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Along with the Christmas Collection, the Easter appeal is one of the most important of the year. Your generosity in this collection goes very far in meeting our many expenses—not only the care of buildings and grounds but our obligations to our employees and our diocese. If you have not yet sent in your Easter donation, please be generous.

Click the article title to see the Lenten schedule for March 21 - 27.

Ashes will be distributed on Ash Wednesday, February 17, at the 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows, and the 12:15 PM and 7:00 PM (Creole) Mass at St. Anthony. For information on COVID-19 protocols, click the article title.

The holy season of Lent begins on February 17. Next Sunday, our bulletin will contain a folder with the schedule of services for the season. Please keep it around for reference, and remember that Lent is a time of fasting and abstinence.

This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 17. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week (February 6/7), there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.

The month of November is dedicated to prayer for the faithful departed. During this month the names of our beloved deceased, indicated on the envelopes you have returned, will be placed upon the altars of our churches. There they will remain for prayerful remembrance.

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!

...we are providing Worship Aids that include the readings for each of the Holy Week liturgies. This way, you can read along, keeping your participation in the liturgy strong, even separated by distance from the physical celebration. Please also remember to make a spiritual communion at the appropriate time during the liturgy. The prayer for that is also found on this website.

Lenten activities have been cancelled due to the Corona virus.

If you're trying to think of something to do during Lent other than giving up chocolate, look no further! Join the 40 Days for Life Initiative in Mercer County, which runs from Ash Wednesday through Palm Saturday. Click the article title for details.

This year, the penitential season of Lent begins on February 26. Please bring in all old palms to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Beginning next week, there will be containers at all the exit doors on the weekends to hold the palms.

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.

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.

If you brought or sent in a picture of a loved one to be placed by Our Lady at either Our Lady of Sorrows or St. Anthony during November, please pick it up at the Parish Office during regular business hours. The Parish Office is located beneath Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

The month of November is dedicated to prayer for the faithful departed. During this month the names of our beloved deceased, indicated on the envelopes you have returned, will be placed upon the altars of our churches. There they will remain for prayerful remembrance. Click the article title for additional information on leaving a photo of your beloved deceased to display by the Statue and Altar of the Blessed Mother.

“The Blessed Virgin,” affirms the Second Vatican Council, “advanced on her pilgrimage of faith...a faith never tainted by the least doubt...but still always faith.” It would be very far from the truth to think that the divine mysteries were so revealed to Mary...that she had no need of faith. Click the article title for more on this...

“If you cannot equal Mary’s absolute purity,” says St. Bernard, “at least imitate her humility. The virtue of humility is essential. We can be saved without virginity, but not without humility. For more, click the article title.

Are you looking for the schedule of Masses for Easter? Are you surprised to find out that Easter actually lasts for 50 days? Find all this and more on the Easter Season page under Worship & Liturgy > Liturgical Seasons.