Service Matters – 1st Week of Lent

14 March 2011 1st Week of Lent   A project of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Camden, NJ, De Sales Service Works welcomes volunteers to join in service, prayer and learning in our struggling neighborhood.   Contents: Service Word Last Week in Camden Upcoming Events Salesian Peace and Justice Blog (Service Matters is […]

Service Matters – 9th Week in Ordinary Time

7 March 2011 9th Week in Ordinary Time Sts. Perpetua and Felicity   A project of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Camden, NJ, De Sales Service Works welcomes volunteers to join in service, prayer and learning in our struggling neighborhood.   Contents: Service Word Last Week in Camden Upcoming Events Salesian Peace […]

Service Matters – 8th Week in Ordinary Time

28 February 2011 8th Week in Ordinary Time   A project of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Camden, NJ, De Sales Service Works welcomes volunteers to join in service, prayer and learning in our struggling neighborhood.   Contents: Service Word Last Week in Camden Upcoming Events Salesian Peace and Justice Blog   […]

Service Matters – Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

21 February 2011 Seventh Week in Ordinary Time St. Valentine   A project of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Camden, NJ, De Sales Service Works welcomes volunteers to join in service, prayer and learning in our struggling neighborhood.   Contents: Service Word Last Week in Camden Upcoming Events Salesian Peace and Justice […]

Bishop Ireton High School senior, Katie Caler

Bishop Ireton High School senior, Katie Caler, reflects on her experience on a Salesian service retreat for an essay she submitted as part of her college application process.   She shares that with us here as well.   She says, “My experiences in Camden have been the basis for most of my college essays. I hope […]

Service Matters – Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

14 February 2011 Sixth Week in Ordinary Time St. Valentine   A project of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Camden, NJ, De Sales Service Works welcomes volunteers to join in service, prayer and learning in our struggling neighborhood.   Contents: Service Word Last Week in Camden Upcoming Events Salesian Peace and Justice […]

Service Matters – Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

7 February 2011 Fifth Week in Ordinary Time     A project of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Camden, NJ, De Sales Service Works welcomes volunteers to join in service, prayer and learning in our struggling neighborhood.   Contents: Service Word Last Week in Camden Upcoming Events Salesian Peace and Justice Blog […]

Service Matters – Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

31 January 2011 Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. John Bosco   A project of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Camden, NJ, De Sales Service Works welcomes volunteers to join in service, prayer and learning in our struggling neighborhood. Contents: Service Word Last Week in Camden Upcoming Events Salesian Peace […]

Ireton Journal Reflections: Camden, NJ, Nov. 19-21 2010

Groups from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, VA, have been coming to Camden for service retreats since Palm Sunday weekend 2009.   They were the first group to come.  Principal, Tim Hamer, has accompanied three of the five groups.   (Check out two You Tube videos about DSW, Ireton.)   It is very important for our city […]