PARISHES
Msgr. Gartland to lead program on meaning of Christmas in Cinnaminson, Titusville
The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas can become the most stressful time of the year.
Advent activities slated throughout Diocese
As the season of Advent approaches, parishes throughout the Diocese of Trenton have planned activities to bring their communities together spiritually and socially. The following events have been announced:
Local faith communities commemorate 500th anniversary of Reformation
Coming together in a spirit of Christian unity, the pastors and faithful of three Monmouth County parishes joined with their Protestant brothers and sisters in observing the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
Christmas Concert
Villa Victoria Academy, Ewing, will host a Christmas concert 1:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Villa Victoria Academy Theatre, 376 West Upper Ferry Road.
Parish to host Christmas bazaar
St. Justin the Martyr Parish, Toms River, will hold its annual Christmas bazaar from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 and from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at 975 Fischer Boulevard.
Notre Dame High School uses basketball tourney for hurricane relief
The community of Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, recently put their basketball skills to use during the school’s first “Hoops for Hope” charity tournament, the proceeds of which will go to aid residents of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean island of Dominica who were impacted by Hurricane Maria.
Princeton's SPS clinches Scholastic Olympics again
Once, twice, thrice…. frice? The folks at Oxford will have to invent a new word for their dictionary to describe the fourth consecutive victory of a team from St. Paul School in the 36th TCA Scholastic Olympics.
OLPH victorious in Camden Diocese's academic contest
For the second consecutive year, students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Maple Shade, took home top honors in the annual Camden Catholic High School Academic Olympics, held Nov. 8 in the school’s Hocker Information Commons, Cherry Hill.
Hospice seminar addresses spiritual side of end-of-life care
“Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”
Formal ritual marks suspension of use of Holy Angels Church, Hamilton
The second of a two-part plan to mark the closing of Hamilton’s Holy Angels Church took place Nov. 19.
Mix of emotions, precious memories shared at church closing
The majority of parishioners who were in Holy Angels Church, Hamilton, the afternoon of Nov. 19 readily admitted that it was the first time they had ever witnessed a Ritual for the Suspension of Use of a Church. And they unanimously and quickly agreed that they hoped it would be …
Parishioners find much to contemplate at peace conference in Lawrenceville
The critical issues that impact peace in the world, including the threatened use of nuclear weapons by North Korea and the ongoing violence in the Middle East, were closely examined and discussed during an interfaith gathering Nov. 12 in Princeton.
St. Ann Parish looking to pursue peace from Catholic perspective
In recent years, Lawrenceville’s St. Ann Parish has referenced the quest for peace in many ways, such as displaying peace cranes in its Gallery of Light and holding prayerful interreligious vigils, gatherings and panels.
Lest We Forget: Catholic War Veterans gather to remember Pearl Harbor
It’s traditional for Mercer County’s Catholic War Veterans to gather the Sunday closest to Dec. 7, the date which, 76 years later, still lives in infamy.
Georgian Court University to open satellite campus in Flemington
Georgian Court University, Lakewood, has entered into a partnership to open a satellite campus in Flemington, which would make it the only higher-education institution in Hunterdon County.
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