Our Lady of Refuge Fall Football Registration is Open for Grades 3-8. Participants will learn Teamwork, Discipline, Physical Fitness & Social Skills. Online registration is open at https://www.olr-school.net/ATHLETICS For questions please reach out to athletic director Jen Bowyer at [email protected]
Please join us on Sunday, June 1, 2025, after both the 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM Masses in the Social Hall to celebrate the Monsignor McEnhill's 80th birthday. Following the 9:30 Mass a continental breakfast will be offered. Additionally, following the 11:30 Mass a luncheon will be offered. All are welcome, no RSVP necessary.
The Knights of Columbus are hosting a baby bottle drive to benefit Mary's Mantle!
Here is how it works:
- Pick up a bottle in the gathering space the first weekend of Many and fill it with coins, cash or a check made out to Mary's Mantle
- Pray for expecting parents that they choose life for their child.
-Return the bottle on the weekend of May 31/Jue 1
Happy Mother’s Day!
On behalf of Fr. Suresh and the staff at Our Lady of Refuge, we would like to wish all mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, and godmothers a very happy Mother’s Day.
Join Father Jason Brooks on Tuesday, May 6th. 7:00pm Where: Our Lady of Refuge Church Contact the Parish office for more information. Evening includes Adoration, Praise & Worship, Prayer and Powerful Reflections from Fr. Jason Brooks, LC
THANKS MOM FOR LIFE
During Mother’s Day weekend we will be offering our mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers and Godmothers a beautiful carnation. Donations will be accepted for Right-to-Life Lifespan to support their work protecting the unborn.
Carlo Acutis the First Millenium Saint will be Canonized on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Join us in the in the Social Hall the weekend of April 26th & 27th for a special display of The Eucharistic Miracles of the World, a collection Carlo Acutis helped to compile.
On the Rise Bakery, sponsored by the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, will be here selling their delicious baked goods on Sunday, April 27th after both Masses. Every purchase helps fund supportive housing, training, counseling services, educational opportunities, and self-help programs. Please consider supporting this worthy cause.
Please join the Our Lady of Refuge family in celebrating the Ordination of Daniel Whalen to Transitional Deacon. On Saturday, April 12 @ the 5 p.m. Mass. Dinner reception will follow.
Daniel is a graduate of Our Lady of Refuge and St. Mary Prep
Join Father Jason Brooks on Tuesday, April 8th. 7:00pm Where: Our Lady of Refuge Church Contact the Parish office for more information. Evening includes Adoration, Praise & Worship, Prayer and Powerful Reflections from Fr. Jason Brooks, LC
Join us each Friday night during Lent at 6:30 p.m. to pray the Stations of the Cross. This tradition brings our community together in prayer and reflection.
After the Stations, we share a simple, meatless supper in the Social Hall to foster fellowship. We invite parishioners to sign up to provide a dish. Your participation, whether through food, time, or both, strengthens our community and is greatly appreciated.
Our Lenten giving tree donations will be supporting Wee Care pregnancy Center as well as Another Way Pregnancy Center. Please take one or several tags to support these charities. Donations due back by March 30th.
Our next blood drive with the Red Cross is on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 in the Social Hall from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Donating blood to someone in need is such a wonderful gift. Blood donations help accident and burn victims, heart surgery and transplant patients and those battling cancer. Please schedule an appointment today by visiting www.redcrossblood.org and entering sponsor code "OLRC." The Red Cross website is very informative if you are donating blood for the first time.
Join Father Jason Brooks on Tuesday, February 11th. 7:00pm Where: Our Lady of Refuge Church Contact the Parish office for more information. Evening includes Adoration, Praise & Worship, Prayer and Powerful Reflections from Fr. Jason Brooks, LC
Join Father Jason Brooks on Tuesday, February 11th. 7:00pm Where: Our Lady of Refuge Church Contact the Parish office for more information. Evening includes Adoration, Praise & Worship, Prayer and Powerful Reflections from Fr. Jason Brooks, LC
Join us for Luke: The Story of Salvation Fulfilled in the OLR Social Hall beginning February 11, from 9:15—11:15am, and continuing every Tuesday for 8 weeks. For more information or to register for the study, contact Anne D at 248-736-6486 or by email at [email protected]. The cost for the study workbook is $27.95 plus S&H. Please order workbook from AscensionPress.com or at
1-800-376-0520 Flyers available in the OLR narthex.
Metanoia: A Journey With Christ Into Conversion. Join us for a 10-week in-person series with weekly video presentation featuring Fr. Dave Privonka. We will meet Monday evenings from 6:15 to 7:30pm in the Our Lady of Refuge Social Hall starting January 27th and running through April 14th (no meeting Feb 10 & Feb 17) Even if you can't attend every session, please join us whenever you're able. Missed videos can be viewed on Formed.org
COME & SEE Open House Tuesday, January 14 @ 7:00pm. The Open House will take place at the Family Center- St. Mark Room at Our Lady of Sorrows. See bulletin for details.
Join Father Jason Brooks on Tuesday, December 17th. 7:00pm Where: Our Lady of Refuge Church Contact the Parish office for more information. Evening includes Adoration, Praise & Worship, Prayer and Powerful Reflections from Fr. Jason Brooks, LC