The feast of the Assumption of Mary has special meaning at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. This year it is the 17th anniversary of starting Perpetual Adoration in the Chapel of Our Savior. A letter from a parishioner who delivers food to the Catholic Center of Concern was on my desk.
The feast of the Assumption of Mary has special meaning at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. This year it is the 17th anniversary of starting Perpetual Adoration in the Chapel of Our Savior. A letter from a parishioner who delivers food to the Catholic Center of Concern was on my desk.
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The feast of the Assumption of Mary has special meaning at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. This year it is the 17th anniversary of starting Perpetual Adoration in the Chapel of Our Savior. A letter from a parishioner who delivers food to the Catholic Center of Concern was on my desk.
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Our Lady of Sorrows Church brought the food baskets back to the vestibule, the food donations are brimming From the Pastor’s Desk over. The Center of Concern was delighted with the delivery because their food shelves My Dear People: keep getting empty during these times of recession. He said he liked the idea of the This coming Saturday is a great feast and council redesigning the vestibule and though it is not a holy day of obligation this arranging a more aesthetic food deposit year, it is the feast of Jesus glorifying His container. He wanted me to read his letter to mother, joining her soul with her body after the parish council but I decided to simply death and taking it immediately to heaven. summarize it here. Though this doctrine is not biblical, it is the constant tradition of the Church that Jesus A warm welcome to Father Jaya (think of would not, as none of us would, leave His letter J and add the A). He comes to us from mother’s body to rot in the earth when He the southern part of India, a very different had the power to take it glorified immediately province from the province of the two Fr. to heaven. Jose’s who have served here. With eighteen different official dialects in India, they The Feast of the Assumption of Mary has understand each other only in English. special meaning at OLS because this year it Father has been ordained ten years, having is the 17th anniversary of starting Perpetual served his bishop as his secretary, and then Adoration in the Chapel of Our Savior. We as pastor of a sizeable parish for the last five will celebrate this anniversary with years. Benediction before the 5:00 p.m. Saturday Mass with its special intention being gratitude Fr. Jaya’s bishop has offered him to our to God and for the welfare of the 325 diocese for three to five years. He is grateful committed adorers and substitutes. A dinner that his first assignment is at OLS. will be served in the Family Life Center for these adorers and their families. Mrs. Lynne Stella, Director of the Catholic Children’s Learning Center, (next to 29th OLS is a most successful parish and it is no Court) begged me to state a reminder that secret that Jesus in the Chapel of Our Savior the drive in front of the center is a ONE WAY keeps OLS running smoothly and full speed traffic pattern. Going against this creates a ahead to God’s eternal kingdom. They say hazard since others would not be aware of that a parish that has perpetual adoration is this violation in the flow of traffic. One can especially blessed but I say this is an enter the parking lot from Central Avenue, or understatement. I find it makes a parish use the alley on the other side of the extremely blessed. barbeque pit. The only exception to this is the 3:00 p.m. pick up line for the OLS school There are endless people who come to the children. Thank you in advance for Chapel at all hours of the day and night and observing these one way signs! it is like going up the mountain of the transfiguration to feel an extra closeness to With prayers and blessings, Jesus with all of our problems and thoughts Fr. Muller of gratitude for all of our blessings.
Another pleasant letter was on my desk this
week. It is from Bob Henger, who is a faithful member of our parish and who delivers the food on Monday mornings to the Catholic MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, August 10 Dolly Barranco
Colette Smith Mary Piazza Lightcap Tuesday, August 11 Special Intention Middle School Youth Group will meet this Samuel Saporito fall on MONDAY evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 Souls in Purgatory p.m. starting August 24. Wednesday, August 12 Spec. Int. of Lillie Rumore Ann Wos Special Intention of Bill Barranco High School Youth Group will meet this fall Thursday, August 13 Nick Graffeo on SUNDAY evenings after 6:00 p.m. Mass Josephine Sicola until 8:45 p.m. beginning August 23. A Donald Taccone Wednesday night Bible Study will be offered Friday, August 14Donors to OLS School Foundation Stanley Kazmir starting in September. Please call Chelsea Special Intention of Elaine Stephens Piper with questions at 871-8120. Saturday, August 15 Spec. Int. of Josephine ____________________________________ Romano Clifford Farrell Catechists Needed for PSR Special Intention of Chris Frey Sunday, August 16 People of the Parish “The call to the ministry of the catechist is a Scott Humphrey vocation, an interior call, the voice of the Holy Otto Mooney Spirit” (National Directory for Catechesis, 54). Is the Holy Spirit calling you to share your Faith with our young people? Our Lady of PRAY FOR VOCATIONS Sorrows Parish School of Religion will begin Jesus is with us to help us do what may seem its 2009/10 year on August 23, and we are in impossible. Have faith that you will not sink. Listen need of several catechists for grades K5, 1 for his voice of encouragement (Matthew 14:22-33) and 4. If you are interested in working in the For those discerning a vocation to the ordained or consecrated life, may they listen carefully to the catechetical vineyard of the Lord, please voice of God in their hearts. contact Elizabeth Sutton, OLS PSR