OLOS Faith Formation registration is now open!  Click here to register your child(ren) for the PreK-Grade 5, Middle School, and Confirmation Faith Formation programs, or stop by the parish office to complete a paper form.

An orientation will be offered for each of the programs.  At least one parent of children registered for each program should plan to attend orientation.

• PreK thru Grade Five Parent Orientation: Sunday, September 22nd, 9:45 a.m., Cottage Street School Cafeteria (First day of classes)

• Middle School Parent Orientation: Wednesday, September 25th, 7:00 p.m., O’Connell Hall

• Confirmation Orientation (for first year Confirmation students and parents): Wednesday, September 25th, 8:00 p.m., O’Connell Hall (a parent and the Confirmation candidate should attend).

Many volunteers are still needed to make our programs happen.  Visit our Catechist page to learn more about the various Faith Formation volunteer opportunities and contact Teresa Coda if you are interested in serving in this way.

Summer has brought some changes to OLOS’s Office of Faith Formation. 
 
Alex Bourgeois has left her position as Faith Formation Coordinator in order to spend more time with her family.  We are grateful for the dedication and service she shared with OLOS this past year. 
 
Starting in September, Teresa Coda will decrease her hours to part-time and her role will shift to Director of Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults.  She will implement the middle school and Confirmation faith formation programs and coordinate Peer Ministry and the High School Youth Commission.  
 
We are pleased to welcome Monica LaFond on board as our new Director of Faith Formation for PreK-Grade 5 and Service.  Monica will work with catechists to offer our children’s faith formation programming, including First Reconciliation and First Eucharist preparation.  She will also coordinate OLOS’s service opportunities to places like the Table, Conway House, My Brother’s Keeper, and more. 
 
Monica’s transition to OLOS staff leaves several volunteer openings within the parish.  If you are interested in getting involved as the altar server coordinator or as a member of the Faith Formation Commission, contact the parish office. 
 

Monica LaFond has been a parishioner at Our Lady of Sorrows for seventeen years.  For sixteen of those years, she has been a catechist in the K-5 faith formation program. She has also served on the Faith Formation Commission and the Parish Pastoral Council, and has coordinated the altar serving program at OLOS for several years.  A lawyer by training, Monica has five children with her husband, Tom.  They range in age from nine to twenty-one years old and have all participated in OLOS’ faith formation program.  
 

Rectory Project ~ you did it!
Thanks to all your generous donations we have reached our goal of $65,000 for the Kitchen/Bathroom Renovation Project in the Rectory! THANK YOU!!
If you have not yet given but are able to donate your funds will be used for unexpected repairs that are typical in a renovation. If you have questions, please contact Lynn Jacobs at the parish office.   
The work is set to begin this week and we will keep you updated on the progress. 

An Australian radio show, God Forbid, recently featured two speakers from OLOS: Frank Clooney and Catherine Cornille.  Click here to listen to the show.  

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