Party for a Good Cause on St. Paddy's Day

A beef and beer at Our Lady of Hope Parish has fun and the chance to win a computer or Phillies tickets, and all proceeds go to homeless shelters and soup kitchens—win-win.

Troop 177 Brings Peace Light to Gloucester Twp.

Boys Scouts from Troop 177 retrieve Peace Light from JFK Airport, in New York, on Monday.

Our Lady of Hope Deacon Bob Foley submitted the following press release to Gloucester Township Patch on Thursday: Scouts from Troop 177 of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Blackwood traveled to JFK Airport in New York City on Monday to meet a flight from Vienna, Austria. On board were representatives from Austrian Airlines carrying a special gift and message. The message is one of peace on earth and the gift was the Peace Light, a symbol of peace. For over a thousand years, lamps have been continuously lit in the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel. For the last 22 years, a child from upper Austria has lit two blast-proof miner’s lamps from a grotto lamp. The lamps are then carried on an Austrian Airlines jet from Tel Aviv, Israel, to …

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Local Cub Scouts Pack Goes Above and Beyond

Pack No. 177 organized a second food drive after learning of a local food bank's depleted resources.

Gloucester Township Cub Scouts Pack No. 177 routinely participates in Boys Scouts of America's fall food drive. This summer, though, some members of the group learned food supplies at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Our Lady of Hope Parish had been depleted by high demand. The Cub Scouts sprung to action, and, on Friday, Aug. 3, delivered roughly 100 canned goods and non-perishable food items they and their families had collected for the St. Vincent de Paul Society's food bank, Pack No. 177 committee chairman Kevin Little said. "Every Cub Scout Pack 177 meeting begins with the members reciting the scout promise. The second line states that each scout is to do their duty to God and country," Little said. "To these first- through fifth-…

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Lucky Charms and Pub Crawls

This weekend, Gloucester Township Patch finds ways to celebrate all things Irish and presents a mix of adult- and kid-friendly fun.

As an adult, I have a new-found love for St. Patrick's Day. Although I'm not Irish, the day marks a milestone in my life. It is the day my beautiful twin girls were born. This weekend, I'll celebrate their sixth birthday. As much fun as partying with kindergartners can be, it will be nice to kick back and have some adult time once their birthday is over. This week's Get Out features a good mix of events—for 6-year-olds, beer drinkers and all those in between. Welcome the Easter Bunny Lotsa Lucky Leprechauns Noises Off St. Patrick's Day Beef and Beer California Pizza Kitchen at Garden State Discovery Museum Shamrock Shuffle Bar Crawl

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