IMPORTANT NOTICE – The Shrine Gift Shop will be closed on Feb. 23rd and Feb. 24th for painting. We will re-open on Feb. 25th.
The Marywood Companions are leading a food drive now through March 20th. Please drop off unexpired, non-perishable food items and paper products in front of the statue of St. Gaspar in the Sanctuary of the Chapel. All collected items will be donated to local food banks.
The Sorrowful Mother Shrine near Bellevue, Ohio, USA is an inspiring place of prayer where God and nature touch. Wild flowers and planted flower beds mingle in the 153 acres of woods and lawns. The center of the Shrine is the Sorrowful Mother Chapel.
The Missionaries of the Precious Blood have operated the Shrine since it was founded by Fr. Francis deSales Brunner in 1850. These Missionaries were first assigned to Peru, Ohio. From there, Fr. Brunner served the many German speaking parishes in central and western Ohio.
On Sundays and Holy Days priests and religious lead devotional services and processions; they visit with people sharing their joys and sorrows or walk with them praying at one of the many grottos, gardens or Stations of the Cross in the woods.
If you feel the need to get in tune with yourself and with God’s universe, you’ll find that a day or even a few hours spent at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine will bring you rich personal and spiritual rewards.
Daily Masses are celebrated in the Shrine Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday.
Director of Operations – marsha@sorrowfulmothershrine.org
Accounting Manager- ron@sorrowfulmothershrine.org
Office Manager – shelley@sorrowfulmothershrine.org
Administrative Assistant – chris@sorrowfulmothershrine.org
Tom Werling Director of Maintenance assisted by – Dennis Alt, Larry Bouillon,and Dan Phillips
Gift Shop Manager – laurie@sorrowfulmothershrine
Gift Shop Assistant Manager – lisa@sorrowfulmothershrine.org