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Our Lady of Sorrows-Saint Anthony
Hamilton, New Jersey
May 10, 2015
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
AT YOUR SERVICE
MONDAY, M AY 11
Ronald Krainski ~ Wife
OLS 7 AM
Josephine & Joseph Radice ~ Family
SA 8 AM
John Wass ~ Daughter
Bruno Morobito ~ E Kuligoski & family
TUESDAY, M AY 12
OLS 7 AM
Alice & Ralph Michal ~ R Colton & family
Elizabeth Bresnen ~ F & E Dempster
Veronika Alexa Kiss ~ R M Peissner
SA 8 AM
Louise Perilli ~ R Perilli Family
W EDNESDAY, M AY 13
OLS 7 AM
Elsa Brunori ~ M/M J Reilly
Fannie Verrelli ~ V Verrelli
Harry Dearden ~ Wife Laura
SA 8 AM
Msgr Wm F Fitzgerald ~ Sr Marian William OSF
SA 7 PM
Intentions of Rosemary Lewis ~ M/M P Garton
Theresa Lynn ~ J & J Reggiero
THURSDAY, M AY 14
OLS 7 AM
Judith Quinn ~ M & D Jose
Living & Deceased Members ~ Holy Name Soc
SA 12:15 PM Marjorie M J Campanella ~ D Buckley
Lee Paul Miles ~ D Buckley
OLS 7 PM
Nancy Cairo ~ G Voilas
Barbara & Nicholas Schreier
~ M Richardson
FRIDAY, M AY 15
OLS 7 AM Anthony Arnone ~ C & J Arnone
Alfred Kielbasa ~ J & D O'Donovan
SA 8 AM
Joseph Avanzato ~ J Campanaro
James Cleary ~ Wife Doris
SATURDAY, M AY 16
Bernard A Weiss Sr ~ Loving Family
OLS 9 AM
Zigmund & Eleanor Niewierowski
~ Kmiec Family
SA 4 PM
Orsola Gervasio ~ P DiFranco
Charles & Clo Bruccoleri ~ Sister Nora
Mary Ann Moeller ~ Eleanor
OLS 5 PM
Emma Sondej ~ Cousin Pauline
In Thanksgiving for Cassidy Kmetz
~ Mom Mom & Pop Pop
SUNDAY, M AY 17
OLS 7:30 AM Lucille & Daniel DeCore ~ D & J DeCore
Marie Guadagno ~ Rosary Altar Soc
Ruth Capasso ~ L Grice
SA 8 AM
Jack Daniel Cuoghi ~ Family
Kiara Trippa ~ C G Ola
Alfred Kielbasa ~ C & R Nika
OLS 9 AM
Joyce Gross ~ T & M Levandowski
Dolores Bailey ~ J & F Michaels
Madge Alessi ~ T & I Golowski
SA 10 AM
For the People of the Parish
OLS 11 AM
McCabe Brothers ~ Sister Lauretta
Peter Cerino ~ Family
Nancy Cairo ~ P Cairo Jr
NEW? If you'd like to join the parish, please visit the
parish office and complete a registration form. We'll
give you a supply of numbered envelopes. Their
use will ensure that we can provide you with
contribution information for income tax purposes
and help document your participation in the
liturgical life of your parish.
PLEASE CALL THE PARISH OFFICE TO ARRANGE FOR:
• Baptism - Call well in advance to schedule.
• Matrimony - Call at least a year prior to your
planned date.
• Anointing of the Sick - This is not a sacrament
for only those who are at the point of death, but
also those facing a serious illness.
• Holy Eucharist for the Homebound
• Bereavement Counseling
• Annulment Process Information
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS - If you
want to join the Catholic Church or complete your
sacraments of initiation (First Eucharist and/or
Confirmation), join us for the RCIA. Weekly classes
begin each September.
LOW-GLUTEN (0.01%) HOSTS - We provide lowgluten hosts for those with Celiac Disease. Please
inform the priest or deacon prior to the celebration
of Mass; at communion time, approach the priest
celebrant who will have this sacred host.
SANCTUARY MEMORIALS - Weekly sanctuary lamps
or flowers for Masses may be requested in memory
of a loved one or to mark a special occasion. The
cost of a lamp is $15; floral arrangements are $75.
