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...to His Excellency The Most Rev. David M. O’Connell, who celebrates today (December 1) his 9th anniversary as Bishop of Trenton!

If you think someone you know would be a good priest, please complete the Called by Name response card and return it to the parish office. Please continue to pray for priestly vocations.

Please submit names of men ages 16-40 who you think would make a fine priest by placing your CALLED BY NAME response card in the collection basket. You may also drop off the card at the parish office. Please continue to pray for the success of this program in our parish and our diocese, especially during these weeks of prayer for vocations.

Please pray especially this week, during our Called by Name campaign, for vocations to the priesthood. Click the article title for a prayer for priestly vocations from St. John Paul II.

Today (November 2-3), please submit names of men ages 16-40 who you think would make a fine priest by placing your CALLED BY NAME response card in the collection basket. You may also drop off the card at the parish office. Please continue to pray for the success of this program in our parish and our diocese, especially during these weeks of prayer for vocations.

Next weekend (November 2-3), all the parishes of the Diocese of Trenton will be promoting vocations to the priesthood through a program, Called by Name. During this week, pray for a young man (age 16-40) who you think would make a good priest. Details next Sunday! Click the article title for a prayer to the Lord of the Harvest for vocations, from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.

Our parishioner, Salvatore Petro, is preparing for Ordination to the Permanent Diaconate. We are happy to share the news that Sal has fulfilled a significant component of the program which is principally academic—a three year study of theology. On May 22, Sal was awarded a Master of Arts degree by Georgian Court University! Click the article title for more information.

We offer to Msgr. Edward Arnister, Pastor of St. Rose in Belmar, our prayerful congratulations as he celebrates his 40th anniversary in the Holy Priesthood. A native of Trenton, Msgr. Arnister served as Vice Chancellor of the Diocese, Secretary to Bishop Reiss, and Pastor of Holy Cross Parish, Trenton.

Our parish congratulates Salvatore Petro, a candidate for the Diaconate who yesterday, February 2, was instituted into the Ministry of Lector from His Excellency, Bishop David O’Connell at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption. Click the article title for more information.

Do you feel called to the priesthood? Do you just wonder what exactly ordination to the priesthood is? Check out the Holy Orders page under Worship & Liturgy > The Sacraments.

We are delighted to inform you that Fr. Joseph A. Tedesco, who served as Pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows from 2003-2005, was elected the fifth Superior of Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist monastery located on the Cooper River outside of Moncks Corner, SC.

National Vocation Awareness Week is an annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States dedicated to promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations. The Diocese of Trenton’s Office of Vocations can be reached at 609-406-7448.

Today is Priesthood Sunday, a day specially 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. Pierre Joseph. For more information, click the article title.

Our parish will unite in a day of prayer in reparation, for the purification of the Church beset by scandal, for the healing of all victims of abuse, and for the sanctification of the clergy, to be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Church on Thursday, September 6. For more information, click the article title.

This weekend the Diocese of Trenton rejoices in the Ordination of four priests at the hands of His Excellency, David M. O’Connell. Click the article title for more information.

On Saturday, June 2, Rev. James Smith, who has been serving as a transitional deacon in our parish for the last year, will be ordained to the priesthood, at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, at 10:00 AM. Everyone is welcome to attend. Click the article title to find out when he will be celebrating Mass for our parish.

in the ordination to the Diaconate of Rev. Mr. Christopher Pinto this Saturday, May 19. The Ordination Liturgy, celebrated by His Excellency, Bishop David M. O'Connell, will take place at St. Raphael Church, Hamilton. Congratulations and prayerful best wishes to Deacon Pinto.

Today (November 19), our parishioner, Salvatore Petro, will be admitted to Candidacy for Ordination as a Permanent Deacon by His Excellency, bishop David O'Connell. Click the article title for more information.

November 5 - 11 is National Vocation Awareness Week. Please ask Our Lord for more dedicated, holy priests, deacons, and consecrated men and women. Click the article title for more information.

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.