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245 W. Hwy 90, China, Texas 77613
Welcome!
Thank you for visiting Our Lady of Sorrows Church online. We hope that our website gives you the information you are seeking. Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to greet you and share with you our love for Jesus Christ and for you, our neighbor.
Our Pastor is Reverend
Polycarp Otieno
Church Office- 409-752-3571
Church Office Hours-
Mon-Thur. 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Your donations are sent directly to the Church, credited with your
name. Thank you!
Our Faith
We believe that the door to salvation is always open and so are the doors to our church. Our mission is to be fully devoted to Jesus by opening our arms to those in search of the truth. We show God’s love and concern for our fellow man at every opportunity. Through works of charity and opening our doors to listen and love, we feel that we are walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.
Mass Times
WEEKENDS
Saturday at 4:00 PM
Sunday at 8:30 AM
Weekdays:
Tuesday 8:00 AM
Wednesday- 8:00 AM
Thursday- 8:00 AM
Friday 8:00 AM
Reconciliation: Saturday 3:00- 3:45 p.m.
Adoration- Wednesday
8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
Baptism: Please call the
office for appointment. Baptism Classes are required.
Weddings: Diocesan policy for Marriage requires that you make an appointment with the pastor at least six months before the anticipated wedding. Please meet with the pastor before setting your final date.
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We welcome you to our Church, if you would like to join our Parish family, Census forms can be found under the Forms tab or in the Church.
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Our Children's Mass is on break for the summer, July and August there will be no Children's Mass. The next Mass is September 13
Sunday August 16, 2026
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
All nations who praise God are welcome in His Kingdom.
Jesus is impressed by the persistent request and by healing her, shows that God's Kingdom is for all people.
First Reading- Isaiah 56:1,6- In Isaiah, the Lord calls his people to do what is right. He promises that all who do what is right and just, including foreigners, will be brought to His Holy Mountain.
PSALM-67:2-3,5,6,8- R/. O God, O God, let all the nations praise you!
Second Reading- Romans 11:13-15, 29-32-Paul says that he glories in his ministry to the Gentiles to make his race jealous and thus save some of them.
Gospel- Matthew 15:21-28- Jesus heals the daughter of the Canaanite woman, a Gentile. Her persistence and faith showed the acceptance of the Gentiles and the saving power of faith.
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THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY- August 15th
Is not a Holy Day this year because it falls on a Saturday, is the celebration of the Assumption of Mary. Began in the eastern traditions of the 6th century: the consecration of a church in Gethsemane in honoring the Virgin Mary—where she would have ended her earthly life. The feast took the name of Assumption when it was instituted by the Church of Rome at the end of the 7th century, probably by Pope Sergius I. A fervor for Mary developed under the reign of Louis XIII, when he placed France under the protection of Our Lady of the Assumption, in thanksgiving for the birth of his son. From then on, Marian processions developed throughout the country. In 1950, Pope Pius XII made it a Holy Day, proclaiming the dogma of the Assumption: “The immaculate Virgin, preserved by God from any attack of the original fault, having completed the course of her earthly life, was lifted up body and soul to the glory of heaven, and exalted by the Lord as the Queen of the universe, to be thus more fully conformed to her Son, Lord of lords, victorious over sin and death.”
FOURTH ANNUAL EUCHARISTIC FLOTILLA-
MASS* ADORATION* ROSARY*Join us as part of the Eucharistic Revival. Those wishing to join in their boat must register boat and passengers. Those attending on land can join at the scheduled stops. Please use the scan code below for info.
