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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!

The Knights of Columbus invite you to a Halloween Dance, on Friday, October 31st, at 7:00 in the Knights of Columbus Hall on Klockner Rd.

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.

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.

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.

This Saturday (July 26) the Church honors the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandparents of our Lord Jesus. Join us at our 9:00 AM Mass to invoke the Lord’s blessing upon all parents and grandparents.

The Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, NJ, is holding a retreat for Young people of college age (you don't have to actually be in college). Click here for more information.

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.

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.

Do you have an hour a week to help our seniors? If you could spare an hour a week, or even an hour a month, to visit one of our homebound seniors or drive someone to a medical appointment, please consider becoming a Caring Hearts volunteer! Click here for more information.

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

Mark your calendars now to celebrate the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne with your grandchildren at the Church of Saint Anthony on Friday, July 26, at 12:15 PM. We ask you to please register if you plan to attend, so we can order the necessary amount of refreshments! Click here for more information.

The OLS-SA Marriage Ministry invites you to join us for this special retreat designed for married couples, at the beautiful Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point. Click here for details, but act soon, as space is limited.

Men, ages 16-40: Want to learn more about discerning a vocation to the diocesan priesthood? Click here for information on a Vocations barbeque.

As we approach the month of May, a time we honor our heavenly and earthly mothers, let us remember to keep in prayer unborn children and their mothers. One way we can do this is by spiritually adopting a mother and child. It's not hard--just a short prayer every day for a child and his or her mother. Click here for more information.

All couples celebrating their 1st, 25th, or 50th (or more) anniversary in the 2024 calendar year, who are validly married in the Catholic Church and registered members of a parish in the Diocese of Trenton are invited to attend the 2024 Bishop’s Anniversary Blessing Masses for their county. Click here for more information.

The Diocese of Trenton Office of Pastoral Life & Mission is hosting a full-day retreat at San Alfonso Retreat Center on Wednesday, May 1, for anyone caring for family members or volunteers in caring ministries (visiting the sick and homebound, bereavement support, addiction and recovery ministry, other support groups or forms of spiritual accompaniment). Click here for more information.

...at 6 Flags/Great Adventure! Open to all youth and young adults. Click here for more information.