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On Friday morning, the final day, YES Habitat for Humanity team clearing a field to ready it for a new home. To see more photos from the “Seek, Serve, Love” Mission Trip, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

SMLCCS Alumni and YES high school members on Habitat for Humanity 2018 Trip: Matt Mitchell (2015), Amanda McNally (2016) and Dan McGovern (2016) ! To see more photos from the “Seek, Serve, Love” Mission Trip, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

YES Habitat for Humanity 2018 “Seek, Serve, Love” Mission Trip has continued to work on a home in Newark this week while taking time to visit the Statue of Liberty and the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the fifth-largest cathedral in North America and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. To see more photos from the “Seek, Serve, Love” Mission Trip, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

All families currently registered in the Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) should have received forms in the mail for 2018-2019. Please update these forms and return them, with payment, to the PREP Office as soon as possible. For those families new to PREP, registration forms are located on the Parish Website under the Faith Formation tab. Volunteers are needed as Catechists and classroom assistants, as well as for babysitting, hall monitoring, and clerical duties. We offer support and training. No experience necessary - just a love of children and a desire to share your faith. Contact the PREP Office if you are interested in volunteering. A few openings remain for Shipwrecked: Saved by Jesus, (see below) this year’s Vacation Bible School, July 30 through August 3. Check the Website for details and registration forms. Summer PREP office hours begin July 2 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

The YES Habitat for Humanity 2018 began working on a home in Newark, N.J. on Monday afternoon. To see more photos from the “Seek, Serve, Love” Mission Trip, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

The YES Habitat for Humanity 2018 prayer service with Fr. Dan before leaving Monday afternoon to work this week. The “Seek, Serve, Love” Mission Trip will build a home in Newark, N.J. To see more photos from the prayer service and YES embarking to Newark, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Our parish will be implementing a Family Faith Formation Program, slated to begin in the Fall 2019. This program will be a supplement to our already existing Parish Religious Education program (P.R.E.P.) for families with children in grades 1-8. We are looking for a few families who might be interested in joining the formation team to evaluate curriculum; set schedules and provide input into what families feel is important to help nourish and strengthen their family faith journey. If interested in joining this ministry, please contact Christine Brandt at [email protected].

The Parish-Chartered Cub Scout Pack 108 celebrated Scout Sunday at the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.  Several Cub Scouts received special awards for following the Cub Scout promise and fulfilling their duty to God.  Pack 108 encouraged all other local Boys Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Daisies to wear their uniforms to the Mass and many celebrated Scout Sunday with them.  All Scouts who joined the celebration in their Class A Uniforms received a special 75th Anniversary SML Scout Sunday patch.  

At each Father’s Day Mass, Fr. Dan presented each dad with a Post-It Pad as a gift. He also added great levity to the Masses by tossing orange DISCIPLE T-shirts into the pews and offering blue DAD T-shirts to winners of many humorous categories. To see more photos from Father's Day, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Work started on Friday to replace the roof on the St. Mary of the Lakes School gym. The floor of The Ron Murphy Gymnasium will be replaced in August.

The Kindergarten had graduation ceremonies in the auditorium at the school on Thursday with Fr. Dan. To see more photos from the Kindergarten Graduation, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

The PreK held graduation ceremonies in the auditorium at the school on Wednesday with Fr. Dan and Fr. Roy. To see more photos from the PreK Graduation, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

The SML KofC hosted their 11th annual charity golf tournament on Monday at Medford Lakes Country Club. All proceeds benefit 1st Way of Burlington County, the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Burlington County, and Medford’s Society of St. Vincent DePaul. To see more photos from the golf outing and dinner, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

The Clergy, Staff and Parishioners of St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church and School joyfully celebrated the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of our parish with a Concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving Offered by His Excellency The Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, CM Bishop of Trenton !

The Clergy, Staff and Parishioners of St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church and School joyfully celebrated the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of our parish with a Concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving Offered by His Excellency The Most Reverend David M. O’Connell, CM Bishop of Trenton on Sunday afternoon followed with a luncheon reception afterwards on the church lawn ! To see more photos from the luncheon reception, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Congratulations to the 8th Grade at the St. Mary of the Lakes School on your graduation Friday evening. To see more photos from the Graduation, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.

Finn, a therapy dog, will be greeting us at the 7:30 a.m. Mass on Sundays. Finn is the full brother of Mia, our Canine Greeter at the 9:00 a,m. Mass.

The 8th Grade Farewell Walk was held at the St. Mary of the Lakes School on Thursday afternoon. To see more photos from the 8th Grade Farewell Walk, please go to the News/Events tab above and click on Photo Album.