Please visit the parish office at least a week in
advance, so that the dedication may be included in
the bulletin.
MASS INTENTIONS - Masses should be requested at
the parish office; the stipend is $10.
Our Mission Statement
We are the Parish of Our Lady of Sorrows Saint Anthony, a Roman Catholic Community; as
one Eucharistic Family, we are Christ-centered
and Spirit-led. Children of God our Father, we
are united by His Love and sustained by the
intercession of Our Lady and Saint Anthony. We
give witness to our faith in action.
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From the Pastor’s Desk
Mesaj ki soti nan biwo Kire-a
Dear Parishioners:
Today we salute mothers and offer to the Lord our
prayers of thanksgiving for all they do to live out their
great vocation. Mothers can be sure fonts of wisdom,
though our appreciation of their sage counsel
deepens with the passing of years. How often I hear
young mothers say, “Now, I’m beginning to sound just
like my mother!” There is something inherently good
about that! While mothers tell us many things, here
are nine things a Mom would never say:
• "How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far
back?"
• "Yeah, I used to skip school a lot, too."
• "Just leave all the lights on ... it makes the house
look more cheery."
• ‘"Let me smell that shirt—Yeah, it's good for
another week."
• "Go ahead and keep that stray dog, honey. I'll be
glad to feed and walk him every day."
• "Well, if Harry's mom says it's OK, that's good
enough for me."
• "The curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It's
not like I'm running a prison around here."
• "I don't have a tissue with me ... just use your
sleeve."
• "Don't bother wearing a jacket - the wind-chill is
bound to improve."
No, a mother, aware of the greatness of her
vocation, praises, encourages, reproves with great
love. We should never fail to offer our mother
expressions of our gratitude and love. Today our
across our country we say, “Thanks, Mom!” Today
across our country we offer our prayers that the Lord
will continually bless every mom who says “yes” to
her vocation each day and will bring those who have
gone before us, to a glorious place in heaven!
With affection,
Msgr. Gervasio
Frè-m ak Sè-m yo,
Jodia nou salye manman yo epi nou ofri a
Granmèt nou an lapriyè de remèsiman nou pou tout
sa yo fè pou viv bèl vokasyon sa a. Manman yo
kapab anseye nou lasajès, nan apresasyon nou a de
bon konsèy yo ogmante piplis chak lane. Konbyen
fwa nou tande yon jèn manman di: "koulye a mwen
kòmanse ap fè menm jan ak manman'm". Natirèlman
gen kèk bagay ki bon ladann. Pandan ke manman yo
ap di nou anpil bagay, men 9 bagay yo pa ta janm
renmen:di:
"W paka wè TV byen si w chita twò lwen"?
"Yeah, mwen te konn sote klas, tou".
"Kite tout limyè yo limen.... yo rann kay la pi bèl".
"Kite'm pran sant chemiz sa a, li k'ab mete yon lòt
semèn ankò".
"Ale pi devan, kenbe chen an ki pèdi, se ak yon
kontantman mwen pral ba'l manje epi mache avè'l
chak jou".
"Bon si manman Harry di li dakò, mwen dakò tou"!
"Kouvrefe se jis yon lòd jeneral pou tout moun
respecte,se kòmsi mwen fè isit la tounen yon prizon".
"Mwen pa gen papye pou m mouche nenm, m'ap sèvi
ak manch chemiz mwen".
"Koulye a gen bon van fre, w pa bezwen jakèt".
Non, yon manman, konsyan de vokasyon'l, fè
lwanj, ankouraje, reprimande, avèk anpil renmen. Nou
pa ta janm dwe manke ofri ekspresyon rekonesans ak
renmen a manman nou yo. Jodia nan tout peyi a n'ap
di, "Mèsi manman"! Jodia nan tout peyi a, n'ap ofri
lapriyè nou pou ke Granmèt la kontinye beni chak
manman ki di wi a vokasyon'l chak jou epi bay sa yo
ki pran devan nou yon bèl plas nan syèl la!
Avèk afeksyon,
Msgr. Gervasio
ASCENSION THURSDAY
May 14
Stewardship Report
Revenue
Weekly Collection: May 4
A Holy Day of Obligation
$23,290
Mass Schedule
Annual Catholic Appeal (58% of goal as of 5/4)
Pledged: $53,937
Paid $49,926
Donors: 333
The flowers in the sanctuary at Our Lady of Sorrows
this week are in loving memory of Helen S. Thornton
at the request of her daughter Eileen.
