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At the 11:00 Mass today, the Elect take another step toward the celebration of the Easter Sacrament in the Rite of the second of three “scrutinies.” Please pray for our Elect: Patricia Carr, Paige Griffiths, and Lauren Neuls.

The Elect today take another step toward the celebration of the Easter Sacrament in the Rite of the first of three “scrutinies.” Please pray for our Elect!

We congratulate our newly elect, Patricia Carr, Paige Griffiths and Lauren Neuls, and thank the members of the RCIA team for sharing our faith. Click the article title to see a photo!

Young and old alike are invited to serve in one of the many aspects of our parish's liturgical life--as ushers, altar servers, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, lectors, sacristans, altar linen volunteers, or as members of the arts & environment committee or liturgy committee. Click the article title for more information.

Are you looking for information on Confirmation? Click the article title for links to all the pages where you'll find information on the sacrament and all the programs our parish uses to prepare a candidate for Confirmation, either as a student or as an adult.

Or were you baptized Catholic as a child, but have not celebrated the sacraments of Confirmation or Holy Eucharist? Or do you know someone who is thinking of becoming Catholic, or has a child over the age of seven who has not been baptized? The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults may be just what you need! Click the article title for more information.

To those who were accepted during the Rite of Election on Sunday, February 18, by Bishop David O'Connell at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine: MaryAnn Mihalik, Erick Rodriguez, Jennifer Carr, Nicole Venceller, and Ivy Allison

Did you know there's a Catholic radio station in this area? Tune your dial to 1260 AM to find Domestic Church Media WFJS. Throughout the day, you'll hear informative, inspirational, and truthful programs on Catholic life in this secular world. It's great listening on your way into work or on the way home, or when you're running errands. If you're driving a longer distance, you can change the station and still get the same programming. Click the article title for more information.

The Rite of Welcoming is the official acceptance of those who wish to join the Catholic Church as candidates and catechumens. Please join us at Our Lady of Sorrows on December 3, at the 11 a.m. mass, to welcome our new catechumens into the Catholic Church. Click the article title for more details, and the names of our candidates and catechumens.

Or do you know someone who might be interested? Classes begin in September. Click the article title for more information.

If you haven't already done so, please submit, prior to June 30, all requests for your group’s use of facilities at Our Lady of Sorrows and/or St. Anthony campus from July 2017 through June 2018. Click the article title for more information.

...for the 5-Parish Cohort Mission, with Fr. Larry Richards, May 8 - 11, 7:00 PM, at St. Gregory the Great Church. Click the article title for details.

The Rite of Welcoming is the official acceptance of those who wish to join the Catholic Church as candidates and catechumens. Click the article title for more information, including the names of the candidates and catechumens.

Click the article title to see the note from Fr. Carter.

Click the article title to find out more about RCIA--what it is, and who it's for.

to those who received the Easter Sacraments at the Solemn Vigil! Click the article title for the full list of names.

The Rite of Election for our new catechumens was celebrated last Sunday, February 14, at the Cathedral, with Bishop O'Connell. Click the article title for details.

As our RCIA candidates are preparing to receive the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and holy communion, all Catholics are invited to deepen their faith by attending the classes, in the Church Meeting Room on Tuesday nights at 7:30 PM.

As our RCIA candidates are preparing to receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Communion, all Catholics are invited to deepen their faith by attending the classes. Click the article title for time and location.

As our RCIA candidates are preparing to receive the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and holy communion, all Catholics are invited to deepen their faith by attending the classes. Click the article title for details.