SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — For more than three decades there has been a strong relation between Food Pantry at Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange and the parish school. In the weeks before the annual Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter food drives, the eighth-grade girls and boys can be seen hauling bags of food that […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Even though his bar mitzvah date is 15 months away, Samuel Nasberg-Abrams, 11, of Maplewood, figured there’s no time like the present to start implementing his service project. A student at the Linda & Rudy Slucker Religious School at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, he has set up a book […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced May 31 that Kevin Jimenez, 29, of Belleville, has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault, three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. It is alleged that Jimenez, a girls’ basketball coach […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Attend a community blood drive to support hospitals throughout New Jersey and New York at Our Lady of Sorrows, 217 Prospect St. in South Orange, on Sunday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A complimentary cholesterol screening will be provided to all blood donors. To be a donor, you […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On her 10th build in Guatemala last month with Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village Program, Barbara McCarthy brought six young adults from the Our Lady of Sorrows community with her to work on a home for a needy family. Together with Wendy Lamotta, director of Round 2 Resources, there were eight volunteers […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Hundreds of South Orange and Maplewood residents came together on Sunday, April 15, to remember the victims of the Holocaust and to pledge that such an atrocity will not happen again on their watch. The Holocaust is the name given to the mass murder of Jews, homosexuals, disabled people, Romani and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows School of South Orange marches in West Orange’s 67th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 18.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows, 217 Prospect St. in South Orange, will host a community blood drive on Sunday, March 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To make an appointment to donate, call 201-251-3703 or visit https://donor.cbsblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/47459.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows Church will hold a community blood drive on Sunday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, 217 Prospect St. in South Orange. To donate blood, you must weigh at least 110 pounds, eat prior to donating and bring ID. To make an appointment, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Our Lady of Sorrows RC Church, 217 Prospect St. in South Orange, will be celebrating its Mass of Remembrance in memory of departed family members, friends and parishioners on Saturday, Nov. 4, at noon. Join the congregation as it comes together in prayer and fellowship. All are welcome. A Book of […]