Congratulations to Gene Brandt for being honored as the Volunteer of the Year during the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner/Dance II on Friday, February 22, at the Indian Spring Country Club. To see photos of the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner/Dance II, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Grade 1 learns to spell, pronounce and define TRANSUBSTANTIATION !

Congratulations to Maria King for being honored as the Volunteer of the Year during the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner/Dance on Friday, February 8, at the Indian Spring Country Club. To see photos of the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner/Dance, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

ChristLife participants learning and praying together in our battle against the world, the flesh and the Devil.

On Saturday, February 9, the Diocesan Youth Conference was held with teens from our parish and school in grades 8-12 who joined Youth Minister Linda Xerri at Holy Cross Prep Academy.

His Excellency the Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, CM, Bishop of Trenton, celebrated the end of Catholic Schools Week at the noon Mass on Sunday, February 3, in the Church. To read the article in The Monitor on Catholic Schools Week and the Mass celebrated by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., please click on the title above.To see photos of the Bishop's Mass, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

YES thanks all who baked, purchased items and helped at the recent Super Bowl Bake Sale - $1,057.90 will go towards the YES donation to the Chesapeake Bay Habitat for Humanity chapter, who we will partner with in June for our annual summer service trip! A special thank you to Bishop O’Connell who also donated!

Private First Class Brett Koerner (right) a PREP alumni with Fran Iula ( SML School alumni) during visit with First Grade Prep class, where Rose Iula is a teacher, earlier this week. Thank you Brett !

The Knights of Columbus supported the St. Mary of the Lakes School by sharing profits from the Christmas Tree sale with a check on the first day of Catholic Schools Week.

Knights of Columbus Council 6520 congratulates the following men for earning their First Degree: Rob Garner, Dom Golato, Pat McGovern, Ken Nelson, Bob Nixon, Mike Pohlman, and Bill Schmidt. Each degree focuses on the one of the four core principles of the Knights: charity (Frist), unity (Second), fraternity (Third), and patriotism (Fourth). If you want to help those in need, serve your parish, and grow in your faith, then join the Knights of Columbus. Membership is open to men age 18 or older who accept the teaching authority of the Catholic Church on matters of faith and morals, aspire to live in accord with the precepts of the Church, and are in good standing with the Church. For more information, contact Bill Mazzio at williammazzio@yahoo.com or visit www.medfordknights.org. Vivat Jesus!

The Martin Luther King Day of Service Meals Marathon was held at the St. Mary of the Lakes School Auditorium on Monday January 21 . YES and volunteers made 2,000 bagged lunches and 260 snack bags for Sacred Heart Church in Camden. Also fleece blankets were distributed to local shelters, soup kitchens and social service agencies in Burlington County, Camden County and Philadelphia. To see photos of the MLK Day of Service, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album. To see a video, please click on the title above. Please read The Monitor article at: https://trentonmonitor.com/main

Save the Date! Fr. William Garrott, OP,will lead our mission April 8 – 10 in the church at 7:00 p.m. Mark your calendars now and start praying about who God wants you to ask to join you!

It is my sad duty to announce the death on Jan. 22, 2019 of the Most Rev. John Mortimer Smith, Bishop Emeritus (2010-2019) and Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton (1997-2010), former Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton (1995-1997), former Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida (1991-1995) and former Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark (1988-1991).  Bishop Smith died in Morris Hall Meadows, Lawrenceville, after a long illness. He was 83 years old.   Born June 23, 1935, in Orange, to Mortimer and Ethel Smith, both now deceased, Bishop Smith was the oldest of three children with two brothers, the Rev. Andrew Smith, O.S.B., and Gregory Smith. Bishop Smith attended St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, and John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.  He entered Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University in South Orange in 1955 and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark on May 27, 1961.  A graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Father Smith obtained a doctorate in Canon Law in 1966.   In the Archdiocese of Newark, Father Smith held several positions, among them Assistant Chancellor, Tribunal official, parish priest, Director of the Cursillo Movement and Dean of Bergen County.  In 1971, Father Smith was named a Monsignor by now-Pope St. Paul VI.   In 1982, Monsignor Smith was appointed to the faculty of the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he served until his return to Newark in 1986.  He was appointed Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Dumont, and, later, as the Archdiocese’s Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia.  On Dec. 1, 1987, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, and was consecrated Jan. 25, 1988.    Bishop Smith was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee on June 25, 1991.  He returned to New Jersey as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton in 1995 where he succeeded the late Bishop John C. Reiss In 1997.  He served as Bishop of Trenton for 13 years until his retirement at age 75 in 2010.   Bishop Smith is survived by his two brothers.   Bishop Smith’s body will be received in St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral in Trenton on Friday, Jan. 25 at 3 p.m. and will lie in repose until the celebration of the Mass of Jesus Christ the High Priest at 7 p.m.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m.  Bishop Smith will be entombed in the Mausoleum of St. Mary Cemetery in Trenton following the Mass.   May he rest in peace.   Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, C.M. Bishop of Trenton

St. Mary of the Lakes joined four area parishes as we marched in Washington D.C. to demonstrate our commitment for LIFE on Friday, January 18. To see photos of the March for Life, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

The second part of ChristLife, Following Christ, started on January 7. Participants from Discovering Christ will meet for seven weeks plus a retreat day to take another step deeper into their relationship with God, and what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.

Calling all teens in Grades 8-12 to join YES for an ice cream social on Sunday, January 13, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the SML school auditorium. RSVP to yes@smlparish.org

The Knights of Columbus removed the Christmas Trees outside of the Church on Sunday. Thank you to everyone who helped !

Just a friendly reminder to please use the Parish Office Drop Box next to the Rectory front door for drop offs after parish office hours. Thank you !

The Prayer Shawl Ministry will meet on Tuesday, January 8 at 10:30 a.m. in the School’s Parish Meeting Room (the entrance is in the rear of the school — not the entrance for the students). The prayer shawls are available in the Emmaus Centers during construction. Any questions call Rosemary Peters at (856) 574-4098.

On Christmas Eve at 5:00 p.m., the Children’s Mass featured a Gospel Re-Enactment and the Children’s Choir. To see photos of the Christmas Eve Children's Mass, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.