Applications for 2019-2020 scholarships from the St. George Scholarship Foundation are now available. They can be found in the foyer of the Church or can be accessed by clicking the link above. The deadline for submission of applications is Sunday, May 12th.

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Family Promise is a support program that helps families that are temporarily without a home by providing a place to stay within the church and meals provided by volunteers. Volunteers are needed to prepare and serve meals for the families staying at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Sunday, May 12 through Sunday, May 26. Overnight and weekend afternoon hosts are also needed. Contact Dick Sheetz (609) 737-2310 or deslms30@verizon.net

St. Alphonsus: Weeks of June 17 & 24, evenings, 6:00PM – 9:00PM, Monday – Friday; Grades 3 - 6 or St. James: Weeks of August 12 & 19, 9:00AM – Noon, Monday – Friday; Grades 3 - 7. If we get enough volunteer teachers, we hope to offer both options. Registration is available online. Visit the Faith Formation page on your parish website. We are looking for volunteers to give their time for one or both weeks. Please CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME to teach/assist in our classes. We need several volunteer teachers to be able to offer both programs. Contact the Religious Education office for more information on volunteering.

Are you able to help maintain the garden beds around the parish properties or help with Spring clean-up? Many workers make the job much easier! Scheduling is flexible. St. Alphonsus, Lola, 609-466-9681, St. James, Kris, 609-802-2583, St. George, Bob, 609-730-0787.

Once again it is time for the Sisters of Mercy Giant 50/50 Raffle. The donation for each ticket is $25 and can be purchased from Sister Dot after Mass. Drawing date is May 19th. Deadline to purchase a ticket is May 12th.

Pennington Presbyterian Church is challenging the community to give up bottled water for Lent. Please join them in this challenge. For more information visit www.pennpres.org.

A number of parishioners, volunteers, and parish employees have recently received emails from fake gmail accounts impersonating our parish priests. This is a hoax. Our parish firewall was not breached and no part of our network has been hacked or compromised. Automated “bots” “scrape” the email addresses from our parish websites and construct and send fake emails. Please know that neither Fr. Mike or the parishes of The Catholic Community of Hopewell Valley would ever solicit money or information by email.

Due to the shortened deadline we’ve been given, we are delaying the implementation of this youth leadership program offered to our parishes until spring, 2020. We have several excellent candidates to consider and a few dedicated adult mentors for our 2020 team and will be meeting with them over the next several months. Our goal is for this program to succeed and thrive in our community, therefore, it is best to put more time and thought into the process. We ask that you offer your prayers and support for the success of this unique opportunity for our youth. We are looking to build a small team of adults that represents each of our parishes to help implement this opportunity for our teens. This team is necessary in order for us to work cohesively in selecting the best candidates. Contact Nancy Lucash at nlucash@stjamespennington.org or Terry Evanko theresace@verizon.net.

The Knights of Columbus will be collecting eye glasses and accessories. A drop-off box will be in the foyer of Church through the month of February for your donations. Thank you

Hopewell Valley Catholic Community parishioners recently attended the March for Life in Washington, DC. Pictured are Brian and Sharon Barr, Melody Maskell, Paula Zolner, Mike Ahearn and Fr. Jarlath.

For more information on the upcoming Open House and Information Sessions at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Paul School Princeton, Stuart Country Day School, St Ann School Lawrenceville, Notre Dame High School, and Holy Ghost Prep Bensalem Pa, click on the graphic or the headline.

The Catholic Community of Hopewell Valley has a new website! Come and see what Fr. Mike has to say about our three parish families in one faith community, and much more. Visit thecatholiccommunityofhopewellvalley (one word).org. [For more details, click on the title or graphic.]

Bishop O’Connell has made an official decree for the Year of Youth! He has decreed that July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 shall be celebrated throughout the four counties of the Diocese of Trenton as a Year of Youth. {Click on the link or graphic to learn more.}

As part of our ongoing efforts to collaborate through the Faith in Our Future Diocesan initiative, the parishes of St. Alphonsus, St. George and St. James are linked as one faith community, together known as The Catholic Community of Hopewell Valley. This new name and logo will help unify our common vision of faith, family and communion through Christ. For more information about this effort, click on our new logo!

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