Making Easter baskets for others is a favorite Lenten task for TCNJ community
March 18, 2024 at 4:05 p.m.
Looking to bring Easter joy to people in need, students in The College of New Jersey have an annual Lenten tradition. They prepare Easter baskets which they fill with lots of goodies – candy, small toys and stuffed animals – and some religious items too, like prayer cards and guides on how to pray the Rosary.
In the third year of observing this Lenten tradition, students gathered on March 17 to prepare 25 Easter baskets for Mount Carmel Guild, the diocesan social service agency that provides outreach to the poor in the Greater Trenton area through its two main programs – the Home Health Nursing and Community Support.
Father Christopher Colavito, the college’s Catholic chaplain, said that after he celebrated Mass for the students, they assembled the baskets, filling them with various items that had been purchased.
Once completed, the baskets were given to the Guild for distribution to clients.
Father Colavito shared his belief that such activities are community-builders for students and are important because they allow “students to come together in acts of charity, prayer and socializing as well.”
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Looking to bring Easter joy to people in need, students in The College of New Jersey have an annual Lenten tradition. They prepare Easter baskets which they fill with lots of goodies – candy, small toys and stuffed animals – and some religious items too, like prayer cards and guides on how to pray the Rosary.
In the third year of observing this Lenten tradition, students gathered on March 17 to prepare 25 Easter baskets for Mount Carmel Guild, the diocesan social service agency that provides outreach to the poor in the Greater Trenton area through its two main programs – the Home Health Nursing and Community Support.
Father Christopher Colavito, the college’s Catholic chaplain, said that after he celebrated Mass for the students, they assembled the baskets, filling them with various items that had been purchased.
Once completed, the baskets were given to the Guild for distribution to clients.
Father Colavito shared his belief that such activities are community-builders for students and are important because they allow “students to come together in acts of charity, prayer and socializing as well.”