Our linked churches are one of seven parish communities in NJ selected to participate in NeXt Level, a program of the Center for FaithJustice funded by the Lilly Endowment, which offers a new approach to youth ministry designed to strengthen Catholic parishes. NeXt Level invites youth to discover their gifts and passions in order to create and implement parish-wide projects rooted in the Catholic tradition of service and justice. Three to four young people from our parishes will be selected* to serve as NeXt Level Youth Delegates. NeXt Level will provide them with a series of social gatherings, interactive retreats, and a week long overnight service immersion experience that will allow them to grow as leaders, explore their faith, and pursue service and social justice. In our community, they will implement a project designed by their cohort of youth delegates that will engage members of our parishes across generations. They will be supported through all of this by adult mentors of our parishes, parish staff, and NeXt Level staff. Their participation in NeXt Level is invaluable to our parishes, and to the church at large! As Pope Francis said at World Youth Day in Panama, “Dear young people, you are not the future but the now of God.” Over the next few months we will be announcing which youth will be representing our parishes. They will need your support and prayers, so stay tuned! *If you are an adult who desires to support our teens in our parishes OR *If you know of a teen who you feel is an excellent fit for this program, OR If you have any questions regarding NeXt Level, please contact Nancy Lucash at nlucash@stjamespennington.org.

The Catholic Community of Hopewell Valley's table at the Hopewell Valley Senior Resource Fair.

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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