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Inside our Church
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Image - Our Church is dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and her powerful image is displayed prominently in our sanctuary
Holy Water is available to parishioners and visitors.
The Mosaic underneath the altar
Holy Oils
Stations of the Cross
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee...
Welcome to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Church
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Mission Statement
We are a community of worship on Sundays and weekdays, growing spiritually, supporting the gracefully aging parishioners in our community, while also preparing and offering to our children in catechism class the tools they will need to use in their daily lives. We focus on training future Religious Education teachers about the teachings and protection of our children, with emphasis on their protection.
We support people in recovery from alcoholism and drugs. We are helping our young families with wedding ceremonies and do a follow up to confirm or assist in their spiritual growth.
We reach out to the poor as instructed by Pope St. John Paul II in his encyclical Solicitudo Rei Socialis and we reflect the wishes and prayers of our current Pope Francis.
OLPH is one of 42 parishes and 17 missions within the Diocese of Santa Rosa. We are focused on getting to heaven and you are most welcome to join us on our journey there.
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GOSPEL FOR JULY 21, 2019
Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name
was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet
listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving,
came to him and said,
"Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me
by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me."
The Lord said to her in reply,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious
and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her."
PRAYER INTENTION FOR
POPE FRANCIS
Almighty and everlasting God, have mercy upon Thy servant,
Pope Francis, our Supreme Pontiff, and direct him, according
to Thy loving kindness, in the way of eternal salvation; that,
of thy gift, he may ever desire that which is pleasing unto thee
and may accomplish it with all his might.
Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Here is the link where you can find the digital booklet containing pictures of Pope Francis in celebration of his first year: Click here.
Other links of interest:
- English Mass– 9:00 AM
- Spanish Mass– 12:00 PM
- Confession after Mass
- English Mass– 8:00 AM
- Office Hours– 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Office Closed
- English Mass– 8:00 AM
- Confessions after mass
- English Mass– 8:00 AM
- Office Hours– 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Confessions after mass.
- English Mass– 8:00 AM
- Office Hours– 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Office Closed
- Communion Service– 8:00 AM
- English Mass– 5:00 PM
St. Mary Magdalen (1st c.) was a friend and devoted follower of Jesus Christ, a reformed woman once of ill repute, out of whom He exorcised seven demons. Mary Magdalene has a special place among Jesus’ disciples and is mentioned several times in the Gospels. It is believed that she is the same penitent woman, Mary of Bethany, who anointed the feet of Jesus before his Passion, and the sister of Lazarus and Martha. She stood at the foot of the Cross with St. John and the Blessed Mother, and the next morning went to Christ's tomb to anoint his body. As a reward for her great love and faithfulness, she is the first recorded witness of Jesus' Resurrection. It was Mary Magdalene who informed the twelve Apostles that Jesus rose from the dead, and for this she is called “Apostle to the Apostles.” After Jesus’ Ascension into heaven, Mary Magdalene continued her mission as an evangelist, contemplative, and mystic in the heart of the Church. According to the Eastern tradition, she went to Ephesus with the Virgin Mary and died there. According to the Western tradition, she, along with her siblings Martha and Lazarus, were exiled from Israel and shipped out to sea, landing in Marseilles, France. Mary Magdalene evangelized and converted the Provence region, and lived in a cave doing penance for thirty years until her death. St. Mary Magdalene is the patron of women, repentant sinners, penitent women, reformed prostitutes, contemplatives, converts, pharmacists, perfumers, hairstylists, and against sexual temptation. Her feast day is July 22nd.
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