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Were you wondering when we pray the Rosary together in our parish, or which novenas we hold? You’ll find this information on the Worship & Liturgy > Devotions page. You’ll also find pages explaining each of these devotions: Our Lady of Fatima, the Rosary, the Works of Mercy, May Crowning, Divine Mercy, Praying for the Faithful Departed, and Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Are you grieving? Are you blaming God for your loss? Do you want to know if this grief is normal? Look on the Grief Support page under Worship & Liturgy > Funerals for information on the stages of grief, some simple things you can do to help you get through it, and contact information for local grief support groups. You can get help.

The OLS-SA Marriage Ministry would like to connect our engaged couples preparing for marriage with parishioners whose marriage has weathered the good times and bad times relying on Christ and prayer. If you would like to pray for an engaged couple, click the article title for information on who to contact.

Click the article title to see Pope Francis' prayer intentions for October.

This custom, conducted in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures, will take place in our parish at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 4. (Rain date/time: 6 p.m. on Friday, October 5). All parishioners are invited to bring their pets to the Peace Garden at Our Lady of Sorrows (outside, to the left of the Lower Church Hall doors) for this special blessing.

Each week in this Year of Youth, a special prayer is published for youth, which can be found at the top of the Prayer for Youth page, under Worship & Liturgy > Prayers. Please add these prayers to your daily prayers...our youth are counting on you!

Click the article title to see the prayer intentions of Pope Francis for September, 2018.

The USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities began a Novena for the Legal Protection of Life on Friday, August 3, which will continue until Friday, September 28. This nine-week effort will include prayer and fasting for the intention that this change in the membership of the Supreme Court will move our nation closer to the day when every human being is protected in law and welcomed in life. For the link to sign up, and more information, click the article title.

Click the article title to see the Holy Father's prayer intentions for August, 2018

Bishop O'Connell has appointed, effective July 1, three chaplains to serve the pastoral and sacramental needs of the patients at Capital Health, both at Brunswick Avenue (Trenton) and Hopewell. Click the article title to see the names of the priests appointed.

Click the article title to see the Holy Father's prayer intentions for July, 2018.

That social networks may work towards that inclusiveness which respects others for their differences.

We have been invited by the parishioners of St. Gregory the Great parish to join them in a Holy Hour with the theme of Seeking the Face of Jesus. The Holy Hour will be held in the St. Gregory the Great Chapel on Wednesday, May 16, at 7:00 PM. Get there early to join in the Rosary for Life at 6:30 PM! Click the article title for more information.

That the lay faithful may fulfil their specific mission by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today.

That the lay faithful may fulfill their specific mission by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today.

That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths.

Do you want to deepen your spiritual life? Click the article title to find a list of ways offered by the Trenton Diocesan Spiritual Center in Rancocas, NJ.

Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God's presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. The Church of St. Ann, in Lawrenceville is offering an introduction to this traditional Catholic method of prayer, on March 17, from 9 to noon. Click the article title for more information.

By long tradition the month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph. Let us turn to him in prayer this month. He is the husband of Mary, the guardian of the Lord Jesus, the patron of the Universal Church and of workers.

That the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on the personal and communitarian levels.