Thanks for being so generous to our Lenten “Work of Love” to benefit pro-life women’s centers. The total collected throughout the season was $11,291.50. The funds were shared equally by Options for Her, Trenton and Good Counsel Home, Riverside.
The Prayer Shawl group will hold its monthly meeting in the Church Meeting Room at 1:00 PM on Monday, May 12. Please join us if you'd like to make prayer shawls, dialysis blankets, or baby blankets; if you have any of the above you'd like to donate; or even if you'd like to learn how to crochet. And if you have (or know someone who has) extra yarn you (or they) want to get rid of, you can leave it with us! We'll be happy to take it off your hands!
Our goal, based on 1.58% of our ordinary income, has been slightly reduced, to $95,000. We retain 100% of funds raised over that goal, and can earn an additional 5% of goal ($4,750) if the parish has a 5% increase in donors and an addition $4,750 is donors pledge to goal by 7/31/25. Let's do our best to reach and surpass goal! Click here for the current status.
Our Easter collection is one of the most important of the year. It helps us maintain our two campuses and fulfill our obligations to the diocese and our employees. If you have not made a contribution to this appeal, we certainly invite you to do so soon! Thanks to all who have been generous to the appeal.
Our Knight to Remember Gala is only days away! Thanks to our committee that has worked so hard to make this year’s Gala a great success! We are also grateful to our generous sponsors and those who supported our 50/50 raffle.
The Rosary Altar Society will hold its annual May Crowning on Monday May 5, before their monthly meeting. The May Crowning will be at 7:00 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows Church.
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped decorate Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Anthony Churches for Easter. The beauty enhanced the celebration of our risen Lord! Another thank you to volunteers who are watering the flowers throughout the week of love.”
While the College of Cardinals is in Conclave to select the next Pope, we can support them by praying for the aid of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Blessed Mother, that they will be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit in this very important work. Click here for a link to the prayer.
The stained glass windows at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, which have been recently refurbished, represent some of the many titles of Our Blessed Mother. Click here for a link to a description of each panel of the windows in the nave of the church.
The Knight to Remember (KTR) Gala is our school’s largest fundraiser of the year. It will be held at the Trenton Country Club on Friday, May 9th. Click here to find the names of this year's honorees, updated 50/50 prize amounts, and other information.