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Corporate Sunday is May 3 at St. Anthony Church. The monthly meeting will be held on Monday, May 11. A Marian prayer service, May Crowning and induction of new member will begin at 7 PM in Our Lady of Sorrows Church. All are welcome. The Prayer Shawl meeting is on Monday May 18, at 1:00 PM. For details, click here.

Our parish will honor our Blessed Mother with a Crowning of her image at the 11:00 am Mass next Sunday, Mother’s Day. Please join us! Our First Communicants are invited to be part of this annual tribute to Our Lady

We have begun the month of May which by long tradition is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Let us turn to the Mother of God during this time to pray for peace in the world, the Church, our parish, and our personal needs.

Thanks to all who visited the recent Shroud of Turin Exhibit sponsored by our “Lumen Christi Cohort.” We hope this Cohort initiative, appropriately held during Lent, inspired and educated the faithful on this extraordinary relic that reveals the extent of the Lord’s passion and death. Click here for more information.

Those who ordered palm crosses may pick them up on Saturday, March 14, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM at the garage at Our Lady of Sorrows.

Join Msgr. Gervasio and Fr. Jean Felicien on an 11-Day pilgrimage to Fatima, Spain, and Lourdes, on October 19 - 29, 2026. Click here for more information.

The Rosary Altar Society is conducting its Annual Palm Cross Sale, the proceeds of which benefit Our Lady of Sorrows-St. Anthony Parish. The cross is approximately 12” x 20” and made of looped palms on a wooden cross and mounted on a stake which makes a suitable adornment for the cemetary or garden. The cost for each Palm Cross is $13.50. Click here for more information.

The Lumen Christi Cohort (OLS-SA, St. Gregory the Great, and St. Raphael-Holy Angels) is sponsoring an exhibit on the Shroud of Turin, including a full-sized replica of the shroud, display panels on the history and scientific investigations of the Shroud, and a statue of Jesus based on the three-dimensional data contained in the shroud image. If you ever had any doubts about the death and resurrection of Jesus, you can't miss this exhibit. Click here for details!

Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday during Lent (except for Good Friday), at 7:00 PM. They will be held in English at Our Lady of Sorrows, and in Creole at St. Anthony Church.

The Respect Life Ministry of OLS-SA is hosting a group rosary at an online Zoom conference every Wednesday evening at 6:45 PM. We invite everyone to join us in praying this rosary as a group for the express intention of an end to abortion. Click the article title for contact information and details.

On Wedesday, February 11, the Church celebrates the appearance of our Blessed Mother to Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes. Click here for more information.

Monday, February 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, called Candlemas Day. Click here for more information.

The Memorial of St. Blaise, Bishop & Martyr, is celebrated on Tuesday, Feb. 3, with a traditional blessing of throats. Join us for either the 7:00 AM or 9:00 AM Mass, followed in both cases by the blessing of throats!

Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family. ∼ St. Angela Merici

You must know that when you 'hail' Mary, she immediately greets you! Don't think that she is one of those rude women of whom there are so many—on the contrary, she is utterly courteous and pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away and converse with you! ∼ Bernardino of Siena

The parish Respect Life team invites you to join us in prayer for life, every Thursday in October, at noon, in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Each week we will pray a different set of prayers, for life and for healing. Click here for more information.

The Rosary Altar Society invites you to a morning of recollection, on Saturday October 18. The day begins with "Fr. Stas" (Fr. Stanley Lukaszewski) celebrating our 9:00 AM Mass. The ladies will then proceed to Holy Family Hall for the remainder of the program. Click here for more information.

This Tuesday, October 7, is the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Long tradition has established October as the month of the Holy Rosary. Click here for more information.

The blessing of pets will take place on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi @10 AM on Saturday, Oct. 4 (rain date/time: 3 PM. on Sunday, Oct. 5), at the Peace Garden at Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

Join Fr. Alabre in a pilgrimage to Lourdes, Fatima, and Spain next year. Click here for more information.