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After all Masses next weekend (August 18-19), the Knights of Columbus, in conjunction with the OLS-SA Respect Life group, will be assisting New Jersey Right to Life by selling chances on a 2019 Volvo XC40 AWD SUV valued at $43,500 with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th prizes of ShopRite Gift Certificates. Proceeds will benefit New Jersey Right to Life, New Jersey’s oldest & largest organization dedicated to protecting all human life from conception to natural death. Please support “Pro-Life Action” and buy a $10 raffle ticket or make a donation. Show your love for Jesus in these, his "least ones."

The Food Pantry Partnership has a pressing need for peanut butter and jelly, although they will also happily accept all types of non-perishable food, and can always use staples such as tuna, pasta, and spaghetti sauce. Click the article title to find out more about the Food Pantry location and the dates when they're open.

Our parish is pleased to welcome Harry J. Bomm and Kate Kopera to the ranks of our altar servers.

Thanks go out to Cheryl Uhaze, who coordinated our parish’s participation in the Loaves and Fishes Program, and to all who helped in any way, whether through donations, help with preparing or serving food, or cleaning up after the meal. The parish’s cost for this year’s participation in the Loaves and Fishes Program was $2,929.

Plan now for the Feast of the Assumption! The holy day Masses will be held on the usual holy day of obligation schedule on August 14 and 15. If you have not already updated our availability online, please do so quickly! If you cannot make online updates, click the article title to find Deacon Kevin's contact information.

Although the food Pantry Partnership will happily accept all types of nonperishable food and can always use peanut butter, jelly, tuna, and spaghetti sauce, the most pressing need now is for peanut butter and jelly. Click the article title for information on when the food pantry is open, and where to find it.

A joint effort of the Diocese of Trenton and Catholic Charities provides licensed professionals for short term counseling (up to 6 sessions) to parishioners dealing with difficult issues, for example, job-stress, family concerns, and bereavement. Click the article title for more information.

Older adults in Mercer County will have the opportunity to receive checks that will enable them to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables at participating farm stands, Mercer County officials announced on Monday. For more information, click the article title.

Click the article title to see the Thank You letter from Fr. Jean!

Items to be published in the bulletin for the weekend of July 7-8 should be submitted no later than Monday, June 25. Please email all bulletin announcements to dmikics@ols-sa.org. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

The bill to legalize physician assisted suicide (A1504) has not yet been scheduled for a vote by the full Assembly. There are still two possible dates when it could be scheduled. Please contact Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to ask him not to schedule the bill for a vote. Click the article title for more details and contact information.

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 2018 through June 2019. Information and forms, including an annotated calendar facility reservation form, are available

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 for information on how you can help.

Are you planning to travel this summer? It can be difficult for Catholics to find a Mass when traveling. It is not always easy to find the right diocesan or parish websites. Click the article title for a link that will make it easier!

Our parish will be serving the meal at St. Mary's Cathedral in Trenton on Saturday, June 30. Won't you help? This is your chance to see Jesus hungry and thirsty, and minister to Him. Click the article title for a link to complete information on what is needed, and when.

Join us for our next Respect Life meeting, on June 7, at 7:00 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows. Click the article title for more information.

Those words came from Fr Eugene Savarimuthu, whose ministry in India was the focus of our Lenten Work of Charity. In a recent letter to Msgr Gervasio, Fr. Gene extended his love and gratitude for the parish community’s continued support, both prayerfully and financially, for the “poorest of the poor.”

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

There will be a meeting of the Social Justice Committee on Monday, May 21, at 7:00 in the Church Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows. If you are interested in joining this ministry, please join us!