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Mark your calendars now to celebrate the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne with your grandchildren on Friday, July 26, at 12:15 pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Check back here for details!

. . . to all our parishioners who are graduating from our area schools, as well as those graduating from colleges and universities near and far!

A small band of Prayer Warriors meet to pray outside the Princeton Women's Services (at 1345 Kuser Rd #1, Hamilton Township, NJ 08619) each and every Saturday morning. We are there from 7:00AM to 10:00M, praying the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Please come and pray with us. Click the article title for details.

Are you looking for ways to involve your kids in church activities? Do you want them to find friends who share their faith? Check out the Faith Formation > Youth page. There you’ll find information about our programs for both middle school and high school students, as well as information about our youth minister, Leonidas Aliaga, and pages on the Seven Principles of Catholicism, and Praying for Peace.

Have you been looking for information on our Religious Education program for children? You’ll find it under Faith Formation > Religious Education for Children. Click the article title for more pages you might find interesting.

Register your children early for the Summer Religious Education Program and Summer Bible Camp. Click the article title for more information.

The FUNdamentals Summer Basketball Camp returns for its 20th season. The camp blends instruction with fun & competition. Children are grouped by age and ability to help build confidence. Click the article title to find out more about who can sign up, the dates and time of the camp, and before and after care.

Are you under the impression that abortion is between a woman and her doctor, and that it doesn't affect any one but the woman (and of course, her child)? Research is showing that this is not true. See the page Not Just a Woman's Issue, under Ministries > Respect Life on this website for more information.

Come and Experience God’s Grace and Mercy! Our Mission speaker, Fr. Dave Pivonka, T.O.R., will hold a special event for diocesan youth and young adults on Sunday, April 28, at St. Raphael's Church, beginning with Mass at 5:00 PM. Food and fellowship will follow in the Parish Center. Afterwards, there will be Eucharistic Adoration, teaching, reconciliation, and praise and worship. Please register, so we'll know how much food to provide!

Please use the pew missal holders for our “Breaking Bread” missal/hymnals only. The holder is not intended for bulletins, soiled tissues, gum and/or candy wrappers, etc. Our regard for the Lord’s house should make us attentive to its care and good order. Moreover, consuming gum or candy in church is not only inappropriate but breaks the required Eucharistic fast before Holy Communion. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of Mercer County offers Summer Camps, Pre-schools, Swim Lessons, and group picnic rentals. Click the article title for details.

Our faith teaches us, and embryologists have concluded, that life begins at fertilization (conception). Despite this scientific reality, pro-abortionists refute the medical evidence in favor of an unnatural assertion that life begins at embryo uterine implantation. Abortifacients are drugs or devices that end rather than avoid pregnancy by preventing the fertilized embryo from implanting in the mother’s uterus. Since implantation occurs several days after fertilization, abortifacients are morally equivalent to abortion and represent a concealed attack on the human embryo.

On Sunday, May 5, Notre Dame High School is hosting "First Look", a high school preview for students in grades 6 & 7. Click the article title for information on how to register.

On the Sunday before the Cohort Mission begins, April 28, St. Raphael-Holy Angels is hosting a Teen Life Mass with Fr. Pivonka, which will be followed by fellowship and pizza! Please join us! Have a preview of our mission speaker...be in the know!

The Catholic Youth Rally 2019 will be held at Six Flags Great Adventure, on May 19, 2019. Click the article title for details. For the brochure, see the Documents below the menu on the Youth page under Faith Formation.

Our Lady of Sorrows Summer Camp is for 3 & 4 year olds (the Adventurers' Club) and 5 & 6 year olds (the Explorers' Club). Camp dates are June 17 through August 23rd, with no camp on July 3 & 4. Campers may attend all or part of the sessions, for full days or half days. Click the article title for more information and a link to the registration forms.

By supporting the 2019 Annual Catholic Campaign, you extend a hand in helping the Diocese of Trenton by supporting our ministries. Click the article title for more information.

Congratulations to the members of our parish family who were confirmed this weekend. We offer our thanks to their parents, sponsors, and catechists, who have prepared them for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and to Bishop David M O’Connell, who conferred the sacrament!

We are calling all high school teenagers, college students, young adults, and youth leaders to join us for a week of service, friendships, spiritual growth, and memories that will last a lifetime. The week of July 7 - 12, 2019, BOLD will be sending teens from multiple parishes to Hartford, CT for a week of service and fun with Catholic Heart Work Camp.

All youth and their families are invited to this event, including Jr. High and High School students, young adults, scouting groups, altar servers, religious education families, and families from the parish who aren't involved with any of the other groups. Click the article title for more information.