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During October, 31 parishioners provided 186.5 hours of service to 31 persons. For more information on the type of services available, and contact information, click here.

Do you have an hour a week to help our seniors? If you could spare an hour a week, or even an hour a month, to visit one of our homebound seniors or drive someone to a medical appointment, please consider becoming a Caring Hearts volunteer! Click here for more information.

There will be a meeting of the Prayer Shawl Group on Monday, October 21, at 1:00 PM in the Church Meeting Room. Please come and meet the new leadership!

During September, 31 parishioners provided 176.5 hours of service to 32 persons. If you would like more information on joining this satisfying ministry, either as a caregiver or a care receiver, click here for contact information.

During August, 33 parishioners provided 185.5 hours of service to 39 persons. Click here for more information about the services performed and how to sign up to give or receive care.

During July, 31 dedicated men and women provided 178.5 hours of service to 39 persons. Click here for more information on the types of services provided, and how to sign up as either a care giver or a care receiver.

The IV World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on Sunday, 28 July 2024. The theme chosen by the Holy Father – “Do not cast me off in my old age” (cf. Psalm 71:9) – is meant to call attention to the fact that, sadly, loneliness is the bitter lot in life of many elderly persons, so often the victims of the throw-away culture. Click here for more information.

Caring Hearts volunteers provide a variety of non-medical services—transportation, visiting, reassurance calls, shopping, assistance with paperwork, chores, and housekeeping—to our homebound elderly and disabled neighbors. Click here for more information, and to sign up as either a care giver or a care receiver.

Caring Hearts volunteers provide non-medical services to our homebound elderly and disabled neighbors. Click here to see the report for April.

Help the Cohort support the Interfaith Caregivers’ Walk for Wellness on June 1. We'll be having a friendly competition with the other parishes in our Cohort, so please, come out to support our parish, and of course, Caring Hearts, the Interfaith Caregivers group in our parish. Click here for details.

Interfaith Caregivers will hold a fundraising event on Saturday, June 1, for the Walk for Wellness, at Interfaith Caregivers. Click here for more information.

The Diocese of Trenton Office of Pastoral Life & Mission is hosting a full-day retreat at San Alfonso Retreat Center on Wednesday, May 1, for anyone caring for family members or volunteers in caring ministries (visiting the sick and homebound, bereavement support, addiction and recovery ministry, other support groups or forms of spiritual accompaniment). Click here for more information.

April is Volunteer Recognition Month. Thank you to all who offer our parish and ministries their time and talents!

Those who share their talents by making Prayer Shawls for the sick, elderly, and others who need prayers and consolation will meet at 1:30 pm on Monday, March 11, in the OLS Church Meeting Room. Click here for more information, if you are interested in making shawls or donating yarn.

Mount Carmel Guild is accepting applications from qualified candidates in Mercer County to fill the position of Registered Nurse: Home Health Nursing. This is a part-time position with 7-14 hours per week. Click here for more information.

During January, 159.5 hours of service were provided by 31 volunteers to 30 persons. For details on the types of services provided, and contact information to sign up as either a care provider or a care receiver, click here.

The Rosary Altar Prayer Shawl group will meet on Monday, February 12, at 1:00 PM in the Church Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows. If you would like to make or have made prayer shawls, or would like to donate yarn, please join us! Click here for details.

During December, 171.5 hours of service were provided by 31 volunteers to 29 persons. Caring Hearts volunteers provide non-medical services to our homebound elderly and disabled neighbors. If you would like more information on joining this satisfying ministry, either as a caregiver or a care receiver, please contact Anne (586-6596; [email protected]).

The Office for Persons with Disabilities and the Office for the New Evangelization present a workshop for parish leaders, family members, and friends, on Supporting Those with Mental Health Struggles. The workshop will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2024, from 9:15 AM to 2:30 PM, at the St. Cecilia Parish Auditorium in Philadelphia. Click here for more details.