SCHOOLS
Mater Dei Prep community unites around fundraising efforts to keep school open
It took less than a week after St. Mary Parish, Middletown, announced that it would close Mater Dei Prep at the end of the school year for a groundswell of support to coalesce into a plan to raise enough money to keep the institution’s doors open.
St. Benedict eighth grader to compete in National Geographic Bee
After taking top honors in the St. Benedict School, Holmdel, National Geographic Bee, eighth grader Adrian Thamburaj is one step closer to competing at the national level with the potential of winning a $50,000 scholarship.
Hightstown parish project cradles African children with love
This month, the members of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Hightstown, are having the opportunity to help children severely impacted by HIV/AIDS in Kenya’s Homa Bay Diocese by way of an inspired effort they’ve named “Project Love.”
Center offers support group for Sandy victims
It is hard to deny the tremendous devastation that Hurricane Sandy – later renamed Superstorm Sandy – had on communities throughout the Northeast, with towns in the Diocese of Trenton being no exception.
School prepares to celebrate 85 years
The community of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Maple Shade, is making preparations to celebrate 85 years of dedication to Catholic edu-cation.
Students (un)ravel science, history through mummification lab
The sixth-grade students in St. Rose Grammar School, Belmar, took a significant step in preparing for the school’s Egyptian Museum through trying their hands at the ancient practice of mummification.
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.
As retirement nears, Mercy Sister Rosemary Jeffries reflects on her years at Georgian Court
When Mercy Sister Rosemary E. Jeffries returned to take the helm as president of her Georgian Court College alma mater 14 years ago, she asked everyone to embark on a journey with her into the dawn of the 21st century.
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.
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