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Vigil (Wed)
7:00 p.m.
SA
Masses of Day
7:00 a.m.
OLS
9:00 a.m.
OLS
12:15 p.m.
SA
6:30
SA (Creole)
7:00 p.m.
OLS
Stewardship Report
April Revenue (Excluding Easter Collection)
Weekly Collections (previously reported)
Diocesan Assessment (previously reported)
Strengthening the Mission of Our School (previously reported)
April Rental Income (St. Anthony Campus)
Total
$60,445
$2,220
$3,584
$29,271
$95,520
Selected April Expenses
403b (Church's portion)
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Architectural/Construction Fees
Charity
Cleaning of Offices
Cleaning Supplies/Rock Salt Crystals for Office and Church
Contracted Service Cleaning Churches
Contracted Services Grounds
Contracted Services/Equipment/Data Processing/Pest Control
Continuing Education (Deacons)
Deacon Retreat
Diocese of Trenton Lay Life Insurance
Expenses for Former Rectory (on S Olden Ave)
Extra Clergy
Extraordinary Repairs (Roof, Pace Charter School Bldg)
Flowers
Gas for Church Truck and Lawn Equipment
General Office Supplies
Hamilton Twp Property Tax - 1 Perry Ave
Household
Housekeeper
Laity Health Premium
Clergy Health Premium
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Music
Payroll for Staff
Postage
Printing & Postage - Church Envs/Mass Cards/Baptism Certificates
Religious Education/ RCIA
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Youth Group
Youth Ministry Mass
Total
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$121
$92
$2,400
$517
$400
$301
$9,002
$3,038
$4,706
$65
$200
$288
$1,102
$500
$94,176
$515
$48
$985
$1,225
$4,876
$1,000
$5,231
$11,871
$2,423
$327
$118
$1,000
$39,709
$633
$2,391
$2,794
$4,175
$3,125
$796
$2,661
$450
$175
$13,519
$97
$400
$217,452
Parish May Crowning
Religious Education News
Please join us on Sunday,
May 17, at our parish’s
annual May Crowning.
Following the 11:00 a.m.
Mass at Our Lady of
Sorrows Church, we will
process to our Blessed
Mother Shrine in front of
our
school.
All
First
Communicants are invited
to participate in their First
Communion attire. Please
let your teacher know if you
plan to join us. We look forward to seeing all First
Communicants, their families, and all parishioners.
Post Mother’s Day Baby Shower
Religious Education Registration
It is time to register your children for Religious
Education classes for the 2015-2016 school year.
Please remember that certain sessions fill up quickly
so early registration is highly recommended. We can
more easily accommodate your preference if you
register promptly. We have a special offer for the
early registration. Please check the letter that we
mailed with the registration forms. If you haven't
received it yet, please call us.
For your convenience, all registration forms also are
available on the OLS-SA website (www.ols-sa.org).
You may print the registration form and mail or bring it
to the Religious Education Office. If you have a Pre-K
or Kindergarten student entering Religious Education
classes, please print the registration form from the
website or call our office to register your child.
We are having a baby shower for Choice One
Pregnancy Center on the weekend of May 16 & 17.
What better way to honor our mothers than to help
women in unplanned pregnancies who have chosen
life for their babies? Items needed are:
Sunday and Summer Developments
Sunday sessions are now available for students in
Grades 7 and 8.
A Summer Program is now offered as an alternative
to regular year-round classes! See below for details.
Size 4, 5, and 6 diapers
Attention all Parents whose children are attending
Trenton Catholic Academy. If your child is in 2nd
grade or 7th grade, please make sure that you register
your child for sacramental preparation.
Clothes up to 12 months
Baby wipes; new bottles
Baby shampoo, wash, and lotion
Introducing….
Summer
Religious Education
Nestle Good Start Gentle Plus formula
Infant car seats (may be gently used as long as
not past expiration date)
Strollers
The Summer Program is offered to our parishioners
as an alternative to the traditional once a week class
format that is held from September through May. It
will be held:
Donation boxes will be available at both Our Lady of
Sorrows and St. Anthony Church.
Thank you!
We wish all moms a Happy Mother’s Day.
