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Our pastor, Msgr. Gervasio, said, “The answer is simple—marriage matters! A parish should not be content with providing only a good preparation for marriage. It should also be eager to accompany a couple on the road of married life...A marriage does not succeed just because it lasts; its quality is also important. Click the article title for more information.

Click the article title to see the Caring Hearts report for November.

Click the article title to see the winning numbers for the NJ Right to Life Raffle.

Young and old alike are invited to serve in one of the many aspects of our parish's liturgical life--as ushers, altar servers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, lectors, sacristans, altar linen volunteers, or as members of the arts & environment committee or liturgy committee. Click the article title for more information.

Many thanks to all who contributed to our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, and to those who so ably organized it! Ninety-six turkeys, 220 bags of food, and $1,250 in gift card and monetary donations were collected. Click the article title for more information.

There are still children hoping that an OLS-SA parishioner will be their Santa Claus. If you haven’t already “adopted” a child (or a family of children), please consider sharing the joy of the season by participating in our Adopt a Child, Adopt a Family Program. Click the article title for more information.

Do you want more than rhetoric and emotion to navigate through the issues on abortion? Come and join us on December 6, at 7:00 PM, for the presentation "Abortion: Just the Facts, Ma'am" by Marie Tasy, Executive Director of the NJ Right to Life. We'll be in the Church Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows.

The Food Pantry Partnership will happily accept all types of nonperishable food and can always use pantry staples as well as basic hygiene and cleaning supplies. For more information, click the article title.

Are you able to give 1-2 hours approximately 7 times a year caring for our parish altar linens? The Altar Linen Ministry launders and presses the purificators used for our Sunday and daily masses. If you are interested, click the article title for contact information.

The Procession Pilgrimage of the Traveling Torches of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be next Saturday, December 1. Hundreds of us, Proud Catholics, will process with police escort to St Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, Trenton for a special mass with our Bishop David O’Connell at noon. After mass there will be food and fellowship. Please join us as to show and share our Catholic faith as we unite under the care of Our Lady of Guadalupe and honor Our Mother in this beautiful way!

The Social Justice/Social Concerns Committee once again invites you to share your love and your treasures this Christmas with children in need, and in so doing, keep alive the memory of Deacon Joe Malloy. Click the article title for more information.

In a growing marriage the little things are the big things. It's not only marrying the right person. It's BEING the right partner. How are you doing in the little things of your marriage? Click the article title for a link to Susan's website.

To all those who knew Sr. Ruth Durfee, Many thanks for your presence in her life and in her death. Special thanks to Monsignor Gervasio and all of the Our Lady of Sorrows – St. Anthony family. She is praying for all of us. Sr. Maureen

Don't argue with anyone today even if you're right. Click the article title for a link to Susan's website.

Save the date for a morning of renewal. All ushers and members of the liturgical and music ministries are invited to join us on November 17, at Our Lady of Sorrows. Click the article title for more information.

Click the article title to find out about the bus trip to Hunterdon Hills on December 14, and our Christmas luncheon on December 5.

Honored at CYO Mercer’s 2018-19 basketball league opening day mass on November 3 were Grace Jakim (Female Athlete of the Year) and Jim Primerano (CYO Scholar Athlete Team member), both 2018 graduates of OLS School. Also honored was Romeo Laurente, named as the 2017-18 CYO Volunteer Coach of the Year.

We have the opportunity to assist the needy within our own parish through the donations you make to the St. Vincent DePaul Conference. Click the article title to find out where and how you can make a gift.

Our parish Social Justice/Social Concerns Committee will again be collecting frozen turkeys and non-perishable items to fill Thanksgiving baskets those who are in need. Please bring your donations to the concrete storage shed in the back parking lot at St. Anthony’s Church and to the Rectory garage at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at all Masses on the weekend of November 17-18. Click the article title for more information.

If you're too busy to have a weekly date with your spouse, you may be too busy. Tonight choose several hours that you can devote just to each other next weekend. This week the wife plans what to do, next week it's the husband's turn. Click the article title for a link to Susan's website.