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OLS-SA Intramural Basketball registration for the 2017-18 season is now open. The league accepts parish boys and girls in Grades 1 through 8 of all skill levels, and everyone plays! (Beginners are welcome!) Click the article title for details.

The Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony Holy Name Society's first meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, October 11, at 1:00 PM in the church library. The officers welcome back returning members and invite all men of the parish to join them.

The Food Pantry Partnership's requested items for October are stuffing and instant potatoes. Please place your donations in the receptacles at the doors of our churches. Many thanks to all who are supporting our cohort food drive to support the St. Raphael-Holy Angels Food Pantry, as well as Mt. Carmel Guild, Trenton.

Carmelo Cortez, a visionary from the Philippines, will be visiting St. Gregory the Great Church on Monday, October 9, to perform a healing service. Click the article title for details.

October 15 is Infant Loss Awareness Day. A Mass of Healing for Infant & Pregnancy Loss will be celebrated at St. Gregory the Great Church, at 7 PM on October 12, for those whose families have suffered the loss of an infant through miscarriage, stillbirth, or regretted abortion, and those who have journeyed with their child through a fatal illness. Please invite anyone you believe can benefit from this healing Mass.

The Social Justice Committee of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony parish will hold a clothing and housewares drive to benefit Better Community Housing of Trenton, on the first two weekends in October (7-8, and 14-15). Click the article title for details.

OLS-SA sports is looking for someone who is energetic and has spirit! If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you! You must be willing to have fun. Contact us (Romeo Laurente, [email protected]) if you are interested.

That all workers may receive respect and protection of their rights, and that the unemployed may receive the opportunity to contribute to the common good.

Have you enrolled your preschooler or Kindergartener in "Cherubs?" Click the article title to find out more.

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, grants a plenary indulgence for Our Lady of Fatima's Centennial. Click the article title for details.

To all in grades 9 - 12: Join us on November 10 - 12 for a fun, action-packed weekend at beautiful Camp Tecumseh in Pittstown, NJ. Click the article title for details.

Despite numerous upgrades to the sound system, acoustics remain a challenge at St. Anthony Church. Not a few struggle to hear clearly, which makes participation at Mass frustrating. Help may be on the way. Click the article title for more information.

Click the article title to see the stewardship report of September 24.

The picnic was a great time to continue our parish feast day by our fellowship, fun, and great food! That the weather cooperated was a blessing! I am beholden to all those who organized and worked to make the picnic a reality!

As of Friday September 22, an 8:15 a.m. Friday Mass was added at Our Lady of Sorrows Church when school is in session. It is our hope that by attending Mass more frequently our students will become more familiar with the Sacrifice of the Mass and that their love for the Lord will grow ever stronger.

Click the article title to see the sanctuary lamp intentions for the week of September 24.

In recent weeks, devastating acts of nature have destroyed the homes and impacted the lives of so many of our brothers and sisters in the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean. If you are able to help with the survival and recovery efforts, please send your contributions directly to Catholic Charities USA. All donations will go directly to relief efforts in the affected areas. Click the article title for details.

The Third Annual OLS Alumni Cocktail Party will be held on November 17, 2017. Details will follow.

For anyone in need, Rosary beads and prayer pamphlets will be available at Our Lady’s Shrine at Our Lady of Sorrows Church and at the side altar of the Blessed Mother at St. Anthony Church throughout the month.

Finding Hope & Healing after Divorce: From De-Construction to Re-Construction, with God’s Help! will take place on Saturday, October 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Donovan Catholic High School in Toms River. For details, click the article title.