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On Monday April 14, there will be a Lenten Pilgrimage to St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral in Freehold.

Volunteers are needed to help decorate Our Lady of Sorrows Church on Good Friday immediately after The Seven Last Words Service (approximately 7:30 pm). This is a great opportunity for our students to receive service hours. Help us adorn the Lord’s House for the celebration of His Resurrection!

In addition to the to the usual 7:00 and 9:00 am weekday Masses, we invite you to take part in these opportunities to observe the Lenten Season this week--click here for the list.

To the Lenten Mission at St. Raphael-Holy Angels parish. Click here for more information.

Click here to see Lenten opportunities in Mercer County.

Click here for information on the liturgical lines for Lent.

Remember man that you are dust, and unto dust you will return. This year the penitential season of Lent begins on March 5. Please bring in all your palms from last year to be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday. Place your palms in the containers at all church exit doors on February 22 through March 2.

The Easter appeal is one of the two most important collections of the year. Your generosity in this collection helps Our Lady of Sorrows-Saint Anthony to meet many expenses—not only the care of buildings and grounds but our obligations to our employees and our diocese. Please be as generous as your means allow.

Click here to find liturgical information on Holy Week, such as when funeral Masses are not permitted and other points of interest.

Help decorate Our Lady of Sorrows Church for Easter! Join the team at 8:00 PM on Good Friday, March 29.

We invite interested parishioners to participate in the Washing of the Feet ceremony duing the Holy Thursday liturgy. Click here for details.

Click here to see the opportunities offered this week to get closer to Jesus.

One of the ways Christians have traditionally observed Good Friday is by participating in a service on the seven last words of Jesus from the Cross. This year we are introducing this service on Good Friday (March 29) at 7:00 pm at Our Lady of Sorrows. Click here for more information.

The Rosary Altar Society is conducting its Annual Palm Cross Sale, the proceeds of which benefit Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish. The cross is approximately 12” x 20” and made of looped palms on a wooden cross and mounted on a stake which males a suitable adnornment for the cementary or garden. Click here for more details.

Click here to find this week's opportunities for Lenten observances.

Catholic parishes in Mercer County are inviting the faithful to go on pilgrimage locally, visiting the different churches in our county for Mass and a little history and treasure appreciation. Click here for more information.

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is on February 14th this year. Please bring in any old palms to be burned and used as ashes on Ash Wednesday before February 12! Containers will be placed near all the exit door of both churches next weekend (February 10-11) for the palms.

The Easter appeal is one of the two most important collections of the year. Your generosity in this collection helps Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony parish to meet many expenses—not only the care of buildings and grounds, but our obligations to our employees and our dioceses. Please be as generous as your means allow.

Join Us for the Solemn Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 8, at 7:30 PM, at St. Anthony Church! His Excellency, the Most Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M., will be the celebrant and homilist! Note that this is the ONLY Mass on the Saturday before Easter!

We invite interested parishioners to participate in the Washing of the Feet ceremony during the Holy Thursday liturgy. The Solemn Mass of the Lord’s Supper takes place at 7:00 p.m. on April 6 at St. Anthony Church. Click here for details.