Mount Carmel Guild plans March 16 Founders’ Day Mass in Princeton
February 24, 2025 at 5:39 p.m.
Friends and supporters of the Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton are invited to attend the annual Founders’ Day Mass March 16 at 3 p.m. in St. Paul Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton.
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will serve as principal celebrant with Mercer County priests concelebrating. Among those invited to attend are the hundreds of Guild Mission members and those affiliated with the Guild, including former and current staff, board members and volunteers.
Following the Mass, a reception will be held in the parish’s Spiritual Center.
Mount Carmel Guild began in 1920, with Bishop Thomas J. Walsh’s establishment of the social service agency – an outgrowth of his work with the needy during his priesthood in Buffalo, N.Y. When the National Recreation Service – a diversion for the armed forces – was dissolved after World War I, the remaining funds were divided among the Jewish, Protestant and Catholic faith communities. The grant Bishop Walsh received from the National Catholic War Council allowed for the purchase of the Guild’s headquarters in Trenton. Within three months MCG began serving a variety of needs in the community, including visiting patients in hospitals and inmates in prisons, collaborating with the USO, providing legal assistance and contributing to both secular and religious education.
In 1941 the Guild began its nursing service program, which continues today as its Home Health Nursing program aiding older individuals. The Guild’s second major endeavor, the Community Support Program, provides emergency food, utilities and prescription assistance to prevent homelessness.
For more information, on the Mass, reception and to donate, visit MtCarmelGuild.org or call 609-392-5159.
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Friends and supporters of the Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton are invited to attend the annual Founders’ Day Mass March 16 at 3 p.m. in St. Paul Church, 214 Nassau St., Princeton.
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., will serve as principal celebrant with Mercer County priests concelebrating. Among those invited to attend are the hundreds of Guild Mission members and those affiliated with the Guild, including former and current staff, board members and volunteers.
Following the Mass, a reception will be held in the parish’s Spiritual Center.
Mount Carmel Guild began in 1920, with Bishop Thomas J. Walsh’s establishment of the social service agency – an outgrowth of his work with the needy during his priesthood in Buffalo, N.Y. When the National Recreation Service – a diversion for the armed forces – was dissolved after World War I, the remaining funds were divided among the Jewish, Protestant and Catholic faith communities. The grant Bishop Walsh received from the National Catholic War Council allowed for the purchase of the Guild’s headquarters in Trenton. Within three months MCG began serving a variety of needs in the community, including visiting patients in hospitals and inmates in prisons, collaborating with the USO, providing legal assistance and contributing to both secular and religious education.
In 1941 the Guild began its nursing service program, which continues today as its Home Health Nursing program aiding older individuals. The Guild’s second major endeavor, the Community Support Program, provides emergency food, utilities and prescription assistance to prevent homelessness.
For more information, on the Mass, reception and to donate, visit MtCarmelGuild.org or call 609-392-5159.