Director, to arrange a time for an interview. Flowers under the Blessed Mother are in ____________________________________ memory of William Schaefer, Sr. ____________________________________ GROWING WITH GOD-If you are interested in working with 2-and 3-year-olds, Growing Feast of the Assumption will be on with God could be right for you! The Growing Saturday, August 15. Masses will be at 8:00 with God program is a Sunday school a.m. and 10:00 a.m. It is not a holy day of program designed to teach 2-and 3-year-olds obligation. about God. You would teach once a month _______________________________________ and the lesson plans are already prepared for you. If you are interested in volunteering OLS CHILDREN’S CHOIR is looking for but do not want to teach, we are also looking boys and girls who love to sing. Our first for assistants to help in the classrooms. It is practice will be on Wednesday, August 26, a great way to donate your time and make a from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. For registration and difference. If you are interested, please more information, please call Alexandra contact us!! For 2-year-olds: contact Ann Naylor at 981-2773. Morel 426-2376 or 516-1265. For 3-year- olds: contact Marna Dickinson 747-0455. May God bless you and your family. The Introduction to the Extraordinary Her Choice Birmingham will be celebrating Form workshop for the laity will take place on Mass on Monday, August 10, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, August 15, from 8:00 a.m. until Please come and pray for the babies who 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Paul in are in danger of being aborted and their Birmingham. The highlight of the day will be mothers, for the end of all abortions, for the a Solemn High Mass, which will begin at staff and volunteers, and for the benefactors 11:00 a.m. Lunch will be served following the of Her Choice. If you need directions to Her Mass. All are invited to attend this free Choice Birmingham please call the center at workshop. 205-252-0706. ____________________________________ ____________________________________
Magnificat Prayer Breakfast-There will be a Worldwide Marriage Encounter- “So be
Magnificat Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, imitators of God… and live in love, as Christ August 29, 2009 at Our Lady of Sorrows loved us.” Let Worldwide Marriage Encounter Parish Hall, it will be from 9:30 a.m. until help you better live the sacrament of your 12:30 p.m. Our speaker will be Virginia marriage/holy orders. The next Worldwide Springer from Resurrection Catholic Church Marriage Encounter Weekends are August in Clanton, Alabama who will share with us 21-23 in Huntsville, AL; October 2-4 in how in the storms of her life she became Nashville, TN and November 6-8 in Cullman, God’s “runaway bunny” until a special event AL. Early registration is highly happened that changed everything. Tickets recommended. For more information visit to the prayer breakfast are $10.00 and are our website at: wwmealabama.org or call available from Penny Vaughn, ticket (800) 540-9963. chairwoman (205) 919-0914, from Alpha ____________________________________ Church Supply and Gifts, or from any Service Team Member. Ticket sales will end on CHAPEL OF OUR SAVIOR Wednesday, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. No tickets will be sold at the door. For more The Chapel needs permanent Committed information, please go to the Magnificat Adorers for: website at www.magnificat-birmingham.org. Sunday at 11:00 a.m. (to share hour) ____________________________________ Monday at 11:00 p.m. (vacant) Wednesday at Noon (to share hour) OLS Adult Choir is Friday at 1:00 p.m. (to share hour) Looking For New Members Our goal is to have two people on each hour. Our Lady of Sorrows Adult Choir is looking These are the hours needed, but do select for new members. Whether you are a an hour that best fits your schedule. Please trained musician or you just love to sing, we call Ida Wilker at 879-7040 or Mary Claire would love to have you share your talents. Brouillette at 871-2909. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings “One of the by-products of a Holy Hour of from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. in the music Eucharistic Adoration is the sensitiveness to room. If you have any questions, please the Eucharistic Presence of Our Divine Lord!” contact Lee Wright at (Archbishop Fulton Sheen-1895 to 1979) lwright.jcchs@gmail.com. We hope to see you there. Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School Seeks Corporate Internhip Sponsors Due to the increasing enrollment for academic 2009-2010, Holy Family Cristo Rey is seeking additional corporate partners for its Corporate Internship Program. Working in teams of four, Cristo Rey students share entry level positions during the school year to help offset tuition costs. Proceeds pay 70 % of each student’s tuition at the unique high school. For details about the Corporate Internship Program and how you can help, please contact Steve Burbank at 205-263- 0151. Holy Family Cristo Rey is the “The School That Works!” ____________________________________
OLS Volleyball and Basketball-Registration ATTENTION ALL HIGH
for volleyball and basketball at OLS is open to PSR students (who do not play for their SCHOOL STUDENTS school teams). Volleyball (girls grades 3-8) and Basketball (boys and girls grades 1-8) late registration is due in the school office by You are officially invited to August 14 at 3:00 p.m. Please go to www.olsschool.com for the registration form. the first ever OLS Youth ____________________________________ Mass ! It will be August Please come celebrate the life of Fr. James 23rd at 6 p.m.. featuring E. Coyle at a Memorial Mass on Tuesday, August 11, at 12:10 p.m. at the Cathedral of Jesus in the Blessed St. Paul. All are welcome at the reception Sacrament and music by following the Mass at the Cathedral Life Center. Greg Boudreauz. Everyone is welcome. Stay afterward for the Youth Group Fall Kickoff in the Parish Hall with dinner, games and prayer. Call the youth office if your are interested in helping with the Mass.