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St. Paul School, Princeton, students, from left, Jackson Lee and Alex Higgins aided Sadie Metzgian and other Morris Hall residents Nov. 24 during a pre-Thanksgiving visit to the Lawrenceville facility.

Faith, Family and Forgiveness series of retreats planned

The Center for Christian Spirituality at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, South Orange, will offer a series of retreats titled, “70x7: Faith, Family, and Forgiveness, Part II” at Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Church, Cedar Knolls, and St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison.

Parish calendar showcases art from parish, school youth

Another type of election took place this November.

Parishes band together to provide for Asbury Park's poor

Proving the adage that “many hands make light work,” representatives from six Monmouth County parish communities joined forces to create about 775 holiday food baskets to aid Asbury Park’s poor this Thanksgiving

'Winter Wonderland' to spread cheer, help those in need

The Christmas season is chock full of holiday cheer and gift giving, as well as a host of emblematic seasonal characters that make their way to movie screens and local events. The season also presents opportunities to support those most in need.

Spring Lake students accept kindness challenge

A different kind of epidemic has struck St. Catharine School, Spring Lake, this flu season.

Environmental club keeps NDHS in the green

Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, has been working on conservation for a number of years and has recently made energy improvements within the school and throughout the campus.

Polar Plunge planned for January to benefit Catholic education

While the Jersey shore might not be a popular destination for swimming during the winter months, hundreds are expected to take the plunge for Catholic education this January.

CYO receives grant from MAXIMUS Foundation for hip-hop

The Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County recently received a grant award from The MAXIMUS Foundation, for a hip-hop dance program to be initiated in one of CYO’s before/after school programs based in a Hamilton Township public school.

Faith, joy abundant in celebration of feast day

The streets of Red Bank were illuminated with faith, joy and song on the evening of Dec. 12 as more than 1,100 joined in a procession in celebration of the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Red Bank, organized the annual procession, which begins …

Barnegat parish offers Christmas Day dinner to less fortunate

The community of St. Mary Parish, Barnegat, is once again offering a meal on Christmas Day to provide the less fortunate the chance to properly celebrate the occasion.

Marlton community assists Ebola victims

 Sometimes all it takes is a week to make a major impact on those less fortunate

Outpouring of donations, volunteers fuels Christmas dinner

For three hours on Christmas Day, the parish hall in St. Mary Church, Manahawkin, was transformed into a gathering place for nearly 300 guests and some 80 volunteers.

Red Bank Catholic's Kerry Bates is the 2015 Loving Life Logo Contest winner

The simple black and white sketch of a mother tenderly holding her infant created by Kerry Bates, a ninth grader in Red Bank Catholic High School, was selected the winner of the 2015 Loving Life Logo contest.

There IS room at the inn -- With wooden sticks, acts of love, parishioners build house for Baby Jesus

The Scripture verse, “There was no room in the Inn” (Lk. 2:7), tugged at the heartstrings of the parishioners of St. James Parish, Red Bank, so much that they were motivated to do something to help – like build a house for Jesus all their own.


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