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The parish office will close at 12:30 PM on Holy Thursday (April 18) and remain closed through Easter Monday (April 22). It will reopen at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 23.

to Deacon Jeff and Jean Pierfy, as they re-locate to South Carolina later this month. We hope you can join us when Deacon Jeff assists at the 11:00 am Mass on Sunday, March 10th. Refreshments will follow in the Church Hall. For more information, click the article title.

Biri pawas la ap fèmen Lendi 18 Fevrye n-ap obsève “President’s Day.”

The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, February 18, in observance of Presidents Day.

Fr. Joseph, Fr, Jean and I, along with our parish staff, sincerely thank all those who remembered us in this holy season. Your cards, spiritual bouquets, homemade treats, and gifts were most thoughtful. May the Lord bless you abundantly for your kindnesses.

The Parish Offices will close at 12:30 PM on Monday, December 31, and will remain closed until 9 AM on Wednesday, January 2. We all wish you a blessed, happy, and healthy 2019!

If you get an email supposedly from Msgr. Gervasio, that asks you to buy gift cards for him and send him the PIN numbers of the cards, ignore it...or report it to the police. This is a scam. Msgr. Gervasio would NEVER ask you to do this! Click the article title for more information on how to protect yourself from this type of scam.

As your family changes, growing with new children or shrinking as adult children move out, keep us informed! Please also let us know if you or a loved one is hospitalized or moves into assisted living or a nursing home. And let us know if you're moving, so we can update our records. Click the article title for more information.

To see the results of this year's October Count, with a comparison to last year's count, see the October Count page under About > Parish Profile.

This Friday, October 19, the Mount Carmel Guild will hold its annual gala and our own Deacon Jeff has been singled out for special honors. The Guild has chosen well—Deacon Jeff, in addition to his parish ministry, has long served as chaplain at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Hamilton, and currently volunteers at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Our parish takes pride in Deacon Jeff’s honor and extends its prayerful congratulations to him and to Jean, his wife. Click the article title for information on how to obtain tickets for this event.

At all Masses during the next two weekends (October 20-21 & 27-28), we shall be recording attendance. These statistics are mandated by the Diocese and are useful for diocesan and parish planning.

Please note that the parish office will be closed on Monday, October 8, in observance of Columbus Day. Enjoy a safe and restful holiday weekend!

Do statistics intrigue you? Do you want to see pictures of our churches? Check out the Parish Profile pages on our website (www.ols-sa.org), under About > Parish Profile. Or click the article title for more information and an active link to the page.

Do you want to know about our parish patron saints? You’ll find information on the parish website (www.ols-sa.org), under About > Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron and Titular, and About > St. Anthony of Padua, Patron and Titular. You’ll also find our patron saints under Faith Formation > All Things Catholic > Saints, where you’ll find them listed in the menu on the left, along with a few other saints you might find interesting.

The Parish Office will be closed for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on Wednesday August 15. It will reopen at 9:00 AM on Thursday, August 16.

Are you interested in our parish history? Then you’ll want to check out the History pages on the parish website (www.ols-sa.org), under About > History. The History page itself provides information about the merger in 2005, with two sub-pages providing a pre-merger synopsis for Our Lady of Sorrows and St. Anthony. You’ll also find a page for each year, from last year back to 2006.

Do you want to get to know our priests, deacons, and staff? Check out the Directory of Staff & Ministry Contacts. You’ll find it on our parish website (www.ols-sa.org) at About > Directory of Staff & Ministry Contacts. There you’ll find pages with pictures, contact information, and some biographical information on our priests, deacons, and paid staff & ministry directors; as well as contact information for our volunteer ministry leaders.

Did you know you can register at the parish online? While we’d like to see your smiling face and get to know you, if you have trouble getting out and about, you can complete the online registration form on our parish website (www.ols-sa.org) at About > Parish Registration.

We are grateful for the kind understanding of all those who frequent St. Anthony Church during this period when the long-awaiting paving of our new parking area is taking place. Please observe the new, limited, parking pattern while this work progresses. Thanks for your cooperation—a temporary inconvenience for a permanent benefit.

Whether you registered as a parishioner seven years ago or seven times seven years ago, things change. Please keep us posted; Keep us informed if one of your loved ones is hospitalized or moves into assisted living or a nursing home. Let us know when you’re moving—we may not join your painting party, but we will update our records. And please explain to your children that once they’re out of your home and living independently, they need to register on their own.