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The Prayer Shawl group will meet this month on September 15, at 1:00 PM, in the Church Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows. Our Mission is to create prayer shawls, lap robes, and dialysis blankets for those under treatment, and for those in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. We also create baby blankets for distribution at local Pro-Life pregnancy centers. We are always delighted to welcome new members, even if you don't yet know how to crochet. Knitters are also welcome! Click here for more information.

Next weekend (September 13-14), Mt. Carmel Guild's Restaurant Raffle Tickets will be on sale after Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows, to benefit the Guild's charitable works.

Feeding the hungry never ceases to be important. Food pantries always need staples such as peanut butter, jelly, cereal, soup, pasta, pasta sauce, and canned vegetables, but any nonperishables you can donate to Mt Carmel Guild or St Raphael’s Food Pantry are greatly appreciated. Just place them in the receptacles at the doors of our churches.

During July, 30 parishioners provided 194 hours of service to 26 persons. If you would like more information on joining this satisfying ministry, either as a caregiver or a care receiver, please contact Anne ([email protected]; 609-586-6596.

The Prayer Shawl group will meet on Monday, July 14, at 1:00 PM in the Church Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows. If you are interested in making prayer shawls for the sick, dialysis blankets for those undergoing dialysis, or baby blankets, please join us. Click here for more information.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians is sponsoring the William Hogan Memorial Blood Drive, on Tuesday, July 15, from 2 to 7 PM. Click here for more information.

During June, 27 parishioners provided 149 hours of service to 26 persons. Click here to see what services are offered, and for contact information to sign up to give or receive these services.

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

During May, 25 parishioners provided 138.5 hours of service to 26 persons. To find out what services are provided, click here.

Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County is seeking volunteers to serve seniors and adults with disabilities in our community. Click here for more information.

Our parish hosts the Loaves & Fishes distribution at St. Mary's Cathedral on Saturday, June 28. To prepare for this, we will be making bag lunches for the event on Friday evening, June 27, and then serving lunch at the Cathedral on Saturday morning, June 28. Click here for more information.

On July 30 the Diocese will celebrate a “Jubilee for Parish Personnel,” an opportunity to thank those who do so much in out parishes to foster the Church’s mission. It will also be an occasion to mark Bishop O’Connell’s 15th anniversary as our shepherd. We would like to do so by presenting the Bishop with a “Bouquet of Good Works” to offered by the faithful of the Diocese. Click here for details.

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.

At all Masses next weekend (June 14-15), Fr. Mehu Charles Joseph will be with us as part of the Diocesan Missionary Cooperation Plan. Please be generous to his appeal.

The Lumen Christi Cohort 6 (St. Gregory the Great, St. Raphael-Holy Angels and Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parishes) has joined Interfaith Caregivers of Mercer County’s Walk for Wellness on June 21. Click here to find out how you can help!

Our parish will be helping to feed the needy of our city on the weekend of June 27-28. Click here for more information on how you can help.

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 Prayer Shawl group will hold its monthly meeting in the Church Meeting Room at 1:00 PM on Monday, May 12. Please join us if you'd like to make prayer shawls, dialysis blankets, or baby blankets; if you have any of the above you'd like to donate; or even if you'd like to learn how to crochet. And if you have (or know someone who has) extra yarn you (or they) want to get rid of, you can leave it with us! We'll be happy to take it off your hands!

During March, 32 parishioners provided 165 hours of service to 32 individuals. Caring Hearts volunteers provide a variety of non-medical services to our homebound elderly and disabled neighbors. Click here for more information on signing up for this ministry.