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Click here to see this week's reflection on the Eucharist, from "Understanding the Mass" by Charles Belmonte.

Click here to see this week's meditation on the Holy Eucharist, from "Understanding the Mass" by Charles Belmonte.

Click here to see this week's reflection on the Eucharist from "The Sacraments" by Fr. Matthew Kauth.

We care about the changes in your life, so please keep us informed if you are welcoming a new baby, or your adult children have moved out; if you or one of your loved ones is hospitalized or moves into assisted living or a nursing home; or if you move. Click here for more information.

Click here to find five steps to making a worthy Holy Communion.

Four couples from Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony joined couples from other parishes in Mercer and Burlington counties at St. Mary Cathedral last Sunday to mark anniversary milestones and receive Bishop O'Connor's episcopal blessing on their years of wedded bliss. Click here for more information.

Please spread the word that confessions are held at both St. Anthony’s and Our Lady of Sorrows on Saturday afternoons, in addition to Saturday morning at Our Lady of Sorrows. The current schedule will remain in place for the time being, but may be adjusted according to need.

Whether you registered as a parishioner seven years ago or seven times seven years ago, things change. We care about the changes in your life, so please keep us informed! And please remind your adult children to register...it will be helpful should they need a letter of eligibility to serve as sponsor or godparent!

Among the seven sacraments, there is one especially intended to strengthen those who are ill—the Anointing of the Sick. While the Sacrament serves to comfort the dying, it is not only for those at the point of death. It is intended to help the chronically ill and the elderly who are in a weakened condition. Click the article title for more information on when it is appropriate to call for this sacrament.

Congratulations to the couples who recently celebrated a special anniversary! Click the article title to see the names and years.

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.

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

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.

Effective on February 5, the use of the confessionals in our two churches is reinstated. It is strongly recommended, however, that penitents wear a mask for confession.

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.

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.

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.

Please spread the word that Saturday afternoon confessions are held at both St. Anthony and Our Lady of Sorrows. Click the article title for the schedule.

The Anointing of the Sick is intended to strengthen those who are ill, not just the dying. If you or someone you know is seriously ill, don't wait until the last minute to call the priest for this sacrament!