Our Lady of Sorrows Parish - Our Lady of the Dolores

Marian Advocation of Vancouver (British Columbia)
Popular devotion (not officially recognized by the Church)

Our Lady of Sorrows Parish is a parish of long immigrant tradition in eastern Vancouver, British Columbia, first linked to the Italian community and then to Latin American and Filipino communities. There are no mention of local miracles or extraordinary foundational legends in accessible sources.

Main data

Origin and history

Our Lady of Sorrows Parish is a parish of long immigrant tradition in eastern Vancouver, British Columbia, first linked to the Italian community and then to Latin American and Filipino communities. There are no mention of local miracles or extraordinary foundational legends in accessible sources.

The image and the sanctuary

The community has maintained lively practices of popular piety around the image of the Virgin Dolorosa, including processions. There is no known sanctuary or a more detailed description of the image in public sources.

Sponsorship and coronation

The advocation of Our Lady of the Dolores underlines Mary's compassion at the foot of the Cross. There is no canonical coronation or specific civil patronage.

Party and devotion

The memory of Our Lady of the Dolores is celebrated on September 15. The parish celebrations highlight the procession and the practices of piety during Holy Week. The community has preserved processions with the image of the Virgin Dolorosa and spiritual exvotes - masses in thanksgiving for favors received - within the devotional tradition of the parish and without specific canonical recognition.

Link to the Rosary

The parish promotes Marian prayer in general, but the web and official channels do not expressly highlight a Rosary fellowship or a rosarian sanctuary. By rigour: there is no specific formal link with the Rosary.