The Social Concerns / Justice Committee
Monday –Friday
July 20-24 & July 27-31
9:00 a.m. -Noon
Welcome!
The Summer Program seeks to accommodate the
busy schedules of our families by eliminating the
weekly “shuttling” of children to the parish campus
from September through May. Class time is the same
as the regular program but condensed into a twoweek period. his “intensive” plan provides for a more
focused approach and retention of the subject matter.
Students will stay “connected” to the parish
throughout the year through weekly Mass and by
attending 3 catechetical sessions during the Advent,
Lent, & Easter Seasons. Parental involvement is
expected. It is open to students of Grades 3 -6.
For information & registration forms, please call
Mrs. Francis at 587-4372.
A warm welcome is extended to the following new
parishioners and their families:
Sandra & Marcos Bossi
J Cherie Conte-Jordine & Richard J Jordine
Tracey & John Ketterer
Anthony Weigand
Holy Name Society News
The next and final meeting of the 2014-2015 year will
be held on May 13 at 1:00 p.m. in the Church Library.
For only this final meeting, the time has been
changed.
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Sanctuary Lamps
Rosary Altar Society News
The Prayer Shawl Group will meet at 1:30 p.m. on
Monday, May 11, in the Church Meeting Room at the
OLS Campus. Prayer shawls are made for patients in
area hospitals, assisted living facilities, and nursing
homes. If you or anyone you know is interested in
making prayer shawls, or if you wish to donate yarn,
please contact Joyce Farina at 888-0437.
June Meeting and Dinner (Monday, June 1) Our
last meeting of the season will begin at 6:00 p.m. in
the Church Meeting Room. The catered dinner will be
provided by Risoldi’s. Pat Veintimilla and her
hospitality committee are planning a very nice event
for us. Cost for the dinner is $14 and advance
reservations are required. Please place your check
and the form below in an envelope marked "Rosary
Altar Dinner" and place it in the collection basket or
drop it off at the rectory no later than May 24.
At Our Lady of Sorrows
In loving memory of Jack Pacera
Requested by wife Eleanor
In loving memory of the
Deceased Members of the Orlowski Family
Requested by Jeanette Surro
At Saint Anthony
In loving memory of Theresa DiFranco
Requested by husband Pasquale
In loving memory of Josephine Damiano
Requested by daughter Denise
OLS PTA Seeking Donations
Save the date! The OLS PTA’s 5th Annual Knight to
Remember is scheduled for Friday, October 9!
This is a tricky tray style event and through the
generous donations of our school families,
parishioners, and the community at large, we were
able to assemble
more than 230 gift
baskets to raffle off
last
year.
All
proceeds from this
event benefit the
students of Our Lady
of Sorrows School.
We are in need of your help once again! Have you
come across items in your closet that you purchased
for gifts but never gave out? Did you get a gift that
you wanted to exchange but never got back to the
store? Why not donate it to our event? We are looking
for new and unused items as well as baskets or
containers (i.e., hat boxes, photo boxes, totes, etc.) to
help create these wonderful gift baskets once again.
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the event we
cannot accept clothing or “gently used” items.
Donations can be dropped off at school’s main office
between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Simply label the
donation “KTR.” Please do not drop off donations at
the Parish Office. If you have a question or would like
further information, please contact Liz Landi (6318033 or [email protected]).
OLS-SA Rosary Altar Society
June 1 Dinner Reservation Form
Returns due by Sunday, May 24
Name: _____________________________________
Telephone: ________________ Amt Enclosed:_____
Please Pray for the Sick
Joan Bartolomei, Bernice Bates, Vincent Belardo,
Evelyn Bella, Victoria Bilardo, John Burns, John
Carbonara, Maria Corbett, Ryan Cromwell, Carmella
Cronce, Ted Dolci, Bill Doran, Suzanne Figueroa, Bud
Foley, Adam Gauss, Keith Gerner, Kathy Grice, Lewis
Gryziewicz, George Gushue, Eileen & John Haller,
Lillian Henry, Joan Holman, Lorraine Jones, Robenson
Joseph, Paul Komlosi, Stephen Komlosi, Bernadette
Lecato, Michael T. Masick, McGrath, Larry Monte,
Chelsea Nodeland, Cheryl & Tom Noon, Charlotte
Nurko, Joseph O'Hara, Lisa Olson, Linda Patterson,
Isabella Petrino, Tom Plantier, Mary Plumeri, Alan
Reese, Catherine Rodenbaugh, Rose Salvatore, Baby
Michael Schaefer, Linda Seijas, David Smith, Janice
Sprink, Lisa Tiehue, Elizabeth Wilson
If you would like to be placed on the sick list, please call
the rectory office. (If you're calling for someone else,
kindly make sure you have their permission.) Please
note that names will be removed from the published
prayer list after 12 weeks unless other arrangements
have been made.
