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No one would want it to snow at Easter, but we would like you to recall the impact of snow of the winter season when you consider making your Easter gift to the parish. The cost of snow plowing was especially high due to multiple storms and the size of our two church and school campuses. In light of this extraordinary expense, we ask everyone to be extra generous to the parish this Easter. And we thank you!

Those who ordered palm crosses may pick them up on Saturday, March 14, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM at the garage at Our Lady of Sorrows.

Fr. Daniel Cahill and Fr. Martin O'Reilly will preside at the annual Irish Unity Mass at St. Anthony Church on Saturday, March 7 at 10:00. The flag raising and commemoration ceremony will follow immediately after Mass.

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 makes a suitable adornment for the cemetary or garden. The cost for each Palm Cross is $13.50. Click here for more information.

Click here to see a schedule of Lenten Pilgrimage Churches.

The Lumen Christi Cohort (OLS-SA, St. Gregory the Great, and St. Raphael-Holy Angels) is sponsoring an exhibit on the Shroud of Turin, including a full-sized replica of the shroud, display panels on the history and scientific investigations of the Shroud, and a statue of Jesus based on the three-dimensional data contained in the shroud image. If you ever had any doubts about the death and resurrection of Jesus, you can't miss this exhibit. Click here for details!

Join Catholic men from across the Diocese of Trenton for the 29th Annual Men’s Conference on Saturday, February 28, at St. Mary Mother of God Church, Middletown. Click here for more information.

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.

On Wedesday, February 11, the Church celebrates the appearance of our Blessed Mother to Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes. Click here for more information.

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!

Due to the snow storm of January 25, and the cancellation of the Masses that day, the intentions for those Masses have been transferred to a later date. Click here to see the new dates.

On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Church invites us to esteem the witness of those who have chosen to follow Christ by means of the evangelical counsels: poverty, chastity, and obedience. Let us pray for all consecrated sisters and brothers that the Lord may make fruitful their apostolate and grant their communities many vocations.

Monday, February 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, called Candlemas Day. Click here for more information.

The Memorial of St. Blaise, Bishop & Martyr, is celebrated on Tuesday, Feb. 3, with a traditional blessing of throats. Join us for either the 7:00 AM or 9:00 AM Mass, followed in both cases by the blessing of throats!

If you want to learn more about your faith, but don't want to tackle a whole book, check out Formed. Click here for more information.

In light of the impending severe snow storm, all Sunday Masses are CANCELLED. Please do not travel under hazardous conditions. We urge everyone to assist at Mass on Saturday evening: 4:00 pm (St. Anthony) and 5:00 pm (OLS) and to remain at home on Sunday.

Thanks are due for the wonderful work of our liturgy committee members, decorators, and maintenance and office staff who dedicated so many hours of their time to prepare our churches for the Christmas Celebration. We also thank all our liturgical ministers who assisted at the numerous Masses of the Christmas Vigil and Christmas Day

Many hands make light work! Are you able to give 1-2 hours about 8 times a year caring for our parish altar linens at St. Anthony Church? Click here for details.

January 1 is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, a holy day of obligation. Click here to find the Mass schedule for the vigil and holy day Masses.