Spend time talking to God about Vocations

All are welcome to come pray at Adoration Holy Hour

Friday, May 18
7:00 pm
in the Church 

"Particularly in these times, when the voice of the Lord seems to be drowned out by ‘other voices' and his invitation to follow him by the gift of one's own life may seem too difficult, every Christian community, every member of the Church, needs to consciously feel responsible for promoting vocations."  - Pope Benedict XVI

Make a plan to shut out the noise of the world, get a toehold into Heaven, and join us as we gather to spend an hour of rich, prayerful, sometimes quiet time but always joyous time in the company of our Lord.  Make this a significant time to pray for vocations to the priesthood, religious life and for every person to hear God's voice in how they are to live out the vocation he has planned for them, most especially our children.

This is a Cross Connections event, and perfect opportunity for parents to bring their entire families and join their children in prayer.  Fr. David will begin the night with a brief talk on the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist, which lays the groundwork for adoration and why we do, what we do.

What a privilege to raise our voices to God along with yours. We hope to see you there!

Our Lady of Sorrows Vocations Committee

First Eucharist for a majority of the children of the parish took place last weekend.

During the first three weekends of May, the remaining children will also come to the table of the Lord to receive their First Eucharist.

Let us keep them in our prayers as they continue to grow in faith and receive this gift with great joy and sincerity.

If you attended Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary School and/or Thomas P. Beahan Junior High, and graduated from high school in 1980 ... WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!

Preliminary plans are in progress for a reunion this summer.  Please send an email with your contact information to:  SorrowsBeahanReunion@gmail.com to receive further details.

Children's Liturgy of the Word

An Invitation to Catechists

Every Sunday the parish gathers to share a Eucharistic Meal and to hear the stories of our faith.  These are the readings from the Hebrew Scriptures that tell the stories of our ancient roots in the chosen people of God and the New Testament stories about the early church.  Some of these readings are difficult to understand and a liturgical setting doesn't allow us to raise our hands to ask a question.  For adults, the homilist provides the fullness of the scripture readings, however, children gain more from the readings when they hear them in language suited to their age in the company of other children.  And so, the children ages four through grade three are dismissed from the assembly and process downstairs into a relaxed environment.  The catechist proclaims the Word of God from the children's lectionary and engages the children in conversation about the gospel and readings.

Catechists for this ministry are given excellent materials to help them prepare for the 15-20 minute session and are given the opportunity to schedule themselves.  They gather once a year for a brief meeting to discuss this very important ministry and set the calendar for the coming months.

If you are interested in being a minister of the Word for Children or helping in another way, please contact Pat Ernst at  248.615.5574 or paternst@olsorrows.com. 

Are you planning a visit to Rome, Italy in the near future?  Would you like to learn more about a Papal Audience and/or Vatican Tours?  The website for the BISHOP'S OFFICE FOR U.S. VISITORS TO THE VATICAN can provide you with a wealth of information and answer many of your questions.  You can also find directions on how to obtain tickets for special events.

We are pleased to announce that Our Lady of Sorrows School has joined the Amazon SchoolRewards Associates program, an effortless way for you to help us fundraise, simply by shopping at Amazon.com.

Through SchoolRewards, we receive up to 10 percent of every Amazon purchase as long as shoppers use our SchoolRewards link to access Amazon. Our link to SchoolRewards is located on the right hand side of our website.  So far over $12,000 in merchandise has been purchased through our website earning the school $700.00 in rewards!!

This unique SchoolRewards link takes you directly to Amazon.com, where you can browse and shop just as you normally would. Each month, Amazon pays us up to 10% of all purchases made by shoppers who reached Amazon through our link. That includes products sold at Amazon by other companies, too. Bookmark and share our SchoolRewards link.

Please support us by bookmarking this link in your Internet browser — then making this the first link you click each time you shop at Amazon. And be sure to pass it on to your friends, family, neighbors, acquaintances, and anyone else who might like to help us raise funds by shopping at Amazon.

Thank you for your support. We appreciate your contribution to our student programs and fundraising efforts.

The online giving page for Our Lady of Sorrows has been updated with a new feature that allows donors to create a new online profile. On the updated site, having a profile will allow you to manage all of your own online donation activity. You will still be able to make one-time donations and set up automatic donation plans, but now you will also be able to log in 24/7 to make changes or view your own donation history.

To accomplish this for existing members who already participate in our electronic offertory collections, we need your email address.  Please email it to me at jnordbeck@olsorrows.com or call me at 248-615-5575. If I am not able to answer the phone, please be so kind as to leave your email address on my voicemail.  We will update your email address and let you know when you will be able to log in, set up a password and start managing your own information.

If you would like to start having your offetory contributions deducted from your checking or savings account or charged to a credit card, all you need to do is click on the DONATE NOW icon of the ride side of our website to create a new account.

We are pleased to bring you this updated online giving program and will be happy to answer any of your questions.

Do you know someone who would like to know more about the Catholic Church?

 Do you know someone who has been thinking about becoming Catholic but doesn't know how?

Do you know a Catholic who has been away from the Church?

Now is the time to invite that someone to inquire about the Church.

 Call Pat Ernst at 248.615.5574