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Join us to celebrate with Fr. Alabré his silver jubilee of ordination on November 26, at St. Anthony Church. The celebration will begin with a Mass at 4:00 PM, followed by dinner in the Church Hall. Tickets ($75 each) are available in the Parish Office

Our parish offers prayerful congratulations to Rev. Mr. Kevin Hrycenko, who will be ordained a priest at the hands of His Excellency, Bishop David O'Connell, this Saturday, June 3, in his home parish church, St. Joseph, Toms River.

Click here to see a list of upcoming programs offered at the San Alfonso Retreat House, the Marianist Family Retreat Center, the CYO, and the Francis House of Prayer.

The Diocese of Trenton Office of Vocations is hosting a Discernment BBQ on Thursday, June 16, beginning with Mass at 5:30 PM with Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M.

Our parish congratulates Nelson Abreu, a candidate for the permanent diaconate, upon being called by our bishop to the ministry of lector, a further step on the journey to ordination. Click the article title for more information.

Click the article title to see some of the upcoming programs at the Francis House of Prayer in Allentown, NJ, and the Marionist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point.

Why not you? Why not now? A Vocation Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA is planned for Saturday, August 7. Transportation & lunch are provided. Click the article title for details.

to Fr. Rjoy Ballacillo on his ordination to the priesthood on June 5. We are especially pleased to welcome him as our neighbor in his assignment at St. Gregory the Great parish! May his ministry be fruitful for the glory of God and the welfare of the Lord’s Church!

...to Deacon Luders Desire, Deacon Dennis Slavin, and Deacon Jeffery Pierfy, all of whom are celebrating special anniversaries of their ordination to the Permanent Diaconate. Click the article title for more information.

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Please remember in your prayers and Masses the soul of the Most Reverend Edward U. Kmiec who died on Saturday, July 11, the Memorial of St. Benedict. For more information on his life, click the article title.

Our Diocese rejoices this Saturday, June 20, when His Excellency, Bishop David O’Connell, will ordain six men as deacons at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold. For details, click the article title.

We offer our heartfelt congratulations and prayerful best wishes to Stephen Sansevere, who was ordained a priest at the hands of His Excellency, Bishop David O’Connell on Saturday, June 27, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold. A Jersey City native, Father Sansevere comes to the Priesthood at age 67. Click the article title for more information.

This moving prayer was found next to the intention candles in St. Anthony Church. Click the article title to find the prayer.

...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.