“Get on the Bus” (GOTB) is an organization whose mission is to bring children and their caregivers from throughout the State of California to visit their mothers or fathers who are in prison. This program was inaugurated in 1999 after a number of women religious visited prisons and learned that many of the women had not seen their children for the entire duration of their incarceration. A group of sisters and lay women sponsored the first Get on the Bus trip and the organi zation has grown since then, for many years under the leadership of Sisters of St. Joseph, Suzanne Steffen and Suzanne Jabro.

GOTB provides transportation to and from prisons, travel bags for the children, comfort bags for the caregivers and meals while in transit. This is all at no cost to a child’s family.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is among several parishes within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles that have been asked by GOTB for support. To do this, an OLPH parishioner is needed who will act as the primary point of contact with GOTB in order to coordinate preparation of travel bags, comfort bags, meals and if desired, accompanying families traveling to and from the prisons.

If you would like to be considered for this, please call, text or email:
OLPH Business Manger Deacon Terry Irwin (213 646-2928)
[email protected]

We have the wonderful opportunity to experience the love and mercy of Christ in the Sacrament of Penance. It was on the very day of his Resurrection that Jesus entrusted to his apostles the mission of forgiving sins and we continue to benefit from this Sacrament of Mercy.

In addition to our regularly scheduled times for confession, we have the blessing of having three Penance Services with many extra confessors available that are scheduled here in the Santa Clarita Valley.

On Monday, April 7 there is a penance service at St. Clare’s Parish.
On Tuesday, April 8, there is a penance ser vice at St. Kateri’s parish.
On Wednesday, April 9 there is a penance service here at OLPH.
All three services begin at 7:00 p.m.

We will have fifteen confessors available that evening, many of whom are bilingual. Perhaps sharing in one of these services is just the special grace the Lord has for you in this Lent. Please plan ahead and mark your calendars to take advantage of these services.