 12:30 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows. Bring your pets to the garden by the elevator entrance to the church. In the event of rain on Sunday, the blessing will be moved to Monday, October 5 at 6:00 PM.

St Anthony High School Class of 1976, celebrating their 50th anniversary of graduation, cordially invites all alumni and their guests to a Mass to the celebrated at Thrive Charter School (formerly St. Anthony High School) on Saturday, September 19 at 10:00 am. Refreshments will be served after Mass in the Cafeteria. Click here for a link to more information.

The parish picnic has been moved indoors due to the forecast of inclement weather! Please still join us for food and fun indoors, in Holy Family Hall (below the church), after the 11:00 Mass!

September 9 is the feast of St. Peter Claver. Click here to find out more about this saint.

Sessions begin on September 13. If you did not receive your child's class assignment, please contact us immediately! Parents who have not registered their child are kindly asked to do so as soon as possible. Thank you!

This Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. There will be a diocesan Mass of Remembrance at 7:00 PM at the St. Mary, Mother of God Church in Middletown, celebrated by Bishop David M. O'Connell.

Please join us for food, games, and fellowship at the parish picnic on Sunday, September 13th. Click here for more information, or see the Parish Picnic page, under Ministries > Community Life > Parish Picnic.