We are visibly "On Fire!" for Christ in all we do. We worship with a profound sense of gratitude, joy, adoration, and praise. We are a beacon of love and hope to those who are seeking a meaning and purpose in life. We are a bridge: between generations, between God and those that have fallen away from active practice of faith and sacraments, and between ethnic communities. We preach by our example that all are loved and wanted by God and can be saved by the Risen Christ.

Beginning November 11, 2019, we will offer a Bereavement Program that will run for 9 consecutive weeks from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at Our Lady of Sorrows Church Meeting room.
This 9-week bereavement program is open to the Lumen Christi Cohort Parishes for those who have lost a loved one.  We will follow The New Day Journal: A Journey From Grief to Healing by Maureen O’Brien. The group will be facilitated by Susan Commini and Peg Kowalski, parishioners who have completed the Trenton Diocesan Pastoral Care Program. 
 
Our objective is to provide a Christ-centered program for those who are grieving from the loss of a loved one.  If you have lost a loved one, please join us for information, mutual sharing, journaling and peer support in a spiritual, caring and confidential setting.

The cost for the book and materials is $10/person and space is limited to 12 people.  If you are interested in joining or would like additional information, please contact Peg Kowalski at 609-587-1131 Ext. 262 or at pkowalski@stgregorythegreat.org or Susan Commini at 609-587-4372 or at info@ols-sa.org.  Pre-registration is required and all calls are confidential. An evening session will begin in January of 2020; information will become available toward the end of December in the bulletin and social media.

The Lumen Christi Cohort (formerly Cohort 6) was created as part of Bishop O'Connell's Faith in our Future initiative, an eight-step initiative meant to strengthen and enliven the parishes of the Diocese. It is a process through which the Diocese and its parishes and ministries will plan to meet challenges and respond to new opportunities for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ for years to come. 

Parishes were aligned in groups of three to five neighboring parishes called a “cohort.” Lumen Chrisit Cohort 6 is comprised of five parishes: Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony, St. Gregory the Great, St. Raphael-Holy Angels, and St. Vincent de Paul, all of Hamilton, and St. John the Baptist, Allentown.

On January 25, 2017, Bishop O'Connell released his final decisions for Faith in Our Future. The Bishop’s decisions for Cohort 6 are as follows:

1. Collaborative Model for all five parishes in the Lumen Christi Cohort
2. Linkage Model for St. John and St. Vincent de Paul, no later than July 1, 2019
3. Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony designated as a Center for Haitian Ministry
4. Periodic review of St. Raphael-Holy Angels; potential suspension of operations of Holy Angels Church as early as July 1, 2017.

The Lumen Christi Cohort is a group of COLLABORATIVE PARISHES that enter into formal, collaborative relationships, working together on specific, agreed-upon shared areas of ministry, shared programs, shared staffing, shared resources; parishes remain distinct with their own pastor, pastoral and finance councils, finances, census and sacramental books; collaborative parishes work together whenever possible to do what a single parish cannot do effectively alone.

Our Cohort collaborates to aspire to be signs of God's presence in the world by living the Gospel, worshipping the Trinity, igniting the youth, helping/feeding those in need, respecting all life, and providing lifelong religious education opportunities. Through our mission we will:

KNOW - Evangelize the faithful through the teachings of scripture, Catholic tradiiton and academic excellence
LOVE - Respect the dignity of all human beings by showing care and giving an educational opportuniyt
SERVE - Be stewards of God's creation through sesrvice to the school, parish, community and world