St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows (Diocese of Saginaw)
| St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows | |
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| Dedication: | St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Type/Classification: | Territorial Parish |
| Non-Parochial: | No |
| Operated By: | Diocesan clergy |
| Venerated Saints: | None specified |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Saginaw |
| Deanery: | |
| Address: | 7066 W Main St., Port Sanilac, Michigan 48469 |
| City: | Port Sanilac, MI |
| Subdivision: | Michigan |
| Country: | United States |
| County: | Sanilac County |
| Website: | No website specified |
| Founded: | |
| School: | No |
| Email: | None specified |
| AI Confidence: | 3/10 |
| Review Level: | 0/5 |
St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Saginaw, serving the Lake Huron shoreline community of Port Sanilac, Michigan, in Sanilac County. The parish's combined name reflects the joining of two once-separate Catholic devotional identities—one honoring Saint Mary and the other the Sorrowful Mother under the title Our Lady of Sorrows—into a single parish community, a pattern common among rural Michigan parishes that consolidated over the twentieth century.
The parish continues to serve Catholics in and around Port Sanilac, a small lakeside village on Michigan's "Thumb," offering sacramental and pastoral care to a largely rural and seasonal population along the Lake Huron coast.
No confirmed founding date is documented in publicly available sources for this parish under its present combined name.
History
Limited independently verifiable history is available for St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows Parish. According to general patterns documented for parishes in the Diocese of Saginaw, many small Thumb-area communities such as Port Sanilac were originally served by distinct national or territorial parishes—often established to serve specific immigrant communities in the nineteenth or early twentieth century—which were later merged or twinned as Catholic populations and available clergy changed over time.[1] The exact founding dates of the original St. Mary and Our Lady of Sorrows congregations in Port Sanilac, as well as the date of their formal union, are not confirmed in available sources.
The parish today functions under the combined title St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows and remains part of the Diocese of Saginaw's network of parishes serving Sanilac County.[2]
Special features
- A dual dedication uniting devotion to Saint Mary and to Our Lady of Sorrows, reflecting the parish's history as a union of two earlier congregations
- Service to a rural, lakeside community on Michigan's Lake Huron shoreline
Relics
According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated Catholic church typically contains relics, as is customary practice. No specific, publicly documented information about relics associated with St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows is available in current sources.
Architecture and Art
Exterior features
Specific architectural details about the church building are not publicly documented in available sources. As with many rural Michigan parish churches of its era, the building likely reflects a modest design suited to its small-town setting.
Interior features
No confirmed details regarding the interior layout or sanctuary arrangement are documented in available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
Specific information on stained glass windows at St. Mary–Our Lady of Sorrows is not publicly documented in available sources.
Statues and Sculptures
Given the parish's dual dedication, devotional imagery honoring both Our Lady under her title of Mary and the Sorrowful Mother (Our Lady of Sorrows) may be present, though specific statuary is not confirmed in available sources.
Other Artwork
No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.
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Related parishes
- Mission of St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Saginaw, Alma)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw, Argyle)
- St. Mark (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw, Auburn)
- Sacred Heart (Diocese of Saginaw, Bad Axe)
- St. Cyril (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Holy Trinity (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Our Lady of the Visitation (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Boniface (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Hedwig (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Hyacinth (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. James (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw, Bay City)
- St. Maria Goretti (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Mary of the Assumption (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Vincent de Paul (Diocese of Saginaw, Bay City)
- Sacred Heart (Diocese of Saginaw, Birch Run)
- Sacred Heart (Diocese of Saginaw, Caro)
- St. John the Baptist (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Roch (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Pancratius (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Diocese of Saginaw)
External links
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References
- ↑ "Diocese of Saginaw". Diocese of Saginaw. https://www.saginaw.org/.
- ↑ "Parishes". Diocese of Saginaw. https://www.saginaw.org/parishes.