Parish Profile

The following statistics represent the parish profile as of January, 2017.

General Statistics

Registered Households:  3789
Households using envelopes:  2627
Seating capacity of churches:  OLS – 645, SA – 950
Avg. weekly attendance:  2,136

Liturgical Life

Baptisms:  89
Receptions into the Church: 2
First Holy Communions:  89
Confirmations:  65
Marriages:  30
Annointings of the Sick: 82
Funerals:  148
Sick Calls—Home: 43, Institution: 235 (does not include visits made by Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
Number of weekend Masses: 6
Number of weekday Masses: 2 (Saturday: 1)
Confessions: Weekly (both churches); by appointment; Parish Penance Service during Advent; Wednesday evenings during Lent
Parish offers Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Hospital Ministry: The parish priests make visits to the homebound and to the area hospitals whenever called upon.

Religious Education

Number of famiilies in program: 315
Enrollment:  448
Number of catechists: 35
Number of aides: 20
99% of catechists are certified by the Diocese at various levels.
Youth Ministry Membership: 40

Elementary School

Families in School: 174
Parish Families in School: 101
Students of Parish: 148
Students of Other Parishes: 88
Non-Catholic Students: 7
Tuition Rate for one child (qualified): $4,175
Cost to educate one child: $5,890

The parish subsidy to the school is 24% of the school budget (52% of parish revenue goes to school subsidy).

Our Lady of Sorrows School enjoys Middle States Accreditation.

In addition to supporting the elementary school, the parish assists Trenton Catholic Academy, a diocesan regional school at McCorristin Campus, Leonard Ave, Hamilton. This is in the form of a 20% diocesan "tax" on income received by the parish through the rental of school buildings at St. Anthony Campus, South Olden Avenue.

Pre-School & Day Care Center

Enrollment:  19
The parish program is financially self-sustaining.

Temporal Goods

The parish is debt-free, with no outstanding loans to the Diocese of Trenton or any bank. It is current in its payments to all vendors, diocesan assessments, liability insurance premiums, and employee benefits program.

Parish Boundaries

North: From Assunpink Creek at Olden Avenue, following Assunpink Creek along Hamilton-West Windsor line to Hughes Drive.

South: Mercer Street to Whitehorse-Hamilton Square Road to Klockner Road, to Whitehorse Mercerville Road to Olden Avenue.

East: Hughes Drive to Mercer Street

West: Olden Avenue from Hamilton Avenue to Logan Avenue, to the Assunpink Creek.

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