***ANNOUNCEMENT***
The Catholic Bishops of NJ are lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and Holy Day Mass obligation beginning on Saturday, June 5th. Please note that safety protocols, INCLUDING THE WEARING OF MASKS, remain in place. Please see the announcement below for more details. Thank you!
KoC Food & Diaper Drive
Saturday 5/1 - 10AM to 6PM OLPH & Saint Agnes
Sunday 5/2 - 9AM to 3PM OLPH/7AM - 3PM Saint Agnes
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
Congratulations to our First Holy Communion students. They have all received Jesus for the first time with great joy and love in their hearts. God is Good. Thank you to all the First Communicants' parents and Catechists.
Follow this link to view our Holy Week 2021 Digital Booklet!
AH First Aid & Safety Squad to Host Town-Wide Virtual Volunteer Recruitment Info Session.
This free, virtual event will give the community a chance to learn about what the squad does and how you may be able to help.
Register now here: https://bit.ly/2NafGU5
The immersive, engaging event will cover:
How there is a place for everyone at the AHFAS.
The role an all-volunteer AHFAS serves in the community.
How being a member is important to the community
The many ways members can enhance their life skills and meet personal goals.
What a first responder does during an emergency.
What happens if community members decide not to volunteer.
The membership process.
What it takes to become an EMT or an Emergency Medical Driver.
The many benefits available to first responders.
The variety of ways community members can support the AHFAS.
The members of the AHFAS look forward to seeing you all there.
A Letter from Bishop O’Connell
As the new year begins, there are many issues in society that challenge our Catholic moral and social teachings. Opposition to abortion remains our “pre-eminent priority.” During the month of January when we acknowledge the 48th anniversary of the fateful Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, I invite the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of Trenton to join one another in a common prayerful response: (1) pray the rosary daily for the rest of the month for an end to abortion in our country; (2) pray the newly created “Novena to St. Joseph” to end abortion that will be published on our parish and diocesan websites each day, January 14 through 22; (3) pray and fast to end abortion on the actual anniversary date, January 22, as parishes celebrate Masses for the legal protection of the unborn. Since COVID precautions will restrict our usual participation in the annual March for Life in Washington on January 29, I will celebrate Mass online that day and many parishes will celebrate Masses in churches for all these intentions. As a Diocese, as parishes, let us pray for an end to abortion, for the legal protection of the unborn and in thanksgiving to God for the gift of human life.
Thank you. Bishop O’Connell
NOVENA TO ST. JOSEPH TO END ABORTION
St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church and Guardian of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus, the Son of God whom she carried in her Immaculate womb: intercede for us, we pray, that all recourse to abortion might cease in our nation and our world. As your cared for Mother and Child, care for all women who bear the gift of life in their womb. May no harm ever endanger them, and may no choice ever threaten the blessing of human life that God has created within. Guard them with your loving protection, at every moment, until His will has been fulfilled. St. Joseph, spouse of Mary and foster father of the Lord, help us build a culture of life that yields a civilization of love among us.
Say the “Our Father,” the “Hail Mary” and the “Glory be” after the novena prayer.
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Father Joseph Quinlan into eternal life with Our Lord Jesus Christ. We have been greatly blessed by his dedication and service to our parish and he will be deeply missed.
“Father of all, we pray to you for Fr. Quinlan and for all those whom we love but see no longer. Grant to them eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon them. May his soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, Rest In Peace.”
