About Us

MISSION STATEMENT

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Parish is a family of believers in Christ who strive to live according to his teachings. We take as our mission in the world the living out of the Gospel of Jesus.

VISION STATEMENT

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a Catholic Parish committed to being an inclusive and welcoming community of disciples, compelled by Jesus' command to love one another. We share a life-long, faith-filled, and Christ-centered journey through liturgy, service, and education as responsible stewards of God's gifts.

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, we come with the greatest confidence before you. You became not only the Mother of the Redeemer but the Mother of the redeemed as well. We come as your loving children. Watch over us and take care of us. As you held Jesus in your arms, so take each one of us and our parish in your arms. Be a mother at every moment to help us. Our Lady, we beg your help in the problems of daily life. Keep us close to your Son and His way. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

PRAYER FOR AN ENGAGED CHURCH

Dear Lord, we want to be an engaged church, a parish motivated by love for You and committed to our mission of living out Your gospel. 
We ask that You be with us on our spiritual journey.
Help us to be a worshipping community, devoted to Mass, praying with and for one another, and lifting our voices joyfully in song.  
Help us to be a welcoming community with smiles and outstretched arms as we greet all who enter our doors, be they friends or strangers.  
Help us to be a community of good stewards who support our parish and are compassionate to the needs of the poor.
Help us to be a ministering community, cheerfully and tirelessly offering time and talent in service to others.
Help us to be a community of disciples who place You, Lord, at the center of our lives.
Help us to be an engaged community with open hearts and open minds to Seek You Lord, Share Your Gifts, and Rejoice in Your Blessings.
We ask these things in Your Holy Name.
Amen.