DeSales Service Works

🌱 Nothing is Small in the Service of God!Thank you for being in solidarity with us!

Camden Service Retreat Nov. 6 - 9, 2025 Highlights of our trip to DeSales Service Works in Camden, NJ.

Special Collection THIS WEEKEND: Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Bishop Burbidge has requested that churches in the diocese hold a special collection for emergency humanitarian aid for those suffering in Gaza.

To provide aid most expeditiously for the urgent needs of the people in Gaza, please consider making a donation directly to CRS: https://www.crs.org/donate/holy-land-conflict .

You may also give through SJN’s online giving system https://onrealm.org/StJohnNeumannCa/-/form/give/gaza or by donating to the collection basket in the Bell Tower THIS WEEKEND.

Thank you for supporting the lifesaving efforts of CRS.

Get Involved with Salesian Social Justice!

Click the link below if you want to:

🌱 Join our Salesian Social Justice Network
🌱 Schedule a Service Retreat in Camden/Kensington for this Summer
🌱 Dialogue with DeSales Service Works about our Hearts Speak to Hearts Social Justice Summit

https://forms.gle/6htBc6xwZH75qnG16

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"Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through your mercy, rest in peace."

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