Liturgical Celebrations This Week
Please Pray for Our Beloved Deceased
Brian Carroll
Lucille Mulé
Tue., May 12
Joyce Mancuso
Wed., May 13
Thu., May 14
Fri., May 15
Sara "Jessie" Paglione
William Schultze
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Sts. Nereus & Achilleus
St. Pancras
Our Lady of Fatima
Ascension of the Lord
St. Isidore
In Memoriam
Keeping Up Our Appearance
A Paschal Candle to be used at Our Lady of Sorrows
Church was donated by Marie Borrelli, Carol
Carabelli, Kay Chiarello, Clara Gioe, Ginny LaMorte,
Joan J. Mainzer, and Eleanor Murdza.
Very often parishioners and visitors, with the best of
intentions, bring to church outdated religious
magazines, broken rosaries and statues, old “holy
cards,” and a plethora of various mailings they receive
from mission organizations. They place them at the
church doors. These only serve to clutter the church
and make additional work for our maintenance team
who must dispose of them. Kindly, refrain from
bringing such items to church. Bulk mailings from
missions may be discarded in the usual way. Broken
religious items, if not blessed, may also be discarded
in the usual way. However, one should bury or burn
blessed items. This can be done at home and the
items need not be brought to church.
Seniors’ Activities
Senior Club #1
Next meeting: Wed, May 13
1 p.m.; St Anthony Hall
A speaker from the Sheriff's Department will be
talking to us regarding home invasion. This is a very
informative topic. Please come join us.
Senior Club #1 is planning a trip to Hunterdon Hills
Playhouse on Wednesday, October 21, to see Social
Security. Cost is $77 per person, which includes the
bus, lunch and the show. Payment is not due until
September 9. Reservations can be made by calling
Nora Fragale at 838-0043.
God Bless Our Newly Baptized
Oscar Gabriel Graham Angeles
Olivia Carmel Daout
Ava Maria Demaio
Charles Robert Dinan
Jaxson Tyler Gianfrancesco
Dominic Santino Girard
Rowan Evelyn Lacy
Cayden Jolens Lamur
Miles Anthony Maruca
Sofia Elizabeth Munafo
Giuliana Grace Palmieri
Julian David Sabo
Angelo Francis Sinicropi
Penelope Werts
Senior Club #2
Next meetings: Tues, May 19 and June 2 & 16
1:00 p.m.; Church Meeting Room
There will be changes for future Atlantic City trips.
Information will be announced soon. Please call
Doreen (706-6169) if interested in going on the trips.
Our Seniors Clubs welcome new members! You do
not have to be a parishioner to join.
Because May 10 is Mother's Day, St. Martha Sunday,
like Welcome Sunday, will take place on May 17.
Be a Good Steward
Thanks to all who
returned their pledge
cards soon after the
2015 Annual Catholic
Appeal was kicked off,
our parish is 58% of the way to its goal of $110,000! If
you are one of the 333 who made a pledge or a onetime donation, thank you! If, however, you wanted a
little time to prayerfully consider pledging, but mislaid
your pledge card or haven’t yet returned it, please
take this opportunity to do so.
Through emergency assistance and other social
service programs, the Church has directly helped
alleviate the suffering of tens of thousands of people.
Your gift will help the Diocese of Trenton to carry out
its mission to care for all members of our one family in
Christ. And when we exceed our goal, money returns
to our parish!
If you haven’t already pledged, please visit
http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/, then click on
“Annual Catholic Appeal 2015.” Help your parish meet
its goal! Thanks!
Please Join Us . . .
on May 17 for coffee & conversation
after all Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows
or after the 10 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony.
Save the Date
Our Lady of Sorrows-St Anthony's 21st
Annual Golf Classic will be held at Mercer
Oaks West Golf Course on Wednesday,
September 16. Watch future bulletins for
more information.
