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The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of Mercer County offers Summer Camps, Pre-schools, Swim Lessons, and group picnic rentals. Click the article title for details.

Do you have an old bicycle that you or your family no longer use? The Boys & Girls Club Bike Exchange is an all-volunteer effort that collects, repairs, and sells bikes from its shop in the Capital Plaza Shopping Center on the Trenton/Ewing border. For more information on how you can help, click the article title.

On Sunday, May 5, Notre Dame High School is hosting "First Look", a high school preview for students in grades 6 & 7. Click the article title for information on how to register.

On the Sunday before the Cohort Mission begins, April 28, St. Raphael-Holy Angels is hosting a Teen Life Mass with Fr. Pivonka, which will be followed by fellowship and pizza! Please join us! Have a preview of our mission speaker...be in the know!

Our Lady of Sorrows Summer Camp is for 3 & 4 year olds (the Adventurers' Club) and 5 & 6 year olds (the Explorers' Club). Camp dates are June 17 through August 23rd, with no camp on July 3 & 4. Campers may attend all or part of the sessions, for full days or half days. Click the article title for more information and a link to the registration forms.

Run by OLS School art teacher Mrs. Kim Bowers & Ms. Francesca Gioe, the Adventure Camp will take place from 8:45 AM to 3:00 PM the week of June 17 – 21 and is open to boys and girls in grades K through 6. It features arts and crafts as well as other fun activities. Click the article title for a link to more information.

All youth and their families are invited to this event, including Jr. High and High School students, young adults, scouting groups, altar servers, religious education families, and families from the parish who aren't involved with any of the other groups. Click the article title for more information.

On Sunday, February 3, we will celebrate Scout Sunday at the 11:00 mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. Our Scouting program seeks to teach youth about their Duty to God, Country, and Self while building Leadership, Citizenship, and Personal Fitness—all while having fun and providing service to our parish and the community. For more information, click the article title.

To celebrate the beginning of Catholic Schools Week, Our Lady of Sorrows School will hold an Open House on Sunday, January 27, from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Come visit us to learn how we can meet the educational, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of your child in a loving and nurturing atmosphere. Click the article title for contact information and the address.

The Polish Arts Club of Trenton announces the availability of $1,500 scholarships to qualified High school seniors of Polish descent to assist in their pursuit of a college education. For details and an application, please visit www.trentonpolisharts.org or contact your high school guidance counselor. Applications must be submitted by February 20, 2019.

Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition, for all boys and girls ages 9 to 14, is scheduled for Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King Day), from 1 to 3 PM. For more information, click the article title.

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.

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.

Registration for the 2018-2019 OLS-SA Intramural Basketball season is now open. The league accepts parish boys and girls in Grades 1 through 8 of all skill levels and everyone plays (Beginners are welcome). Click the article title for more information.

God and Father, you are the divine companion. We ask you to continue to be with young people as they experience sorrow and joy, loneliness and friendship Guide and protect them from the dangers that are present in our world today. Gracious God, give to them and their families the courage to follow you as they journey through life. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, may they experience your loving care and mercy. We make this prayer through Christ, our Lord, Amen.

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Reading is an integral part of education, and many children don’t have access to the books they need. If you have unneeded books appropriate for students of grades PreK-8, you can donate them, and know that there will be children who are able to read who otherwise would not enjoy that experience. Watch for special bins at the church doors for the weekends of August. They will be marked for this project. Click the article title for more information behind this project.

The camp blends instruction with fun & competition. Children are grouped by age and ability to help build confidence. It is open to boys and girls in grades K through 8. Click the article title for dates and sessions, and a link to registration information.

to Joe Hejda & Rosemary LaMachia, who will be inducted into the CYO Hall of Fame for their special contributions to the organization at a banquet in November.

The FUNdamentals Summer Basketball Camp returns during the weeks of June 18, June 25, July 2 (no camp on July 4), and July 9, from 9 am to 3 PM. The camp blends instruction with fun & competition and is open to boys and girls in grades K through 8. Children are grouped by age and ability to help build confidence. Click the article title for contact information.