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Bishop O'Connell will celebrate the Annual Diocesan Anniversary Blessing Mass on Sunday, October 19, at 3:00 PM at St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Freehold. Click the article title for details on how to register.

Click the article title to find the Mass Schedule for the Solemnity of the Ascension, a Holy Day of Obligation.

The parish office will be closed on May 26, in observance of Memorial Day.

The 2015 Mass Books for both of our churches will open on Tuesday, July 1. Meanwhile, there are still some Masses available for intention in 2014. Click the article title for details.

Click the article title to see the intentions for Our Lady of Sorrows Church and St. Anthony Church.

Our parish youth ministry students will be collecting hygiene product donations to be distributed to the Loaves and Fishes patrons on June 28. Donations of new, unopened, travel size hygiene products would be greatly appreciated. Please drop off your donations in the boxes at the entrances of the church by Sunday, June 8. Thank you!

General and Missionary Intentions for June.

The Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Serve will take place from June 21 to July 4, 2014, a time when our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power. Click the article title to see the theme of this year's Fortnight.

Take a peek at the unique! Donate a gift card by June 15th for the purchase of supplies and snacks for the Summer Bible Camp! Click the article title for details on what is needed.

To wish Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County a Happy 20th Anniversary. Click the article title for details.

Click the article title for the dates to save to participate in the Loaves and Fishes project.

Our parish will honor St. Rita of Cascia at the 8:00 AM Mass on Thursday, May 22, at St. Anthony Church. The traditional Blessing of Roses will take place at the conclusion of Mass. Saint Rita--wife, mother, and religious--is invoked as the Saint of the Impossible.

Our parishioners again manifest their love and generosity! Click the article title to see the results of our Lenten Work of Charity, the Mother's Day Baby Shower, and our tuition assistance collection.

Click the article title to see details on the Easter Collection and its disbursements.

The flowers in the sanctuary at Our Lady of Sorrows this week are given in loving memory of Helen Shea Thornton at the request of her daughter, Eileen Thornton. The flowers in the sanctuary at St. Anthony this week are given in loving memory of Vienna P. Stella at the request of her husband Richard.

Click the article title for this week's sanctuary lamp intentions.

Click here for information on the Mercer County Federation of Holy Name Societies Retreat for Men.

As a diocese, please join our Bishop, Most Reverend David M. O'Connell, in praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life on May 11, Mother's Day. We can place this intention in the hands of our Blessed Mother, Mary, Queen of the Assumption, patron of our Diocese, that like her, young people might respond to God's call to "produce fruit that will last."

The Trenton Catholic Community invites you to participate in the Alumni Memorial Mass for the deceased graduates of St. Anthony High School, McCorristin High School, and Trenton Catholic Academy, on Wednesday, May 28, at 7:00 PM in our school chapel at 175 Leonard Avenue in Hamilton. Please let us know you're coming! Click the article title for contact information.

Msgr. James Dubell will celebrate a Memorial Day Mass at St. Mary's Mausoleum - Building A on Saturday, May 24 at 10:00 AM. All are invited to join. Please enter by the Olden Ave. gate.