Coming Next Weekend
American Heritage Girls is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to the mission of building women of
integrity through service to God, family, community
and country. Troop NJ0316 out of Yardville will be
selling chocolate bars after Mass the weekend of May
16th and 17th. Varieties include dark, milk, or caramel
filled milk chocolate and cost $3/bar. Thank you!
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Take a Chance for Charity
AROUND THE DIOCESE
Mount Carmel Guild’s Third Annual 50/50 Raffle is now
taking place! The ticket price remains the same at $25
with the lucky winner to receive half of all sales. Last
year, the winner received close to $10,000! The drawing
will be held on Tuesday, May 19. To get your tickets,
simply print an order form from our website
(www.MtCarmelGuild.org) or call us at 392.5159, ext. 3.
The Guild intends to use its share of the raffle proceeds
for our Feeding Families Fridays program. During the
summer months when children do not receive hot
breakfast and lunch meals at school, we assist the
families with extra food. We purchase breakfast cereal,
fresh fruits and vegetables, peanut butter and jelly, and
100% juice boxes—"kid friendly" items—so the parents
don’t have to worry about where the money will come
from to provide three meals a day.
Trenton Diocesan Spiritual Center
Mount Holly, NJ
609-877-0509
FHOP@ verizon.net
www.FHOP.org
Thoughts Matter
Tue, May 12; 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM; $20, includes lunch
This morning retreat will help us learn to notice our
thoughts as they arise and choose to accept them or
replace them. With prayer and practice, we can choose
our thoughts and receive a mind at peace, stilled and
available for conscious thinking at will.
Growing In Friendship With Mary Our Mother
Wed, May 13, 7:00 – 8:30 PM; love offering
How would you describe your relationship with Mary?
Can you imagine her about your age? Would you like to
spend an evening immersed in your friendship with Mary
and listen to her as she leads you to her Son?
Silent Directed Retreat Weekend
7 PM Fri, May 15 – 1 PM Sun, May 17; $130 ($50 nonrefundable deposit due with registration)
This retreat offers you the opportunity to experience the
graced rhythm of life in which rest restores your body
and God revives your soul. Liturgy, spiritual direction,
and optional contemplative prayer periods are included.
Please register early. These fill quickly.
Personal Retreat Day
Wed, May 20; 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM; $10 ($40 with spiritual
direction); please bring your lunch
Take a day away from the busyness of your life to rest a
while in the Lord and experience God’s presence. Come
to Francis House for silence, personal prayer and
optional spiritual direction. The day begins and ends with
a brief prayer together.
Alumni Memorial Mass
The Trenton Catholic Academy Community invites you
to participate in the Alumni Memorial Mass for the
deceased graduates of: St. Anthony High School,
McCorristin Catholic High School, and Trenton Catholic
Academy.
Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 13, at 7:00
p.m. in our school chapel (175 Leonard Ave, Hamilton).
If you hope to attend, please contact Rose O’Connor
([email protected]; 586-5888 ext. 247).
CYO News
The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of Mercer of
County announces the following upcoming programs:
CYO Day Camp (June 22 - August 21) in Yardville (ages
5-12)—Beautiful 23-acre site. American Camp
Association accredited. A lengthy waiting list for
enrollment every year! Don’t delay, call today at 5854280, ext. 121.
Teen Travel Camp (ages 13-15)— The camp is for 13-15-
Notre Dame Collecting Used Bikes
year-olds who aren't quite ready to work but are too old for Day
Camp. Each week is planned with exciting recreational field
trips and college visits. Campers will also have an opportunity
to use the CYO pool every Thursday afternoon. Choose any or
all of the four weekly sessions that begin July 12, 20, 27, and
August 3. Call 585-4280, ext. 121 for details.
Find a new home for your old trusted bike, support a
great organization, and get a tax deduction! Bikes will be
collected in the Notre Dame parking lot Saturday
morning, May 16, from 8 a.m. to noon.
CYO Memorial Day Weekend 5k Race/Walk—The
st
CYO will hold its 21 Annual Memorial Day Weekend 5K
Race/Walk on Thursday, May 21, at 6:15 p.m. at
Veterans Park in Hamilton. Call the CYO Athletic Office
at 396-8383, ext. 14, for a registration form. Join us for
this CYO fundraiser that is always so much fun!
