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The US SENATE is reviewing the Equality Act, S788 which would have major impact on First Amendment freedom of speech, conscience and religious liberty and health care. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has documented their concerns in a letter of March 20, 2019 to all Senators. The main areas of concern in the letter are: * Regulate thought, belief and Speech * Explicitly retract religious freedom * Hinder quality health care * Endanger privacy * Threaten charitable services * Exclude people from various career paths and livelihoods. To read the entire letter, click on the title above or go to http://www.usccb.org/about/pro-life-activities. Read the article entitled “The Equality Act: Its Impact on Government Funding of Abortion (May 20, 2019) “ The bishops conclude the letter saying, “we strongly oppose the Equality Act and respectfully urge you to oppose it as well." As a Catholic citizen, please express your feelings to your Senators and ask them to vote NO on the Equality Act. To phone them call: Senator Cory Booker 202 224-3224 Senator Robert Menendez 202 224-4744. Thank you for your concern. Burlington County Diocesan Respect Life Committee

At each Father’s Day Mass, Fr. Dan blessed the fathers and presented each dad with the choice of a SML hat, a cell wallet, a utility knife, or a Post-It Pad as a gift. He also added great levity to the Masses by tossing last year’s 75th Anniversary T-shirts into the pews with Fr. Roy and Seminarian Kevin while offering blue DAD T-shirts to winners of many humorous categories. To see photos from Father's Day, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album

Congratulations Fr. Dan on being honored by the Knights of Columbus last Friday night during the 66th annual Charity Ball at Tavistock Country Club in Haddonfield. To see photos from the event, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Parishes around the Diocese celebrated Diocesan Youth Sunday, the Solemnity of Pentecost, by incorporating their smallest members in a big way. “The youth of my parish are the ‘now’ of God,” said Linda Xerri, youth minister in St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford. “They are following the Gospel message and the Gospel values, and all we can hope for is that they continue to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.” To read The Monitor article and see photos, click the title above.

As appreciation for the Altar Servers service to our parish, Fr. Dan took a group of altar servers to Citizen’s Bank Park for  the Phillies vs Arizona Diamondbacks game on Wednesday night, June 12.

Father Roy blessed the garden stone in honor of Nancy Sanson and 40 years of volunteer service at St. Vincent de Paul in Medford! To see photos from the event, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

The St. Mary of the Lakes School Class of 2019 graduated Tuesday night. To see photos from graduation, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Millennials ages 23-38 / What: Topgolf Where: 104 Centerton Rd. Mt. Laurel / When: Tuesday, June 18, at 6:30 p.m. / To RSVP and for pricing information please call John at (845)-393-1106 by June 14

The Novena for Pentecost began, Friday, May 31. Click on the title above to go to a link for the Novena.

YES went to Great Adventure on Sunday for the N. J. Catholic Youth Rally. To see photos from the event, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Congratulations to Susan Kraemer, our Business Administrator, pictured with her sons, Tim and Kurt, for graduating Saturday with a Masters of Science-Church Management and Business Ethics degree from Villanova University.

On January 22, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the most radical abortion bill in the nation, allowing abortion through the entire pregnancy. Join a growing movement to pray for the conversion of pro-abortion New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo. Click the title above to Offer Prayers.

The May Procession was held at the school on Wednesday morning. To see photos from the May Procession, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Please vote for St. Mary of the Lakes School the 2019 Best of the Best Awards! These awards celebrate and recognize the best Burlington County has to offer. Nominations will be accepted until May 20 as the first part of the competition. You can nominate SML School in both Preschool & Private school categories also! It's easy to do. Simply choose a category, make your nomination, and fill in your email address. Continue and complete the registration form. You MUST register in order to nominate. The most nominations in each category will advance to the voting round that will run in June. Winners will be recognized in a special print and online section once the voting round has ended and the votes have been tallied and verified. Please click on the title above for easy link to the voting. Thanks !

The renovated Parish Office opened on Monday, May 13. To see photos from Friday's Office Move, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album. Click on the title above to see a video of the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Father Dan and Father Roy had dinner Saturday night at the Rectory with the winners of the "Dinner with the Priests" auction at the Carnival last June. To see photos from Dinner with the Priests, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

God Bless our Mothers. To see photos from Mother's Day, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

At all Masses this weekend, the Blessed Mother was crowned. To see photos from the May Crownings, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

To see photos from Saturday's First Holy Communion, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Thank you to all who responded to our survey in March. Your feedback was thoughtful and meaningful. The primary purpose of this survey was to determine if there are gaps in our ministries. Is there a new need in our community, whether our parish or our town, where we could be providing help? An example could be a response to the growing and disturbing trends of prescription drug addiction. In analyzing the survey responses, there doesn’t seem to be a serious gap in how we are serving the needs of our local communities. Should you feel differently, you still may provide suggestions in this area. You may send an email to Stella.denn@verizon.net with any feedback or suggestions.