We Are Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish

We are collecting paperpProducts, cleaning supplies, personal hygiene products, soap, and shampoo. These necessary items cannot be purchased with bridge cards. All donations will be  given to the SVdP Food Depot for distribution. Please drop off your  contributions in the Oak Park Gathering Area or in the back of the church in Ferndale. A heartfelt thanks for your generosity for the benefit of the less fortunate.

Archdiocesan staff have advised that we need to update our contact information concerning the columbaria niches within the worship locations (Our Lady of Fatima, Oak Park and St. James, Ferndale) of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish.  Although we have maintained good records of those interred in the columbaria, time has passed since original arrangements were made and an update of contact information is needed for those files.  As you well-know, we have proposed that St. James Church close.  Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish wants to assure you that, should this occur, the care and respect for the remains of your loved ones are of utmost importance to us.  We will work with Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services (CFCS) to provide a sacred and serene location where the remains of loved ones will continue to be honored and preserved, most likely at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield.

Click here to update columbarium contact information

Exciting News for our Family of Parishes

and An Opportunity

Beginning in January 2025 our Family of Parishes, Family Sent on Mission, will have a monthly bulletin. We hope that this communication tool will keep the parishioners of our family informed of events, news, and more related to Family Sent on Mission.

Our ad representative, Dom di Pasqua, will be in town the week of October 21, 2024, to begin selling ads for our family bulletin.  If you are interested in supporting the monthly bulletin by purchasing an ad for your business or in memory or in honor of a loved one, please email your name and phone number to omoph2@gmail.com. 

Church of the Transfiguration's October

Family of Parishes Prayer Intention

As representatives of the whole world

gather in in Rome October 4-28,

Transfiguration invites

our Family of Parishes

to pray for this Synod on Synodality

with this prayer from the USCCB:

We stand before You, Holy Spirit,

as we gather together in Your name.

With You alone to guide us,

make Yourself at home in our hearts.

Teach us the way we must go

and how we are to pursue it.

We are weak and sinful;

do not let us promote disorder.

Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path

nor partiality influence our actions.

Let us find in You our unity

so that we may journey together to eternal life

and not stray from the way of truth and what is right.

All this we ask of You,

who are at work in every place and time,

in the communion of the Father and the Son,

forever and ever. Amen.

Petition for liturgy:

That God will bless all those gathering in Rome for the Synod

with wisdom and discernment,

we pray to the Lord.

Action Steps:

Pray the prayer daily during Synod

Follow reports about the Synod with Catholic media

Read an article about Synod agenda

Saturday Vigil Mass

4:30 pm in Oak Park

Sunday Mass

9:00 am in Oak Park

11:00 am in Ferndale

Tuesday and Thursday Weekday Masses

Tuesdays - 9:00 am in Ferndale

Thursdays - 9:00 am in Oak Park

(First Thursday of the month the Mass will be at 7pm)

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Our vision is to be an extraordinary spiritual gathering place where people of all backgrounds and ages are welcome to question and learn, pray, worship, and serve.  In community through prayer and worship we hope to continue to grow together in our understanding and appreciation of God’s love.  We strive to change and improve our lives and the lives of others.

If you have not downloaded the parish mobile app please do so. For android products go to the Google Play Store WeConnect Parish App on your phone.  For apple products go to the Apple Store WeConnect Parish App on your phone. Or use the QR Code below.

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The Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish Office is located at our Oak Park Worship Location

Our Lady of Fatima

13500 Oak Park Blvd. (on the northeast corner of Oak Park Blvd. and Coolidge Hwy.)

Oak Park, Michigan  48237

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