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We offer our heartfelt congratulations and prayerful best wishes to Stephen Sansevere, who was ordained a priest at the hands of His Excellency, Bishop David O’Connell on Saturday, June 27, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold. A Jersey City native, Father Sansevere comes to the Priesthood at age 67. Click the article title for more information.

Our prayerful good wishes accompany our good neighbor to the east, Fr. Michael McClane who will assume his new duties as Pastor of St. Paul’s Parish, Princeton, effective July 1. We welcome to Hamilton and as a member of our Cohort, Fr. Michael Hall, who will succeed Fr. McClane as Pastor. For more information, on both the outgoing and incoming pastors, click the article title.

Fr. Joseph, Fr. Jean, and I, along with our parish staff, sincerely thank all those who remembered us in this holy season. Your cards, spiritual bouquets, homemade treats, and gifts were most thoughtful. May the Lord bless you abundantly for your kindnesses.

...to His Excellency The Most Rev. David M. O’Connell, who celebrates today (December 1) his 9th anniversary as Bishop of Trenton!

Let us prayerfully and gratefully remember Msgr. Michael P. McCorristin for his witness and priestly ministry at Saint Anthony Parish. Let us commend him to the love and mercy of the Lord who called Msgr. McCorristin to himself on December 5, 1990...29 years ago.

If you get an email supposedly from Msgr. Gervasio, that asks you to buy gift cards for him and send him the PIN numbers of the cards, ignore it...or report it to the police. This is a scam. Msgr. Gervasio would NEVER ask you to do this! Click the article title for more information on how to protect yourself from this type of scam.

Twelve workshops will be offered monthly on Fridays from November through April at the Chancery office in Lawrenceville. This program is appropriate for all who want to improve their skills in various parish ministries, such as the Visitation of the Sick, Jail & Prison Volunteer, Bereavement Ministers, Recovery Group Leaders, Separated and Divorced Group Leaders and many more. Click the article title for more information.

If you get an email supposedly from Msgr. Gervasio (or any other OLS-SA staff member), that asks you to do him a favor, buy gift cards for him and send him the PIN numbers of the cards, ignore it...or report it to the police. This is a scam. Msgr. Gervasio would never ask you to do this!

In order to allow for parish participation in both Loaves and Fishes (on June 29) and Kelli Pierfy's Memorial Mass, the Memorial Mass has been scheduled for July 13. Click the article title for more information.

It is which great sadness that we learned of the death of Kelli Pierfy, the beloved daughter of Deacon Jeffery and Jean Pierfy. Kelli was called by the Lord on the Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady, May 31. May the Lord sustain and comfort the Pierfy family and welcome Kelli into the joys of heaven. For information on where to send condolences, click the article title.

If your organization or ministry is changing leadership, please let the parish office know, so we'll have the correct contact information for facility scheduling and other communications. Click the article title for contact information.

to Deacon Jeff and Jean Pierfy, as they re-locate to South Carolina later this month. We hope you can join us when Deacon Jeff assists at the 11:00 am Mass on Sunday, March 10th. Refreshments will follow in the Church Hall. For more information, click the article title.

Our parish congratulates Salvatore Petro, a candidate for the Diaconate who yesterday, February 2, was instituted into the Ministry of Lector from His Excellency, Bishop David O’Connell at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption. Click the article title for more information.

Our parish joins with the clergy, religious, and faithful across the diocese in mourning the death of the Most Reverend John M. Smith, our Bishop Emeritus who died on January 22. Click the article title for more information.

The Diocese of Trenton offers a 6-day program for all persons involved in pastoral ministry, including visiting the sick, jail or prison volunteers, family caregivers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion who visit nursing homes or hospitals, grief/bereavement counselors, separated and divorced group ministers, Elizabeth ministers, Stephen ministers, and parish pastoral ministers. Click the article title for more information.

To all those who knew Sr. Ruth Durfee, Many thanks for your presence in her life and in her death. Special thanks to Monsignor Gervasio and all of the Our Lady of Sorrows – St. Anthony family. She is praying for all of us. Sr. Maureen

This Friday, October 19, the Mount Carmel Guild will hold its annual gala and our own Deacon Jeff has been singled out for special honors. The Guild has chosen well—Deacon Jeff, in addition to his parish ministry, has long served as chaplain at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Hamilton, and currently volunteers at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Our parish takes pride in Deacon Jeff’s honor and extends its prayerful congratulations to him and to Jean, his wife. Click the article title for information on how to obtain tickets for this event.

Do you want to get to know our priests, deacons, and staff? Check out the Directory of Staff & Ministry Contacts. You’ll find it on our parish website (www.ols-sa.org) at About > Directory of Staff & Ministry Contacts. There you’ll find pages with pictures, contact information, and some biographical information on our priests, deacons, and paid staff & ministry directors; as well as contact information for our volunteer ministry leaders.

Bishop O'Connell has appointed, effective July 1, three chaplains to serve the pastoral and sacramental needs of the patients at Capital Health, both at Brunswick Avenue (Trenton) and Hopewell. Click the article title to see the names of the priests appointed.

We take this opportunity to congratulate Deacon Kevin O’Boyle on the 15th Anniversary of his ordination to the Permanent Diaconate, and to thank him for the many ways in which he has served the Lord, the Church, and the people of Our Lady of Sorrows-St Anthony. Our congratulations, gratitude, and prayerful best wishes, Deacon Kevin!