Evening Swim Lessons—For children ages 4-14 at the
CYO Pool in Yardville. Classes are held weekly beginning
on June 22; class options are Monday, Tuesday, or
Wednesday at 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. Call 585-4280, ext. 121,
to register today. This program fills quickly.
Mark Your Calendar
Our Lady of the Angels Parish is sponsoring a bus trip to
the Tropicana in Atlantic City to see The Abba Story on
Monday, June 29. The trip, which includes motorcoach
transportation, gratuities, the 3 p.m. performance, and
$15 in slot play, costs $48 per person. Full payment is
required to reserve your seat, and is due by May 29.
The bus leaves at 10:00 a.m. from the AMC 24 Theatre
on Sloan Ave. in Hamilton, and returns there at 7:30 that
evening. For additional information, please call Lorraine
Lee (586-6749).
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Your Parish School News
Go where the Action is! As you know, Our Lady of Sorrows students
devoted a day to service to the greater Trenton/Hamilton community
on Friday, May 1. Our school project was devoted to preparing
packages and lunches for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK).
Well, somehow our school came to the attention of Channel 6 Action
News! With the organization of our faculty and professional staff, the
generosity of families and the dedication of our students an entire
school community came together in the cafeteria!
From the youngest in
Kindergarten to our soon to graduate Eighth Graders the work
began! Tables of young children were coloring brown bags that had
been distributed by middle school students. Primary children were
creating placemats to add to the lunch bags that were made by our
older students. Students were busy folding washcloths and adding
them to hygiene packets. Imagine their excitement, as Second and
Third grade students acted as "packers" moving quickly through the
room with boxes loaded with the children's work!
In the flurry of almost 300 students' work, the call was
announced! "Action News just called. They are on their way!"
Stop the presses, it was time to share the excitement with the children.
Did you hear that collective cheer last Friday morning rising from our
school? That was the voices of the children as the cameras began to
roll! As promised, we were on Channel 6 Action News at 5 o'clock.
Of course if you missed it, we made a copy and we are posting it on
our school website. Be sure to check it out along with the wonderful
diocesan video (Catholic Schools Have It All) featuring our own Mrs.
Tuohy, middle school faculty member.
"Our children" created about 400 lunches, hygiene packets,
refreshment kits and a host of placemats, cards and messages
that were delivered by our faculty to TASK. Many thanks go to Mrs.
Dusenshine, Lower School faculty member. She nurtured the dream
of this "day of service" and brought it to reality. How long did all this
take? Only about an hour to produce the product and fill the many
boxes! Imagine, all that can happen with only an hour. The real work
however, occurred well before that hour. The idea had to bloom, the
families had to donate, the thought of giving and sharing needed to
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blossom in the hearts of many. Can our children afford to be away
from books for that hour? I'm sure you can quickly answer the
question. Our children learned a life lesson that will carry them for
years. They have learned the power of giving, the joy of sharing
the importance of working with a team and they learned the good
that
they
can
give the world.
Catholic
schools
work.
We know that we
are creating and modeling the kind of people that we want to be
our neighbor, the person that we want as a work partner, the
people that we want to share our days with. Join us, discover the
excitement of your parish school and the wonderful people that
are in it!
Happy Mother's Day to all mothers, step-mothers, foster mothers,
grandmothers, godmothers, aunts, sisters, teachers, and anyone else who
nurtured or had a formative role in the life of a child.
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Dear Msgr. Tom, Fr. Carter, Fr. Jean, Deacons, the Parish and School Staff, and my dear loving people
of the Parish of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony’s,
Greetings and well wishes from Fr. Gene. As we enjoy the glorious season of Easter, I extend my
heartfelt and prayerful wishes for the season.
I had a safe journey back home to India. First and foremost, I thank God for the wonderful unexpected
opportunity to be with you for a few weeks in Hamilton. It was purely God’s intervention and was great
spending time with you. I was awestruck by your outpouring love, positive thoughts, generous time,
powerful prayers, and endless help that had reenergized me once again. I am grateful to all those who
had taken time to visit with me, offered help to take me to places in the midst of snow storms and
freezing weather, and those who joined me for an evening dinner before I left. Many thanks to those
who arranged it. I came back to “hot weather” in India, truly the reverse of “snow and cold.”
