1842:OUR LADY OF SORROWS CHURCH - MERCERVILLE

Since early February, I have been working feverishly on correcting the numerous problems on this website. It is, has been, and will be a tedious time consuming project and will be ongoing for some time. I have finally reached the most intimidating part of the "tweaks" and that is to try to retrieve and re-post those many 2009-2010 posts which eliminated the graphic and replaced it with a black triangle with a "!" I have made enough progress on the tweaks and repairs over the past few months that allows me to begin posting again and hopefully reduce the large number of those graphics which were eliminated not be me, but for some reason Google's copies were deleted from their cloud database.
HERE'S AN ARTICLE TELLING OF THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MERCERVILLE, OUR LADY OF SORROWS WHICH WAS THE MISSION CHURCH OF ST. ANTHONY'S HERE IN HAMILTON AND HAS CONSOLIDATE THE TWO CHURCHES INTO OLS-ST. ANTHONY PARISH.

1974: OUR LADY OF SORROWS PTA FASHION SHOW

Thirty five years have passed since these "OLS" PTA ladies organized a Nevius Voorhees fashion show as a fund raiser for the grammar school. One wonders where they and their then students are in this year of 2009. Unfortunately, the photography in this 35 year old news photo was severely lacking in clarity; hence the "gray" haze.

1989: OUR LADY OF SORROWS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Our Lady of Sorrows in Mercerville was the Mission Church of St. Anthony's Church on South Olden Avenue in Hamilton.

1987: OUR LADY OF SORROWS CHEER LEADERS

THESE YOUNG LADIES TOO FIRST PLACE IN THE "SECOND ANNUAL NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING COMPETITION. I SEE MS. KELLY DUNN, OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR AT SACRED HEART CHURCH IN THE PHOTO.

1990: PARISH CRISIS AT OUR LADY OF SORROWS, MERCERVILLE

THE TOWN WAS BUZZING BACK IN THE EARLY 1990'S WHEN THE SISTERS AT "OLS" TERMINATED THEIR LONG TENURE WITH THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

THIS IS CONTINUED IN THE NEXT POST.

1990: PARISH CRISIS AT OUR LADY OF SORROWS

IT TURNS OUT THAT THE RESIGNATION OF THE MARIANITE SISTERS AT OUR LADY OF SORROWS WAS ONLY THE TIP THE THE ICEBERG AS THE PARISH EXPERIENCED A CRISIS.