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“The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you’ll be amazed at the results.” St. Josemaria Escriva

Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony parish is hosting the 19th Annual Regional Rosary Altar Mass & Day of Recollection on October 21, from 8:15 AM to 1:00 PM. This event is open to everyone!. For more information, click here.

You can spiritually adopt an unborn child, by offering a daily prayer for the particular, but unknown, child and his or her mother. If you have not already done so, please pick up a pledge card this week! For more details, click here.

The Legion of Mary is sponsoring a public rosary to be prayed on Saturday, October 7th, at 12 noon at Veteran's Park North Side (across from Steinert High School. Please join us to pray for our country!

The Prayer Shawl Group will meet briefly at 1 pm on Monday, September 18, in the Church Meeting Room. Prayer shawls are made for patients in area hospitals, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes. Click here for more information.

Our first meeting of the year will be held on the 2nd Monday of the month (September 11) due to Labor Day. The evening will begin with a prayer service starting at 7 pm in Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

On October 21, 2023, the Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony Rosary Altar Society will sponsor the Rosary Altar Regional Mass and Day of Recollection. Click here for more info.

Catechists are always needed!—As disciples we are called to share the Good News and create new disciples. Training and support are provided. God doesn’t always call the qualified. He qualifies the called! Are you being called? Click here for more information.

A Bereavement Support Group for those who have lost a loved one will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows this summer. Through a series of reflections, combined with writing and sharing, and suitable for groups or individuals, The New Day Journal follows a nine-week program that helps people accept the reality of their loss, experience the pain of grief, and adjust to life without their loved one. Click here for more information, including the dates and times of the sessions, and how to register.

Mark your calendar now to celebrate the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne with your grandchildren on Wednesday, July 26, at 12:15 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Click here for details.

The Cohort Mission 2023 will focus on the Eucharistic Revival, specifically, the Eucharist: The Fulfillment of the Covenant Promises, and will be held on October 23, 24, and 25, 2023, at St. Anthony Church. Mark your calendars, and watch for more information through the Summer months!

Click here to find the upcoming sessions for Retrouvaille and Worldwide Marriage Encounter.

Our Holy Father Pope Francis has asked all Catholics to observe a “World Day of Prayer for the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops 2021-2024,” entrusting the “Synod on Synodality” to the loving protection, care, and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Click here for details, and for a link to join our online rosary on Wednesday evening by 5:40.

With Father’s Day fast approaching, why not give your husband and yourself the special gift of a Marriage Enrichment Weekend? A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend gives you the time and tools to revitalize romance, deepen communication, and nourish the spirituality in your marriage. Click here for more information.

Click here to see some of the upcoming programs and events offered at the Francis House of Prayer in Allentown.

Come and meet your secular Franciscan Family (OPS), the Spirit of St. Francis Fraternity, Hamilton, NJ

Click here to see some of the upcoming programs offered at the Francis House of Prayer in Allentown, NJ.

The Holy Name Society meeting scheduled for Friday, April 21, has been cancelled.