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...from the District of Haiti of the Secular Institute Voluntas Dei.

Many thanks to those who generously donated to this year's "Work of Love" throughout the holy season of Lent. Click here for more information on the total and where it's going!

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

Thanks to all who donated to our Lenten Work of Love. The total will be announced soon.

This year's Lenten Work of Charity is to help rebuild the residence for the priests and seminarians of the Institute Voluntas Dei, which was destroyed by widespread looting. All poor box donations during Lent will be dedicated to the Work of Love.

Click here to see a message of gratitude from the Bishop of Zielona Gora-Gorzow (Poland), who received our Lenten Work of Love donation for the refugees from the Ukraine.

Please notify the parish office when your organization or ministry changes leadership. It is important for us to know the correct person to contact regarding 2023-24 facility scheduling. Click here for contact information.

This year's Lenten Work of Love is to assist the refugees of the war in the Ukraine, who are now in Poland. Please be generous, and put your donations in the containers at the doors of the church. Click here for more information.

Monsignor recently received the a thank you note from Rev. Gimelet Bazile, Curé de la Paroisse Notre Dame de La Merci, Les Irois in the Diocese de Jérémie, in response to our Lenten Work of Mercy... click here to see it.

Let us be generous in our financial support for the restoration of the Church of Notre Dame de la Merci in Les Irois, Haiti, which was devastated by Hurricane Matthew in the autumn of 2016!

Your generous donations during this year’s Lenten Work of Love benefited Mary Immaculate School’s expansion. Click the article title to see the letter from Fr. Mehu Charles Joseph, pastor of Mary Immaculate parish in Platon, Haiti, which Monsignor Gervasio has shared with us here.

Our Lenten Work of Love realized a total of $11,000 for the building of the new Mary Immaculate School in Haiti. Thanks to all who generously contributed to this appeal—extraordinary results in a time of pandemic!

This is just a reminder. The cans for donations are at the doors of both churches. Please don't forget our brothers and sisters in Christ! They need our help. Remember that alms giving is one of the pillars of Lent!

Because the church was not open during much of Lent to receive Lenten offerings, we are continuing the Lenten Project through the Easter Season. Let's show the world the gift of God's love, poured out through us upon those who desperately need our help! Click the article title for more information.

In addition to the troubles caused by the pandemic, the area served by the Religious Teachers Filippini in Ethiopia is being swarmed by thousands of locusts eating their crops! They are in desperate need of the well and cisterns that our gift will provide. Since we cannot make our donations at the church doors as usual, please do not forget our Lenten offering--Donations may be mailed to the Parish Office. Checks should be made payable to Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony Parish.

Click the article title to see the message of thanks from Fr. Mehu Charles Joseph, CSC of the Parish of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Planton, Les Gonaives, Haiti.

We are pleased to announce that this year’s Lenten Work of Love to benefit Mary Immaculate School in Les Gonaives, Haiti, realized $15,928. Many thanks to all those who generously contributed to this project to provide decent facilities for the students of that school. Our parish will be sending to the pastor, Fr. Mehu Charles Joseph, a parish check for $16,000.

The Honor Society of Our Lady of Sorrows School wants to make Easter “hoppy” for children ages 3 to 12 who are served by Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton. If you would like to help, click the article title to find out how!

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.”