PARISHES

Valentines from Africa touch the heart of a parish

Think “Valentine’s Day,” and images of Cupid, red roses and boxed chocolates dance through our heads. For St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Hightstown, those words bring to mind “Project Love for Africa” and the faces of the continent’s most vulnerable population, the children victimized by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

OLPH seventh graders rally around water charity

The seventh-grade class in Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Maple Shade, has been focusing its energies on a cause much greater than the school community itself.

Irish Celebration planned in Brick

St. Dominic Parish, Brick, will present an “Irish Celebration” March 6 at 7 p.m. in the church at 250 Old Squan Road.  

Crossfit retreat planned

BOLD Youth Ministry of St. David the King Parish, Princeton Junction, will hold an overnight Crossfit retreat Feb. 28-March 1 in Sandyston, near the beautiful Delaware Water Gap, for all high school aged kids. 

Presidential presentations given in St. Aloysius School

In celebration of President’s Day, the third grade class in St Aloysius School, Jackson, presented “The Lives of the Presidents of the United States.”

Annual Memorial Mass and Scholarship Awards Breakfast to be held

The Mercer County Federation of Holy Name Societies will hold its 59th annual Memorial Mass and Scholarship Awards Breakfast March 15 at 7:30 a.m. in St. Raphael Church, 3500 S. Broad Street, Hamilton Township. 

St. Francis Medical Center appoints chief administrative officer,

Vincent M. Costantino, MBA, has been appointed chief administrative officer at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, and is responsible for the hospital’s strategy and management

Parish Lazarus Ministry workers guide bereaved through funeral preparations

In the recognition that Christian consolation is rooted in the hope of faith in the saving Death and Resurrection of the Lord, many parishes throughout the Diocese of Trenton offer those who grieve the assistance of a Lazarus or Consolation ministry. 

GCU welcomes peace activist David McReynolds

Is political nonviolence and radical pacifism effective or utopian? How can social justice and racial equality be achieved? What is the obligation of citizens? Explore these questions and more at Georgian Court University, Lakewood, March 10 and 11 with David McReynolds, a radical pacifist and democratic socialist leader and activist …

"Go Pink and Red Luncheon" for women

A “Go Pink and Red Luncheon” will be held March 13 starting at noon in the café of St. Francis Medical Center, 601 Hamilton Ave., Trenton.

Cinnaminson deacons experience mission trip to South America

Deacon Jack Hvizdos can vividly recall the moment he stood at the altar where Archbishop Oscar Romero was martyred.

Colts Neck parish to host Array of Hope multimedia concert

Array of Hope, the ground-breaking two –hour Catholic multi-media event that features multiple musical acts, motivational speakers and thought-provoking film presentations, has two performances scheduled for March 15 in St. Mary Parish, Colts Neck, at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Robert George to lecture April 7

A year ago, during Professor Robert George’s keynote address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, he challenged Catholics to bear witness boldly to the sanctity of human life and the conjugal understanding of marriage, despite the opprobrium that might arise for proclaiming these profound but not-always-welcome moral truths.  

'Reforming a Challenged Church: Six Lessons from Church History'

St. Ann Parish, Lawrenceville,  is hosting an adult faith formation event, “Reforming a  Challenged Church: Six Lessons From Church History,” March 23 at 7p.m.  Presenter will be Church historian and St. Robert Bellarmine, Freehold, parishioner, Dr. Christopher M. Bellitto. 

Local police, fire, EMT personnel to be honored at Barnegat Blue Mass

A Blue Mass honoring law enforcement, fire and emergency services personnel, both active and retired, will be held March 23 at 7:30 p.m. in St. Mary of the Pines Church, 100 Bishop Way, Manahawkin.


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