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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.

Our parish will receive one of the miracle torches of Our Lady of Guadalupe on November 9, at the 5:00 PM Mass. The torch will remain for a week, reminding us that Mary bore in her womb Jesus, the Light of the World. It is also a reminder of the upcoming feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Festive Procession that will take place in Trenton on Saturday, December 7, concluding with Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary celebrated by Bishop O’Connell. Click the article title for details.

Please pray especially this week, during our Called by Name campaign, for vocations to the priesthood. Click the article title for a prayer for priestly vocations from St. John Paul II.

Next weekend (November 2-3), all the parishes of the Diocese of Trenton will be promoting vocations to the priesthood through a program, Called by Name. During this week, pray for a young man (age 16-40) who you think would make a good priest. Details next Sunday! Click the article title for a prayer to the Lord of the Harvest for vocations, from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.

The month of November is dedicated to prayer for the faithful departed. During this month the names of our beloved deceased, indicated on the envelopes you have returned, will be placed upon the altars of our churches. There they will remain for prayerful remembrance. Click the article title for additional information on leaving a photo of your beloved deceased to display by the Statue and Altar of the Blessed Mother.

to the Rosary Altar Society, which has made rosaries and prayer guides available to all parishioners. At Our Lady of Sorrows, they are at the Shrine of the Blessed Mother; at St. Anthony Church, they are at the side altar of Our Lady.

Click the article title to see a list of upcoming programs offered at the Francis House of Prayer, in Rancocas.

You are invited to place the names of your loved ones who gave their lives for our freedom in one of the Books of Remembrance, located by Our Lady’s statue in Our Lady of Sorrows and at the Altar of Remembrance in St. Anthony.

The Trenton Catholic Academy Community invites you to participate in the Alumni Memorial Mass for the deceased graduates of St. Anthony High School, McCorristin Catholic High School, and Trenton Catholic Academy. Click the article title for more information

The OLS-SA Marriage Ministry is seeking pray-ers for our engaged couples as they prepare for marriage. The simple act of praying is very powerful and important. Will you pray for our couples? For more information, click the article title.

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.