Gardeners Enhance Shrine Grottos
By Maureen McDonnell This is the seventh year that our master gardeners, Joan Hudak and Glen Verhoff, have been driving from Port Clinton, Ohio, a 45-minute round trip, to spend hours tackling projects one at a time here at our lovely Sorrowful Mother Shrine. It all...
She Heard the Call at the Shrine
In June of 2008, after completing college and beginning a teaching career, I was asked, "Have you ever felt that you are being called to a religious life?" While there was something in my heart, it wasn't clear what that might be. Was God really calling ME to follow...
Shrine a Place of Grace
Dylan was a typical senior boy, just like many others who were attending high school in Milan, Ohio. One day, while leaving the band room, a classmate asked him if he wanted to attend a barn Mass with her youth group. Dylan agreed to join the group and enjoyed the...
Lenten Schedule at the Shrine
Lent is a special time of the year at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio. The shrine is sponsored by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. During Lent, in addition to having a confessor available for an hour before every Mass, the shrine offers...
Shrine Adapting to the Times
A religious brother serving at our Sorrowful Mother Shrine outside of Bellevue, Ohio, describes life and ministry at the shrine in these unusual times. Visit the shrine website for the latest updates on Mass and confession at the shrine. By Brother Terry Nufer,...