Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church

Click here to download a worship aid that you can use to follow the Mass at home.
Click here to read Fr. Chrispine's homily for the Ascension of the Lord.

Confirmation will be celebrated on Sunday, May 31, at the 11 am Mass, and First Holy Communion will be celebrated the weekend of June 14.

In compliance with the most recent directives from Governor Brown’s office and the OHA, His Excellency Archbishop Sample has authorized, in his letter to the clergy dated May 1, 2020, the limited reopening of the Holy Mass in Western Oregon, with a maximum occupancy of 25 people being able to attend each Mass.  However, if you are vulnerable to the coronavirus, feel uncomfortable, or have the slightest symptoms or feelings of sickness, please do not come, and instead watch the Mass online on Facebook or on our parish’s website.  The general dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass remains in effect.
 
Each week, you must call the Parish Office at 503-775-6731 on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday between 10 AM and 2 PM to sign-up to attend a Mass.  Sign-up is only open during these times, and when you call, you must tell us which Mass you want to attend, and how many family members will be coming with you.  Calling on the phone is the preferred way to sign-up, but you can also e-mail James at the Parish Office at jbartel@olspdx.org.  If you e-mail or leave a message at the office, please do not assume you are signed-up until we e-mail you back or call you to confirm.  Throughout the week, the names of those who signed up will be posted on the parish website under “Mass Sign-up.”  Each person or family should attend only one Sunday or weekday Mass per week, but we will not enforce this rule as long as plenty of available seats remain at the daily Masses.  Also, please sign-up for Mass in one parish only.  When you show up to the church, only those whose names are listed on the sign-up sheet will be allowed into the church, unless a seat becomes available because of a cancellation or someone else not showing up.  Your name will then be checked off by a door monitor as you enter.  
 
Once you are inside the church, everyone must observe guidelines from the CDC, including sanitizing of hands, social distancing, etc., and hand sanitizer dispensers are conveniently located at both entrances of the church.  You can sit only in open pews, and on the designated spots (unless each of you is of the same family).  Everyone is encouraged to wear a face mask, and only those with masks are asked to join in the congregational singing.  The collection basket will be located in a central position toward the front of the church.  When you come up for Holy Communion, please do so in a single-file line, and only the Body of Christ will be given.  Once Mass is ended, again please social distance as you leave the church, and there will be no social gatherings before or after.  For the safety of all, the church will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each Mass, so please do your part in helping us to keep the church clean.  
 
Masses will continue to be live-streamed and recorded on our parish’s website and Facebook page for those of you who are not able to be present with us in the church.  We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding, and cooperation in remembering that, for the safety of all, there must be a gradual return to our prior practices.  Even though we have to still “hang in there” with some restrictions, we can at least begin saying, “Welcome back!”  Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us and our parish.  Amen.

Confessions
Saturdays from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
     Accommodations will be made for priest and penitent to be more than six feet apart

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Mondays and Tuesdays in the church from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM (enter the side door with the code)

Thank you so much to everyone who is continuing to financially support our parish during this outbreak. Your generosity is keeping our parish going, and allowing us to continue ministering to your needs.  If you are able to, please consider donating using the following methods (we highly recommend the online giving):

• Click here to go directly to WeShare to donate online.  Your donation is sent directly to the parish.  Click here if you would like to see a helpful instruction sheet for using WeShare and donating online.
• Mail in your weekly or monthly parish support donation.
• Drop off your donation at the Parish Office by placing it in the mail slot.  The mail slot is in the side of the office that faces the parking lot, and has the letters USPS above it.
• Call the Parish Office at (503) 775-6731 and use your credit/debit card over the phone.

Update: the sign-up period for this week's daily Masses and next weekend's Masses will begin this Tuesday, May 26, at 10 am.  Please note that because of Confirmation, seating at the 11 am Mass on Sunday will be extremely limited.

Click on the picture above to see the sign-up lists for each Mass.

The sign-up lists for attending Mass are primarily to facilitate sign-ups. Secondarily, they help us contact people in the event of a potential exposure at Mass. The lists are intended for internal use by our parish, and must be maintained. If there is accidential exposure to the coronavirus at Mass, we will follow the guidelines put forth by health officials regarding potential exposure. Public health officials may ask us for the contact information, and there may be a requirement for us to give it for contact tracing. Therefore, anyone not comfortable with public officials potentially being given their name and contact information should refrain at this time from signing up and attending Mass. Remember, the Sunday obligation remains lifted.
 

Click here for excerpts from the Liturgy of the Hours for May 25, Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Friday evening prayer from Archbishop Sample's home chapel. 6:00 PM on Archbishop Sample's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bishopalexandersample/

Click here to join in praying the Novena to the Holy Spirit

The Parish Office is once again open to the public Tuesday - Thursday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Friday from 9:00 AM to noon, and we are closed on Monday.  For the safety of everyone, visitors to the office will be allowed in one at a time, and CDC guidelines will be followed, especially social distancing.