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Daylight Savings Time ends next weekend (November 5, at 2:00 AM). Remember to turn your clocks back an hour.

In addition to our regular morning Masses, a Mass for All Souls will be celebrated at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 7:00 PM. Everyone is encouraged to participate in this liturgy, which is offered for all who have died.

This is a holy day of obligation. Click the article title to see the Mass schedule.

Click the article title to see the sanctuary lamp intentions for the week of October 29.

Click the article title to see the stewardship report of October 29.

Priesthood Sunday, October 29, is a day especially chosen to celebrate the sacrament of Holy Orders--the sacrament of priestly dedication. This Sunday, we acknowledge and honor the priests of our parish, Msgr. Thomas Gervasio and Fr. Jean Félicien. Click the article title for more information.

It is again time to renew our HNS membership. We urge all men of the parish to join us at least in spirit, if meeting attendance is impossible. Membership dues are $15.

Once again, our parish Social Justice/Social Concerns Committee will be collecting frozen turkeys, canned goods, and non-perishable items to fill Thanksgiving baskets for Mount Carmel Guild and the Better Community Housing of Trenton (Martin House) and those in our parish family who are in need. Click the article title for more information.

Six couples from Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony joined couples from other parishes in Mercer and Burlington counties at St. Mary Cathedral last Sunday to mark anniversary milestones. Click the article title for more information.

You're invited to the All Souls Day Mass at St. Mary's Cemetery and Mausoleum, on Thursday, November 2, at 10:00 AM. The Mass will be celebrated in Building A, by Msgr. James H. Dubell. Please enter the cemetery by the Olden Avenue gate.

That Christians in Asia, bearing witness to the Gospel in word and deed, may promote dialogue, peace, and mutual understanding, especially with those of other religions.

We are offering A & M Farm Market Thanksgiving pies for our next fundraiser. You can find the form in the bulletin of October 29. Order forms must be return by Friday, November 3, and the pies will be available for pickup on Monday, November 20 at 5 PM in the school cafeteria.

Click the article title to see the letter from Fr. Gene that appeared in the bulletin of October 29.

Our Lady of Sorrows School is offering more than 750 retail store and restaurant gift cards for sale through the Great Lakes Scrip Company to the parishioners of Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony. For more information, click the article title.

We are in need of new volunteers for this ministry at both our churches. An Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC) is a Catholic adult layperson who assists the priests and deacons in the distribution of the Blessed Sacrament at Mass or in visits to the sick or housebound when an adequate number of ordained ministers are not available. In our parish, EMHCs routinely assist at Mass on Sundays, Holy Days of Obligation and weekdays. Click the article title for more information.

We have the opportunity to assist the needy within our own parish through the donations you make to the St. Vincent DePaul Conference. Click the article title for details.

For information on whether you are eligible for Hamilton's Housing Rehab program, please call Janice Blakely-Williams, Hamilton Township Director of Neighborhood Preservation, at 890-3678. For more information, click the article title.

Click the article title to see the sanctuary lamp intentions for the week of October 22.

Thanks to all the wonderful parishioners who “cleaned out their closets and cleared out their clutter” a tremendous amount of clothing and housewares was donated at our fall drive the past two weekends. All donations will help those who are served by Better Community Housing of Trenton.

Pawas nou ap songe tou moun ki mouri nan lane ki sót a nan youn mès espesyal kap fèt nan Legliz “Our Lady of Sorrows» jou samedi 11 Novanm lan a 10:30 zè nan maten. An’n lapriyè tou pou fanmi y oak zanmi yo. Tout moun invite!