A Brief History of Mother of Sorrows Compiled by Jim Britton
Bishop O'Leary foresaw the need for a Retreat Center in his diocese of Springfield in the early 1920's. He himself was a retreatant at the Passionist Retreat Center in Boston. In 1922 he invited the Passionists to build a Monastery and Retreat Center in the Springfield diocese. The Bishop put together a group of lay people to raise the $100,000 needed to build the facility, which opened in 1925. Here is a short chronology of some significant events.
Chronicle History of Mother of Sorrows
Retreat House
1920s - 1940s
1950s - 1960s
1970s - 1990s
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