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The Church of Saint Ann is offering an adult faith formation opportunity and shared reflection on Pope Francis’ latest Apostolic Exhortation, “On the Call to Holiness in the Contemporary World,” on Tuesday, October 30, at 7 pm.

Are you a little skeptical of assisted suicide? Do you want to know what has happened in those states where it has been legalized? Are you caught by the rhetoric that calls assisted suicide a "merciful" solution to terminal illness and severe handicaps? Do you need more information about the Church's position on end-of-life issues? Come to our Thought-Ful Thursday presentation this week on November 8, in the Church Hall at Our Lady of Sorrows. Marie Tasy, from the New Jersey Right to Life will present facts and figures that call into question the "sympathetic" solution.

This week's Thought-Full Thursday presentation on "Abortion: Just the Facts, Ma'am" has been cancelled. Predicted torrential rain and flooding will keep our presenter away...but working with the Respect Life Group, we hope to reschedule this presentation, possibly in December. Stay tuned.

The dialogue on abortion can get highly emotional, and people stop listening. This presentation will give you the facts about abortion, both scientific facts about life and the development of the child in the womb, and historical facts about abortion and Roe v. Wade. Join us on October 11, at 7:00 PM in the Church Hall at Our Lady of Sorrows, when Marie Tasy of New Jersey Right to Life will present Abortion: Just the Facts, Ma’am. In case of bad weather, call the parish office (609-587-4372) to find out if the session has been cancelled.

Do you wonder about the Church's position on life issues? Are you concerned about social pressure for abortion and assisted suicide? Do you think you have no alternative to hormonal contraception if you want to control the size of your family? Are you aware of the insidious nature of pornography in our culture? Then you'll want to join us for this season's Thought-Full Thursday series. Click the article title for more information.

Please join us this Thursday, for the final session of the Fall, 2017 season of Thought-Ful Thursdays. This week's presentation will be on "The Sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick--the Sacraments of Healing," and the presenter is Fr. Jason Parzynski, Chaplain, Notre Dame High School, Lawrencevill, NJ. Click the article title for more information on this season's offerings.

This week's movie, "Mother Teresa," will begin at 6:30 PM on August 10, since it is almost 3 hours long. Click the article title for details.

Join the OLS-SA Reading Group as we focus on the book "Rediscover Jesus", by Matthew Kelly. Sessions begin on January 5, at 7:00 PM. Click the article title for a link to more information on how you can get the book.

The victims of this (throwaway) culture are precisely the weakest and most fragile human beings--the unborn, the poorest, the sick and elderly, the seriously handicapped, etc.--who are in danger of being 'thrown away', expelled from a system that must be efficient at all costs. (Click the article title to continue reading.)

Inserted in the bulletin of October 30, is a "Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics" published by Catholic Answers, Inc. (If you did not get one, you can pick one up at the parish office.) It is provided as a help to our prayerful, serious deliberation in voting on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8. The guide does not focus on every issue that should be part of our reflection and so I also wish to direct you to the diocesan website (click the article title for the link). Elections are important. Let us not neglect this civic duty and privilege.

This week's Thought-ful Thursdays session gives you the opportunity to ask questions you never had the opportunity to ask before. A panel of experts on the Bible, Parish Life, Theology, and Canon Law will do their best to answer your questions. Please come, and bring your questions!

"America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men....It has nominally accorded mothers unfettered dominion over the independent lives of their physically dependent sons and daughters. And in granting this unconscionable power, it has exposed many women to unjust and selfish demands from their husbands or other sexual partners...The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or a sovereign." Click the article title to see the full quote.

This live multimedia drama with a modern message of mercy, will be presented at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, on Friday, November 11, at 7:45 PM. For more information, click the article title.

Mark your calendar, and plan to attend the Thoughtful Thursdays Fall Series, beginning at the end of September and running through October. This fall series will focus mainly on Pope Francis and the virtue of Mercy. Click the article title for details.

Don't miss the last movie in the summer movie series on the saints! Movie-style refreshments will be provided. Showtime is 7:00 PM (and please don't be late!). The last movie is St. Giuseppe Moscati, Doctor to the Poor, which will be presented in the Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows. Click the article title for details.

Get to know the saint who is our parish patron! Come to St. Anthony Church Hall on Thursday, July 7 to see a movie about our own St. Anthony! Refreshments (movie-style) will be provided!

This week's movie attraction is the movie "The 13th Day" about the appearance of the Blessed Virgin to the three children of Fatima. Showtime is 7:00 PM in the Church Meeting Room at Our Lady of Sorrows campus.

This week's Thoughtful Thursday presentation is "Forgive and Forget? The Christian Way?", presented by Deacon Jim Knipper, from St. Paul's Church in Princeton. Join us in the Church Meeting Room at 7 PM this Thursday for the final presentation of the Spring Thoughtful Thursday series.

Do you wish you knew more about how to evangelize? Think about attending this year's Diocesan Evangelization Conference. To see the flyer, go to the Special Opportunities for Faith Formation page, under the Faith Formation tab, or click the article title for information.