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The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education (CHPE) require all public school students to learn about a broad range of topics, including human relationships, mental health, social well-being, physical fitness, and sexual reproduction. If you are not comfortable with this and prefer to address any of these issues at home, in your own time, you can opt out.

The Marianist Family Retreat Center (Cape May Point) will offer summer week-long Catholic Family retreats starting each Monday morning from June 27 until the end of August. (Note: there is a special week for single-parent families, from July 18-23.) Click the article title for more information.

Click the article title to see a list of this year's First Communicants.

On Thursday, April 28. at 10:00 am, Bishop O’Connell will celebrate a Mass for the reception of the relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Domenic Parish, Brick. During the Mass the Bishop will announce that he is placing all Catholic Schools in our Diocese under the special patronage of Blessed Carlo Acutis (1991-2006). For more information, click the article title.

Register today for our April 23 Open House. Tours will be one family per time slot, so spots are limited. Click the article title to find contact information to register.

Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence! Fasting=one full meal a day. Abstinence=not eating meat. Click the article title for more information and a link to a full explanation.

We are delighted to notify you that our 2022-23 Religious Education Program will be conducted in person! The Registration forms are being sent via email for your convenience. Registration forms will not be accepted “on line.” Click the article title for more information.

The OLS PTA is partnering with A&M in Robbinsville for this year’s Mother’s Day Flowers Fundraiser! We are offering a wide variety of options with choices of sizes, plants and colors. Click the article title for more information.

Congratulations to the students of our Religious Education Program who were confirmed last weekend. We offer our thanks to their parents, sponsors, and catechists, who prepared them for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and to His Excellency, Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., who conferred the sacrament. For a list of those confirmed, click the article title.

Please join the OLS PTA for an Easter Egg Hunt on April 10 at noon on the OLS School Grounds. Please pre-register, so we'll know how many eggs are needed! For more information, click the article title.

St Catharine Church (Holmdel) is currently seeking applicants for a full-time Coordinator of Religious Education (CRE). For job requirements and contact information, click the article title.

This Saturday, March 26, our parish welcomes His Excellency, Bishop David O'Connell, for the celebration of Confirmation. The sacrament will be conferred at St. Anthony Church at 10:30 AM. For more information, click the article title.

Click the article title for an explanation of the Lenten days of fast and abstinence.

Our parish is holding a retreat for our young parishioners preparing to receive the Sacraments of Penance and the Holy Eucharist for the first time, this Saturday, February 19. May it help them better understand and appreciate the sacraments they will receive later this year. Please pray for them.

The Polish Arts Club of Trenton announces the availability of $1,500 Scholarships to qualified High School seniors of Polish descent to assist in their pursuit of a college education. Please visit www.trentonpolisharts.org for details and an application. Applications must be submitted by February 20, 2022.

Join us for our in-person open house, Sunday, October 17, from 1 to 3 PPM! Click the article title for more information.

Our Catechetical Year begins on Sunday, September 19. This year, our Sunday and Wednesday classes will be conducted virtually for Grades K, 1, and 3–7. Children in grades 2 and 8 will be preparing for the sacraments, and will meet in person. Click the article title for details.

Registration for weekly classes beginning in September for public school children is underway. Parents should contact the parish office as soon as possible. The program will be comprised of ‘in person’ and virtual classes. Details will be provided to families within the week.

Villa Victoria Academy will be offering a TEST PREP CLASS for any 8th grade student taking the High School Placement Test (HSPT) this fall. All 8th grade students are welcome.

We would like to increase the ranks of our altar servers! Any boy or girl in the 4th grade or later is cordially invited to consider ministry at the altar. Adults are also welcome to serve in this ministry. Click the article title for contact information.