Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church

• Bulletin correction: We have Mass Tuesday and Friday.
• We have mailed Christmas letters to all parishioners. If you do not receive one by December 1, please call us or email us to update your info. Please read our Christmas letter/documents/2024/11/Christmasletter2024.pdf
• As we begin advent, please find here  Advent resources
• Dec. 9: Immaculate Conception, a Holy Day of Obligation 
  The Vatican recently ended the U.S. practice of waiving the Mass obligation for certain feasts falling on Saturdays or Mondays. This year, the Immaculate Conception is on a Monday, and we are encouraged to observe this Holiday of Obligation by celebrating mass. Mass will be at 12pm and 6pm (Monday December 9). 
• To read Fr. Chrispine's Stewardship letter to the parish please click here. See also the 2024 financial report /documents/2024/10/stewardship%20online%20final.pdf.
• Parking lot replacement project update: We have so far received $40,000. Our goal is $100,000. Thank you for supporting this needed improvement. 
• For all your needs, please call or email us. If you do not hear from us soon, please email or call us again during office hours.

Saturday: 3.30pm-4.30pm, or by appointment

Anointing of the Sick or Last Rites
If someone is having serious (grave) illness or is weakened by age and is in danger of death, or is preparing for a major surgery, and needs the sacrament, or is entering into hospice care, please call or email the office; or talk to the priest/staff in person after mass. Please don't wait until the last minute. If a parishioner dies, likewise please notify us immediately before making any funeral plans.

Please continue financially supporting our parish; we can't build the kingdom of God without you. 
You can always place your donation envelope in the collection basket at Mass, or you can mail it to us, or place it in the mail slot of the Parish Office.  You can also give online via WeShare (click here) or click 'sunday offering' on top of this page. The parish also accepts credit cards which can be swiped in the office and at the church entrance on Square Pay.  May God bless you for building His Church. Click here for more:/documents/2024/8/Parishgivingoptions.pdf

• December 1, we celebrate the 1st Sunday of Advent (go to usccb.org for readings). 
• Advent is a very rich and joyful season; Click here to learn more  about Advent and ways to prepare well for Christmas individually or with your family and children.

• Daily Mass: Tuesday – Friday at 12:00 pm

• Monday Dec. 9^th: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a holy day of obligation). Masses at 12:00 & 6 pm

• Advent Reconciliation Service: Wednesday, December 11th, at 7:00 pm – 5 priests available

• Masses on Christmas Eve (December 24): 4:30 pm (Families and Children) and 7:00 pm

• Mass on Christmas Day (December 25): 10:00 am

Holiday Office Closures: December 25th, 26^th, 27^th and January 1^st. For up to date information, please always check the website and also the reader board

Thank you for supporting this year's archbishop's appeal. We have once again met our goal this year. So far, we have contributed  $24,819 (Goal $22,000). On behalf of the Archbishop, I thank you for supporting this year's ACA. Please let us now strive to meet our parish needs and goals too. We need to replace three roofs in the next 5 years and also our parking lot. As we come to the end of the year, please consider a generous contribution to the parish to help support and sustain our parish. Thank you! Fr. Chrispine 

Click on the image above to learn how you can access our parish's FORMED account to learn more about your Catholic faith.

The Augustine Institute also has a new FREE resource for prayer called the "Amen" app.  Click here to learn more about it.
Please check out the "Hallow" App-very effective for prayer and spiritual growth.

Call the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul at:
(503) 235-8431.
 Press #1 Food or #2 Rent/Utilities
Monday - Friday, 9:30 am to 12 noon, and 1 pm to 3:30 pm
(Multnomah and Clackamas County). For more news, activities and information about  St. Vincent de Paul (OLS) click above "Get Involved", "St. Vincent de Paul" or Click here

Click on the image above to read the current and previous issues of our parish's bulletin.

If you serve as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, lector, or altar server, CLICK HERE to see and download the current ministry schedule. We need more volunteers to these ministries of our parish.