Saint Mary of Sorrows

Ghana Catholic Community Food Pantry Donation

Thank you to the Christian Mothers and Fathers Organization of our Ghana Catholic Community for generously collecting and donating 4,500 lbs of food for the St. Mary’s food pantry!

A Word from the Pastor

Happy Mother’s Day! May you be showered with love and praise on your day because it will be business as usual on Monday!

We have started the Novena to the Holy Spirit and will continue for the next nine days until Pentecost. The prayers will be said after each Mass and can be found on the website. According to Catechism of the Catholic Church, “God is Love and love is his first gift, containing all others. ‘God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.’” Follow the inspirations of the Holy Spirit and be guided to Our Lord.

Upcoming News and Announcements

The second collection next weekend will be to reduce our debt for the church and help to pay our monthly mortgage.

Family Adoration will be provided this Saturday from 10:00am to 11:00am. This is a wonderful time to spend with Our Eucharistic Lord in a child friendly space.

The Squire Roses are having a Bake Sale on Sunday, May 26^th outside the church after the morning Masses. Bakers are needed. Contact Iris Ryan at irisryan@verizon.net if you can help.

Memorial Day Mass will be at 10:00am at the Historic Church. Weather permitting, the Mass will be held outside, with a blessing of the graves afterwards and a reception in the Old Hall.

There are countless small tasks required to ensure that our Liturgies are beautiful and reverent. If you have sometime weekly, monthly, or even occasionally to assist with simple “housekeeping” or helping at Mass, send an email to srjuby@stmaryofsorrows.org.

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!!

Groups within the parish can submit calendar/room reservation requests via email at calendar@stmaryofsorrows.org starting May 1^st.
Join the Knights for Polish Night in Farrell Hall on the 18^th and Pancake Breakfast on the 19^th.
The Living Rosary and reception will be held at 6:30pm on Friday, May 31^st.
Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, June 2 at 9:30 am in the new church for our graduates.
Once again, we will have a Procession and Barbeque on Saturday, June 1^st for the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Route 123 Clean-Up at starting at Old St. Mary’s Hall on Saturday, June 1^st.

Document Shredding Event is going to be held Saturday, June 8^th from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
Join the Bishop for a Diocesan Jubilee Festival on Saturday, June 8^th from 3:45 to 9:30pm.
Start saving your yard sale donations. The collection begins on June 9^th with the sale on June 14-16.
Saturday, June 22^nd there will be a Deanery Mass celebrated by Bishop Burbidge for the parishes in our Deanery at St. Mark’s.
There will be a Blood Drive on June 30^th in Farrell Hall.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK ON A TOPIC BELOW:

Current Bulletin
Director of Youth Ministry Position
Deceased Parishioner/Funeral Arrangement Announcements
Featured Parish Outreach Group – FACETS
Cemetery Cleanup – See the notice at the top of the Cemetery Page
Publications
Our Bishops statement as chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee
Annual Bike Collection – Saturday, April 13th, 2024 from 9AM until Noon. See the flyer HERE.

Moving Foward

Have you moved or given up your landline phone? Maybe you give on-line but still receive envelopes? We need to hear from you. This week’s bulletin has a page where you can make those changes. The forms can be torn out of the bulletin and dropped off at the Parish Center front office or put in the collection basket or emailed into us at registrar@stmaryofsorrows.org. so we can update our database. Thank you!!

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

5/14/24

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