The Lenten program that has been a part of Our Lady of Sorrows - St. Anthony’s is a sincere
expression of the generosity and caring of its parishioners. Msgr. Tom, you are amazingly great for your
unconditional love, hospitality, and your genuine missionary spirit. I thank you from the bottom of my
heart for taking into consideration helping my village parish through Our Lady of Sorrows - St.
Anthony’s Lenten Mission. Special thanks to all the members of the Social Justice Committee for their
decision this year to support me in my endeavor to build a Community Center. It was very kind of the
Committee through the Lenten Work of Charity Program to make my “dream” come true. This will be a
great undertaking, but with your generous contribution, it will allow me to better serve my parish and
parishioners in a building that was built out of the hearts and love of Our Lady of Sorrows - St.
Anthony’s parishioners. I was so pleased that you all took the time to view the pictures and watch video
clips of what life is like in India. I will forever remember what you have done for me and my
parishioners, and please be assured that you will be remembered in our daily mass and prayers.
I am eternally grateful for your great expression of love for me and for my ministry here in India. It is a
great manifestation of your true love. I promise your generous sacrifices will be used for the worthy
cause of building a community hall to conduct parish ministries for my poor people here in India. They
will finally have a place where they can come together for religious and inter-religious programs. It will
also serve as a medical camp and a place where our self-help groups can meet as well as the youth
ministry will have a place for their meetings and gatherings. The adults and youth badly need a place to
hold seminars and talks, and for a little socializing.
I cannot forget the generosity and kindness expressed by the Rosary Altar Society, my brothers of the
Knights of Columbus, the Bible Study Group, Franciscan Fraternity, Pastoral and Finance Committee,
OLS School Principal, Staff and the warm welcome I received from the students and all the ministries of
the Parish. I can’t thank our Youth Group enough for their creative way of supporting this mission.
Please forgive if I missed anyone.
St. Francis of Assisi spent much time in lonely places asking God for enlightenment— God heard his
servant and gave him the wisdom to preach especially to the poor. Among his well-known sayings is his
famous Prayer—“it is in giving that we receive; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness,
light; and where there is sadness, joy.” We can count a day lost in which we have not done some good
for another; therefore, through your love and kindness, something that was almost impossible, became
possible.
Although I miss everyone and was given the experience of the “good life” in Hamilton, God called me to
spiritually enrich the lives of the poor in my homeland. Count your blessings each day, and know that
through your kindness and prayers you are able to give those in need a more meaningful and fulfilling life.
Spending the short time I had with all of you gave me more hope, and spiritually strengthened me to
live my priestly commitment with fervor and zeal in serving the poor in my homeland of India.
May God grant each of you many years of good health and happiness.
Fr. Gene
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Come Celebrate a Special Anniversary Liturgy
for
Married Couples
If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love
has been brought to full expression through us.
1 John 4:12
In his book, Loving for a Lifetime, Richard Johnson, PhD, explains that sacred unity flows from
togetherness as we more fully understand that the love relationship between marriage partners is a
reflection of the love relationship between Jesus and all the children of God.
On June 6, there will be a special liturgy at the 5:00 p.m. Mass to honor the sacrament of marriage for
couples who are celebrating anniversaries of 1 year, multiples of 5 years, or more than 50 years,
during 2015.
Following will be a Wine and Cheese Reception for the married couples participating in this liturgy.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------All married couples wishing to attend this liturgy, please complete the information below and
drop the form off at the rectory office or email the information to [email protected] by
Friday, May 29. If you don’t receive a confirmation phone message, please call Barbara at 5870759.
Names: _______________ and _________________
Wedding Anniversary Date: ________________
Phone: ______ ______ - _________
__________________________________
Number of Married Years: _____
Email: _______________________________________
Is child care needed? _______ Please provide names and ages of children: __________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Will you be joining us for wine and cheese? _________
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Watering flowers keeps them alive.
A blood donation keeps a child alive.
Will you be a life saver?
Our Lady of SorrowsSt. Anthony Parish
BLOOD DRIVE
DATE
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2015
TIME
8:00am to 12:30pm
PLACE
OLS Church Meeting Room
SIGN UP
Barbara 609-883-9750 ext. 145 or
on our website www.GIVEBLOODNJ.org
Each donor will receive a t-shirt.
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