PARISHES
Scholastic Olympics celebrate 25 years of student achievements
The silver anniversary celebration held in Toms River March 13 resembled so many others, with balloons decorating the venue, a dee jay enlivening the crowd, and broad smiles lighting up the faces of the more than 200 attendees.
Sacred Heart Mini Vinnies share element of friendship on Purple Passion Day
For the sixth year, students in Sacred Heart School, Mount Holly, participated in a Lenten event called Purple Passion Day retreat which is designed to engage students in a day of service through prayer, song and activities that will help them refocus on their Lenten promises.
All-senior CBA chess team captures state win
For the first time since 2015, the Christian Brothers Academy chess team has won the New Jersey Team Championship.
High school students come together to fight teen suicide, mental illness in Monmouth County
For years, students in Red Bank Catholic, Red Bank Regional and Rumson-Fair Haven High Schools have been friends in their neighborhoods but rivals on the playing fields.
Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage in Bay Head parish
Sacred Heart Parish, Bay Head, will host a Lourdes Virtual Pilgrimage Experience at 9:30 a.m. March 27.
Multi-parish mission planned
A multi-parish mission “God’s Message of Mercy” will be hosted jointly by the Cohort Six parishes of Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony, Hamilton, St. Gregory the Great, Hamilton, St. John the Baptist, Allentown, and St. Vincent de Paul, Yardville at 7 p.m. each evening from April 9 to 12 in …
Parish to hold 'Pro-Life Stations of the Cross'
St. Gabriel Parish Respect Life Committee, Marlboro, will host “Pro-Life Stations of the Cross” at noon March 30 at 100 North Main Street next to the rectory by the unborn baby gravesite.
Pennington parish couple offers blueprint on benefits of forming addiction ministry
For Deacon Moore Hank and his wife, Theresa, leading a Congregation Assistance Program is not a ministerial duty, but something they feel honored to do. “It’s really been a privilege,” Theresa Hank said during a March 15 presentation in St. Ann Parish’s pastoral center, Lawrenceville, on how to start a …
St. Paul School among Princeton locations on lockdown during gun standoff
Students and faculty in St. Paul School, Princeton, spent the better part of the school day March 20 on lockdown, as police engaged a man who entered nearby Panera Bread restaurant with a gun – just down the block from the St. Paul campus on Nassau Street.
Environmental fair in Hightstown parish
St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Hightstown, will hold an environmental fair April 15 from 8 a.m. to noon in the parish gym, 156 Maxwell Ave.
Blessing set for pregnant women, couples hoping to conceive, adopt
St. Denis Parish Elizabeth Ministry, Manasquan, will hold a Mass for women currently pregnant and couples hoping to conceive or adopt. The service will be at 11 a.m. April 8 in the church, 90 Union Ave.
Notre Dame High's Barry E. Breen to retire
The board of governors in Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, recently announced the retirement of school president, Barry Edward Breen, effective June 30.
Vocations dinner
St. Hedwig Council, Knights of Columbus, Trenton, will hold its annual vocations dinner honoring Father Michael Hall, director of the Diocesan Office of Worship and pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Ewing, and Dorothy Zadworny, religious education coordinator in St. Hedwig Parish, Trenton 3 p.m. April 15 in …
Presentation on St. Therese of Lisieux slated for April 21
The Upper Room Spiritual Center, Neptune will present “St. Therese of Lisieux: Saint for our Violent Times,” April 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with presenter Brother Joseph F. Schmidt, FSC.
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