Since its inaugural mass on September 20. 1908. Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church has been devoted to serving the many diverse needs within the Grand Rapids community. and I am pleased to join in celebrating this important milestone. In the late 1800s. as the ItalianAmerican population in Grand Rapids continued to grow. there began an earnest search within this immigrant community for a place to worship that would respond to their specific needs. Led by Father Salvatore Cianci and without a formal structure in which to conduct mass. the congregation was established and gathered in the basement of St. Andrews Cathedral in Grand Rapids in 1908 to celebrate its first mass.
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