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Join us for the 1st Annual Spooktacular, on Saturday, October 29, from 11 AM to 3 PM, in the parking lot at Our Lady of Sorrows. Click here for details.

Notre Dame High School will be holding an open house for prospective students and their parents on Thursday, October 20, from 7 to 9 PM. Click here for registration information.

Come and see what Villa has to offer as a Catholic alternative to public high schools for girls! Join us on October 1st from 1 - 3 PM. Click here for more information.

We are delighted to announce that two of our school's most recent graduating class were selected as part of the 2021-22 CYO Scholar-Athlete Team! Click the article title for details.

CYO Basketball tryouts are open to all OLS students and OLS-SA Religious Education students. You must attend at least 2 tryouts to qualify. Tryouts are held at the OLS Gym.

Cheer coach Melissa Tessein has announced that Cheer Tryouts will be held in the gym on Friday, September 13, from 6 to 7 pm. All girls attending OLS School (grades 2 – 8) or who attend OLS-SA Religious Education classes are welcome to try out.

The annual Parish Picnic will be held on Sunday, September 11, from noon to 4:00. See the parish picnic page for details and a sign-up form.

Are you looking to enroll your child in a Catholic school for the coming school year? Our Lady of Sorrows is now accepting applications for the school year which begins in September. Click the article title for more information.

Basketball season is coming! There will be Open Gym nights for boys interested in playing basketball on the 2022-2023 OLS-SA Basketball teams. Click the article title for details.

Mission Jersey, a one day of service sponsored by the Diocese of Trenton Youth Ministry Department will be held at St. Gregory the Great on Thursday, July 28, beginning at 9:00 am. It is a great day filled with service, prayer, and fellowship for students who are graduating 8th graders to graduating 12th graders. Click the article title for a link to more information. Act fast, as the slots are already filling up!

The Holy Ghost Prep Dean of Academics has announced that parishioner Jack Evans, a Junior at the school, has achieved distinguished honors for the second semester of the 2021-2022 school year. This means that he earned a grade point average of 4.2 or above for that period.

Click the article title to find information on the FUNdamentals Basketball Camp at OLS, and the Steinert Girls Basketball Camp.

The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education (CHPE) require all public school students to learn about a broad range of topics, including human relationships, mental health, social well-being, physical fitness, and sexual reproduction. If you are not comfortable with this and prefer to address any of these issues at home, in your own time, you can opt out.

The Mercer County Federation of Holy Name Societies is again offering a scholarship to a graduating high school senior who, with the senior's parents, are practicing Roman Catholics and members of the parish. Click the article title for details.

Explore your talents in our Performing Arts camp, or work on your skills out on the fields in our Athletic camps! If you have questions, email summer@NDNJ.org. Register today!

Due to the continued effects of COVID 19, the parish sponsored summer camps normally held on the OLS Campus— Adventure Camp!, OLS Summer Camp, and Vacation Bible Camp—have been cancelled.The FUNdamentals Basketball Camp will be held at St. Raphael’s air-conditioned gym. Click the article title for details.

SGBC is a fun and exciting way for girls to better their basketball skills, make new friends, and play a game they love. Instruction from current and former Steinert High School coaches and players. Click the article title for more information.

Congratulations to the members of our parish family who were confirmed this weekend. We offer our thanks to their parents, sponsors, and catechists, who have prepared them for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and to Msgr. Thomas Mullelly, who conferred the sacrament.

If you are concerned about the tone and content of social media posts, take a look at the document "Rules of the Road for Social Media" found in the Documents section on our Catholic Witness page, under Faith Formation > Adult Faith Formation.

Effective October 1, parish meetings may resume, with standard protocols for social distancing and a few additional guidelines. Click the article title for details.