Last Sunday after Pentecost
Parish Bake-Off: Please come enjoy some homemade and prize-winning baked goods from our own parishioners, in Boyle Hall today after all Masses. Take some goodies home for Thanksgiving Dinner or as a gift to say “thank you!”
Bookstore Sale of the Month: All crucifixes are 25% off during the month of November.
Our Lady of Sorrows Academy’s eleventh annual Jog-A-Thon is this Wednesday, November 25th at 10:00 AM. Please come out to watch and cheer on our students, faculty, and religious. Thank you for supporting our parish school!
Thursday, November 26th, Thanksgiving: All are encouraged to make a special effort to attend Mass to thank God for the graces we have received. Confessions will be heard during the morning Masses. Evening confessions and Benediction are cancelled due to the holiday.
The Ladies Auxiliary will hold a Christmas boutique and display a Christmas Giving tree on November 29th and December 6th. The proceeds benefit families/parishioners in need. We are asking for donations of Christmas crafts, gifts and baked goods to sell. All donations can be turned in at the Church office. Please contact Jamie McQuillin (480-330-3057) to help. If you or someone you know could benefit from the Christmas Giving tree, contact Fr. Pons or Monique at the church office (602-268-7673). Requests will remain confidential.
Holy Name Society meeting Wednesday, December 2nd at 6:00 PM in Boyle Hall. Fr. Pons will give a conference, with discussion and refreshments following. All men of the parish are encouraged to attend.
Advent Recollection: All parishioners are invited to a morning Recollection on Saturday, December 5th. After the 8:30 AM Mass, there will be a breakfast sponsored by the Simeon & Anna Sodality, followed by a Conference at 10:15 AM, confessions and prayer time, a Conference at 11:30 AM, and ending with Sext at Noon.
Special Second Collection: The U.S. District annual collection for the Foreign Missions Trust will be taken on Sunday, December 6th. These funds help all the various missions in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, South American, Mexico, and others to operate their apostolates. Thank you for your generosity.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Tuesday, December 8th, we will have Total Consecration to Mary according to the method of St. Louis de Montfort and Militia Immaculatae.
Regularly Scheduled Events
Our Lady of Sorrows Devotion: Saturday after Mass
Thursday Benediction: 6:30 PM, followed by Compline
Seven Sorrows Rosary: Sunday immediately after 8:30 AM Mass
Catholic Doctrine: Sunday at 10:00 AM in Boyle Hall
Mothers of Lu Prayer for Vocations: 1st Sunday of each month, after Mass
Holy Name Sunday: 2nd Sunday of each month
Blessing of Religious Articles: 3rd Sunday of each month, after Mass
Our Lady of Guadalupe Rosary to end abortion: 12th of mo. at 6:00 PM
Eucharistic Crusade: Meet 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 5:45 PM
Trail Life Troop AZ-1571: Meet 1st and 3rd Thursday at 6:30 PM (Aug-May)
2021 Retreat Schedule - Make plans now to attend a retreat.
January 11 - 16 Women’s Ignatian
February 10 – 13 Women’s Marian
March 3 - 6 Matrimony Retreat
March 15- 20 Men’s Ignatian
May 5 - 8 Men’s Marian
May 24 - 29 Women’s Ignatian
July 19 – 24 Women’s Vocation
September 13 - 18 Men’s Ignatian
October 11 - 16 Women’s Ignatian
October 27 - 30 Matrimony Retreat
Nov 29 – Dec 4 Men’s Ignatian
