Upcoming News and Announcements

CHANGES FOR THIS WEEK: 

No morning Masses on Good Friday and Holy Saturday.

Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper will be offered at 7:00pm with private prayer during ALL night Adoration.

Good Friday will have morning prayer and Divine Mercy Novena at 8:00am, with Stations of the Cross at 12:00pm and 7:00pm. The Celebration of the Lord’s Passion will begin at 3:00pm. Confession will be held after Stations and the Lord’s Passion.

On Saturday at 8:00am there will be Morning Prayer and Divine Mercy Novena in the church and you are welcome to stay to help decorate for Easter.

Blessing of the Food will be at the Historic Church at 10:00am on Holy Saturday.

We will have our regularly scheduled Confession starting at 3:30pm on Saturday.

The Easter Vigil will start on Saturday at 8:30pm in the church. 

A regular Mass schedule will be offered on Easter Sunday, including the 5:00pm Sunday Mass.

The parish offices will be closed on Holy Thursday through Easter Monday. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The second collection for Good Friday will benefit Holy Land Shrines.

The second collection on Easter Sunday will help us to pay down our debt on the new church. Thank you for your generosity.

Join Fr. Peffley and the Legion of Mary for a talk on evangelization in Farrell Hall on Monday, April 1st at 7:30pm.

There will not be an anointing of the sick this month.

Friday, April 5th will be first Friday with all day and night Adoration. First Saturday Devotions will be offered after Mass on Saturday.

Save you bikes for the upcoming Bikes for the World collection coming April 13th at the Parish Center.

SAVE THE DATE: The following events are coming up. Please make note on your calendar and watch for further information in our bulletin, on our website or in future Flocknotes!!

  • Bikes for the World will be collecting bikes on April 13th.
  • Spaghetti Dinner and Pancake Breakfast the weekend of April 13th and 14th.
  • Men’s Night Out with the Pastor on Friday, April 19 at 7 pm in OSMH.
  • Jim Naulty is coming to talk on the Shroud of Turin on Saturday, April 20th at 10:00am.
  • BINGO is back in Farrell Hall on April 20th from 6:30-8:30pm.
  • Groups within the parish can submit calendar/room reservation requests via email at calendar@stmaryofsorrows.org   starting May 1st.
  • Once again, we will have a Procession and Barbeque on Saturday, June 1st for the Feast of Corpus Christi.
  • Join the Bishop for a Diocesan Jubilee Festival on Saturday, June 8th from 3:45 to 9:30pm.
  • Start saving your yard sale donations. The collection begins on June 9th with the sale on June 14-16.
  • There will be a Blood Drive on June 30th in Farrell Hall.
  • Vacation Bible School will be held on July 29th through August 2nd from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Plan to attend or volunteer!!

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The Divine Mercy Novena begins on Good Friday.  The link for saying the nine days of prayers is ewtn.com/catholicism/d

From the Divine Mercy website, “In  Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, Jesus revealed to Saint Faustina a nine day novena that He desired be prayed in preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday.  The novena was to begin on Good Friday and be prayed each day of the Triduum and of Easter Week in preparation for the glorious Feast of Mercy which was to take place on the Eighth Day of Easter (The Sunday after Easter Day) (See Diary #1209-1230).

During this novena that Jesus Himself revealed to Saint Faustina, He asks that each day be dedicated to prayers for a different grouping of people.  The novena below comes from these private revelations of Saint Faustina as recorded in her Diary of Divine Mercy.

I desire that during these nine days you bring souls to the fount of My mercy, that they may draw there from strength and refreshment and whatever graces they need in the hardships of life and, especially, at the hour of death. On each day you will bring to My Heart a different group of souls, and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy, and I will bring all these souls into the house of My Father. You will do this in this life and in the next. I will deny nothing to any soul whom you will bring to the fount of My mercy. On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My bitter Passion, for graces for these souls.”

Welcome from our Pastor

On behalf of our parish family, welcome to St. Mary of Sorrows parish website! We would love for you to join us on Sunday, and every day!  Please look over our website and if we can be of help to you, please do not hesitate to contact me or a staff member. Our mission/vision statement is listed below to provide you with a deeper sense of our commitment to our Lord Jesus.

In Christ Through Mary,
Rev. James S. Barkett, Pastor

3/28/24

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