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We are pleased to publish our extended Christmas Eve/Day Schedule in advance, reminding everyone that the COVID restrictions remain in place that limit the number of people allowed in church. Click the article title for more information and a link to the schedule.

How we shall manage Advent Confessions and the celebration of Masses during Christmastide is a challenge that is being taken up by the Bishop’s COVID-19 Taskforce. Guidance will soon be provided to the pastors as they look toward that busy time!

Our parish relies very much on the annual Christmas Collection to meet its financial obligations. Your generosity in this annual appeal is very much appreciated.

Jesus is coming! Gather with your fellow parishioners after the 11 am Mass on Sunday, December 22, to help decorate Our Lady of Sorrows Church for his arrival.

A calendar makes a great gift, as it keeps on giving all year long! You can purchase a calendar at the Parish Office. Click the article title for details.

All are invited to attend the NJ Knights of Columbus Blessing of the Nativity on Saturday, Dec. 14, 10:00 AM on the NJ State Capitol Grounds, at the State House. Dress for the weather! Click the article title for details.

The Saint Ann Youth Choir will present their annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 15, beginning at 3:00 pm in the Church of Saint Ann. The concert is free and open to the public. Please join us for the concert and a reception following it in the Pope John Paul Community Room.

If you ordered one or more wreaths from the Rosary Altar Society, please remember to pick them up after one of the Saturday evening or Sunday morning masses this weekend (December 7-8) at the pick-up site you specified on your order form. The wreaths will be in the OLS Church Meeting Room and the St. Anthony Church Hall.

Starting the weekend of November 30 - December 1, the Church will be celebrating the season of Advent, a time to anticipate the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. Our parish will continue its tradition of inviting families to carry the lighted Advent candle in procession at the beginning of each weekend Mass. For more information, click the article title.

Join in our diocesan celebration honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas and of the Unborn. A great procession will take place on Saturday, December 7. A Festive Mass will be offered at the Cathedral of St. Mary at noon by His Excellency, Bishop David O’Connell. Click the article title for more information about the route and bus stops!

A Christmas Carol Festival will be held at 7 pm on Thursday, December 5, at The Church of St. David the King (1 New Village Road, Princeton Junction). Sing traditional Christmas carols followed by delicious homemade Christmas cookies and desserts, wassail, and coffee. All are welcome and there is no cost.

Trenton Catholic Academy presents Fr. Alphonse & The Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 19, 7:30 pm at Immaculate Conception Church, Trenton (Our Lady of the Angels Parish). Click the article title for ticket information.

Welcome the holiday season with the elegance and grace of Father Alphonse Stevenson conducting the renowned Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea on Friday, December 13, at 7:30 pm at St. Dominic's Church, in Brick, NJ. Click the article title for more information.

The Society of St. Cecilia of St. Anthony of Padua presents their Christmas Concert featuring Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Hodie Christus Natus Est and Johan Sebastian Bach’s Cantata 140 on Friday, December 6, at 7:30 pm at St. Anthony of Padua Church. Click the article title for more information.

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!

During Advent, our parish will continue its tradition of inviting families to carry the lighted Advent candle in procession at the beginning of each weekend Mass. Click the article title for more information.

Join us on December 15, at St. Gregory the Great campus, to commemorate the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem. We'll gather in the Chapel, and then journey to the E-Center, School Building, and Parish Center looking for a welcoming place for Jesus to be born. The journey will end in the gathering space of the church with the Christmas Tree Lighting, carols, and refreshments.

Try attending this morning retreat on December 19, at the St. Francis House of Prayer in Rancocas. Click the article title for a link to more information.

If you ordered one or more wreaths from the Rosary Altar Society, please remember to pick them up after one of the Saturday evening or Sunday morning masses next weekend (December 8-9) at the pick-up site you specified on your order form. The wreaths will be in the OLS Church Meeting Room and the St. Anthony Church Hall. (The wreaths also will be available for pickup at OLS only between 11 AM and 1 PM next Friday, December 7.)

In addition to our usual confession schedule of Saturday mornings and afternoons, priests will be available for confession at Our Lady of Sorrows Church from 6:00 – 7:30 pm on Thursday, December 20. NB....No Confessions on Saturday, December 22.