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we will be starting a garden of native plants in front of our school that will beautify the entrance to the school, attract native pollinators (including monarch butterflies), and offer educational opportunities to our young people. Click the article title for more information, and how you can help.

Msgr. Gervasio, Mrs. Tuohy, and our PTA Board Members will be attending the annual PTA Conference that will be held at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine (Freehold) this Saturday, September 17.

Click the article title to find a list of meetings to participate in the Synod "listening". Everyone is invited to participate!

April is National Volunteer Recognition Month. Thank you to all who offer our parish and its ministries their time and talents! Volunteers don't necessarily have the time--they just have the heart!

Our parish family joins in congratulating Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri, our parishioner who recently received the 2020 Advocacy Champion Award from the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking. For more information, click the article title.

Today (November 2-3), please submit names of men ages 16-40 who you think would make a fine priest by placing your CALLED BY NAME response card in the collection basket. You may also drop off the card at the parish office. Please continue to pray for the success of this program in our parish and our diocese, especially during these weeks of prayer for vocations.

Our pastoral council has been “restructured” so that it might better serve our parish. For more information, click the article title.

With an eye to the future, our parish council has been working on a plan of restructuring that will make it more effective as a consultative body to the pastor. In the past, the group was rather informal. Last week our council took initial steps to give the group a more formal and precise mission. For more information, click the article title.

At its regular meeting last Wednesday, our Parish Finance Council welcomed three new members and thanked three outgoing members who have completed their term of service. Click the article title for more information.

Our parish will unite in a day of prayer in reparation, for the purification of the Church beset by scandal, for the healing of all victims of abuse, and for the sanctification of the clergy, to be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Church on Thursday, September 6. For more information, click the article title.

With much gratitude we acknowledge the faithful service of our parish trustees, Joseph Novak and Michael Stewart who have served our community for the past six years, and announce that David Uhaze and Maria Ialacci will succeed Joseph and Michael as lay trustees of our parish. Click the article title for more information on the duties of parish trustees, and their term of office.

If you haven't already done so, please submit, prior to June 30, all requests for your group’s use of facilities at Our Lady of Sorrows and/or St. Anthony campus from July 2017 through June 2018. Click the article title for more information.

We acknowledge with gratitude the generous response of so many to the annual Post Mother's Day Baby Shower, which provides needed items for Mount Carmel Guild. Thank you!

It is a pleasure for me to share with you the good news that Maureen Tuohy will be appointed Vice Principal of Our Lady of Sorrows School, effective July 1, 2017. Click the article title for details.

We acknowledge the wonderful work of our liturgy committee members, decorators, and maintenance and office staff who dedicated so many hours of their time to prepare our churches for the Christmas Celebration. We also thank all our liturgical ministers who assisted at the numerous Masses of the Christmas Vigil and Christmas Day.

Heartfelt thanks are extended to four members of our little group of volunteers who undertake a number of maintenance projects throughout the year. Click the article title for more info, including the names of our generous volunteers!

We would very much like to expand the membership of our pastoral council, and make an appeal to those who may be interested in being a part of this group. Click the article title for more information.

It's that time of year again! The Social Justice/Social Concerns Committee once again invites you to share your love and your treasure this Christmas with children in need. For details on how to sign up, click the article title.

We are pleased to welcome three new members to the OLS School Board this fall. Click the article title for a list of the school board members, new and old.

Mr. Jim White recently wrote on behalf of the Knights of Columbus Hamilton Council and New Jersey Right to Life to thank our parish for its support of its upcoming raffle. Click the article title for more details.