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The Respect Life Ministry of OLS-SA is hosting a group rosary at an online Zoom conference every Wednesday evening at 6:45 PM. We invite everyone to join us in praying this rosary as a group for the express intention of an end to abortion. At this time, we are also including an intention to end the Covid-19 pandemic. Click the article title for contact information and details.

The Rosary Altar will hold their Corporate Sunday on December 4 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, and their monthly meeting for December on Monday, December 5.

Throughout the Advent Season, the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be displayed within our churches. Click here for more information on Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Our Rosary Altar, Respect Life, and America for Fatima groups invite you to join them in praying the Rosary in the Church Meeting Room of Our Lady of Sorrows, on Saturday, October 15, at noon.

The OLS-SA Rosary Altar Society is hosting a Day of Recollection on Saturday, October 15, from 8 AM to noon. Msgr. Sam Sirianni will speak on "The Blessed Virgin, Where Faith and Culture Meet". For details, click here.

This feast is celebrated on September 8. This is a feast of great joy because Mary’s arrival is a sign that the Redemption is drawing near. St. Peter Damien commenting on this feast writes: “Today is the day in which God begins to carry out his divine plan, since it was necessary to construct a house before the King would come to dwell within it.”

The Diocese of Trenton invites you and your family to journey with Bishop David O'Connell to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2022. Click the article title for more information.

I regret to report that the "little grotto" of the Blessed Virgin to the left of St. Anthony Church was totally demolished due to a motor vehicle accident in the early hours of Friday, August 12.

Monday, August 15 is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. As this Solemnity of Our Lady falls on a Monday this year, the obligation to attend Mass is abrogated, i.e., there is no obligation to assist at Mass. Everyone is, however, encouraged to join us in celebrating this ancient feast at our usual 7 and 9 AM Masses.

The Rosary Altar Society is a parish confraternity whose members seek to enhance the spiritual, social and cultural life of our parish through liturgical service, prayer, and devotion to the gospel teachings, while honoring the desire of our Lord to better know, love, and venerate His Mother. For more information, click the article title.

The annual May Crowning off our Blessed Mother will take place at the 11:00 AM Mass this Sunday, May 29, at Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

Please pray the Rosary daily, not only in May, but always! Although we honor Our Blessed Mother especially in May and October, our world today needs her more than ever. Our May Crowning will take place on May 29 at the 11 am Mass.

The Respect Life Committee of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony parish invites and encourages you to participate in one or more of the prayer events listed in this article. Click the article title to see the list.

The Rosary for America Needs Fatima will be prayed in Our Lady of Sorrows Church at noon on Saturday, October 16. All are invited to join us. Click the article title for more information.

The parish of St. Gregory the Great invites you to join us for a presentation featuring Barb Ernster from the World Apostolate of Fatima on Wednesday, October 13, at 7:30 PM. Click the article title for more information.

There was nothing grudging about Mary’s consent to what God asked of her; she responded with a joy that can exist only in one who is truly free. Her joy and her freedom originate in the same source: her consonance with the will of God. For more of this reflection, click the article title.

In no other creature is the humility of God more clearly reflected than in the heart of the Virgin Mary, who embodies the paradox of the Gospel. Mary exults because God works in her, not to accomplish her purposes, but his! For the full quote, click the article title.

The month of May is dedicated to our Blessed Mother Mary. Click the article title for a reflection from Cardinal James Hickey and a prayer from St. Bernard.

This weekend, because Our Lady of Sorrows is the co-patroness of our parish, we will be using the texts of Our Lady's Mass. Let us gather with joy to thank Our Lady for her maternal care and implore her continued intercession for our parish family.

Because the Solemnity of the Assumption falls on a Saturday this year (August 15), the obligation to assist at Mass is lifted. However, the faithful are encouraged to attend Mass, especially as the Blessed Mother is the patroness of our Diocese under the title of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.