Parish Office phone: (803) 345-3962
Office hours: Monday - Friday 9 am to 1 pm
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**If you need help during this crisis or need help to sign up to attend Masses please contact the parish office at 803.345.3962 or Fr. Dennis Willey at 843.834.5447**
After reading the necessary safeguards (see HERE) and you would like to attend Mass, it will be necessary for you to use SignUp Genius for the required safe-restricted seating. Click on SIGNUP GENIUS.Thursday is Thanksgiving Day! The parish offices will be closed through the weekend. We will have a 9:00AM Mass on Thanksgiving Day. There will be NO MASS on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Our Children's Mass time has also been moved to 3:30PM on Christmas Eve with the Children's Christmas Choir beginning at 3PM. Please note the change in your calendars!
Orders for Christmas Poinsettias are now being taken. ORDER FORM
November is a time for remembering the Faithful Departed.Throughout the month of November, the Parish will offer prayers and Masses for all the Faithful Departed. Envelopes can be found in your OSV Envelope Sets or special envelopes marked “All Souls Day” can be found in the Vollkommer Bell Tower. Parishioners can use them to include the names of their deceased relatives and friends. Once completed, place in the Collection Basket. These envelopes will stay on the altar for the month of November.
FAITH FORMATION CLASSES BEGAN OCTOBER 4, 2020.
Not too late to register your children (K-4 through 12th) for Faith Formation. HERE IS THE REGISTRATION FORM. Please fill out and email it back to Stella (formation.assistant@
ollchapin.org). You can pay your registration fees online via the parish online giving page as well (OLL online-giving) -
WE HAVE RETURNED TO REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
(New Guidelines for RECONCILIATION
Do you know how to receive communion properly? See if you do HERESunday Masses continue. If you have any questions please read our policies HERE before attending Mass.
Dear Friends,
The Christmas celebrations at Our Lady of the Lake will depend this year on volunteers stepping up and SIGNING UP to help at ALL the Christmas Masses. This is the only way we can safely offer Holy Communion to as many people as possible in the midst of Covid-19.
Due to the limited seating imposed by Covid-19 restrictions we are hoping to use satellite locations on campus (St. Andrew Hall and the Family Life Center) to offer additional seating to as many as possible to celebrate the Christmas Festival AND receive Holy Communion.
We are going to need a LOT of volunteers to make this happen.
Once we confirm that we have sufficient volunteers for the church AND the satellite locations we will publish on SignUp Genius the Masses and locations for you to sign up to attend the Christmas Masses. PLEASE, be generous with your time and support during this challenging Christmas Season.(See the rest of Father Dennis' onstant Contact Email dated November 18th...HERE.**If you need help during this crisis or need help to sign up to attend Masses please contact the parish office at 803.345.3962 or Fr. Dennis Willey at 843.834.5447**
After reading the necessary safeguards, if you would like to attend Mass, it will be necessary for you to use SignUp Genius for the required safe-restricted seating. SIGNUP GENIUS.If you do not feel comfortable attending Mass or are among those who are at high risk, our Bishop, Most Rev. Robert E. Guglielmone, is granting a dispensation until further notice.
Mass will still be LIVE STREAMED on Sundays at 9AM vxia the Parish’s Facebook Page, OLL Facebook and Boxcast allows us to have a direct link: OLL Sunday Mass on BOXCAST. These live-streamed Masses will remain available for viewing for 24 hours.*You DO NOT need a Boxcast OR Facebook account to view the Live Streamed Sunday Mass.* Boxcast has the best quality!
Worship Aid for Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
During this critical period, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that all parishioners sign up for our Constant Contact Emails! This is our only means of updating all parishioners in a timely and manageable fashion.TWO WAYS to sign up to receive these emails, the Weekly Reminder and other important information concerning our Parish and Diocese:- Click on the link and enter your name and email address into the form; CLICK HERE TO STAY CONNECTED
- Email your request directly to weeklyreminder@ollchapin.org and ask that your email be included in all future emails.
Your information will NOT be shared with other parties. Please share this information with any parishioner who would appreciate staying connected during these unprecedented and challenging times.
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Bicenntennial Campaign Update
Many Thanks to all those who have pledged to the Bicentennial Campaign and who continue to pledge. We are grateful for EVERY pledge made regardless of the amount pledged. Every dollar helps!!! Click here for an update.
YOUR BICENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN DOLLARS HARD AT WORK!
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November is now Vocations Awareness MonthHere is what YOU can do to help to promote vocations:
1. Print the seminarian prayer card and/or poster as a guide.
2. Pray the Rosary live with our seminarians every Monday and Thursday at 8:00 p.m. via the Vocations Facebook page. After the Rosary, you will have the opportunity to chat with the seminarians to get to know them.
See an Excerpt from Father Dennis' Constant Contact Email dated November 11 2020.
You can keep in touch with our Diocesan Seminarian, Daniel Perry by email at dperry@charlestondiocese.org and by mail at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, 10701 S. Military Trail, Boynton Beach, Florida 33436-4899.
As Daniel was the first Diocesan Seminarian to have ever been assigned to OLL for a summer assignment, Father Dennis took the opportunity to enact a change as a way of supporting Daniel in his studies and all our diocesan seminarians, present and future. At the conclusion of the Recessional Hymn, we will pray ONE HAIL MARY, asking for Mary's intercession for an increase of Vocations to the Religious Life and to the Priesthood. Additionally, we will then pray to St. Michael the Archangel asking for his protection. -
COVID-19 RESPONSE
A MESSAGE FROM
BISHOP ROBERT E. GUGLIELMONEThe Diocese of Charleston considers the health and well-being of our people to be the highest priority. We are following the directives of local, state and federal health authorities in establishing health and safety precautions throughout the state.
Please pray for protection from viruses and every other disease and for an end to this pandemic. Pray for all those most seriously affected; the sick, the poor, the dead and their families who grieve.
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Important Information for the Faithful Regarding Currrent Sexual Abuse Crisis
Information about Child Protection and Sexual Abuse Allegations within the Diocese of Charleston
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Our Lady of the Lake Links
OLL Online-giving
Best Practices for Giving
Second Collections for 2020
Parish Registration Form (May be Returned
to Office or Dropped in Collection BasketFAITH FORMATION CLASSES FOR 2020-2021 BEGIN OCTOBER 4, 2020.
Please register your children (K-4 through 12th) for Faith Formation. HERE IS THE REGISTRATION FORM. Please fill out and email it back to Stella (formation.assistant@
ollchapin.org). You can pay your registration fees online via the parish online giving page as well (OLL online-giving)
The Chapin Clinic provides free basic medical services for those in need.
Click here for Good Samaritan Clinic FlyerRespect Life Ministry
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
OLL New Church Building Design
Protocols for Communion
Adoration Chapel
Adoration Chapel
is closed Indefinitely
due to Covid-19Our Blessed Virgin Mary Statue from the Blue Chapel in the Narthex has been identified!
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Parish Mission
We are a welcoming Catholic community, making God visible through the sacraments, faith-formation and service.
Parish Vision
We strive to Know, Love and Serve the Lord.
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We Have Returned to Our Father's House & Reconciliation!BACK TO REGULAR WEEKEND SCHEDULE
TUESDAY - FRIDAY 12 Noon
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH - 12 Noon (Ad Orientem)
SATURDAY VIGIL 5 PM
SUNDAY 8 AM "Low Mass" (NO MUSIC), 10:30 AM, 5 PMWe have returned to our "normal" schedule of Confessions on Saturday afternoons from 3:30pm until 4:30pm. Please see the NEW GUIDELINES for going to Confession HERE. We will NO LONGER use SIGNUP GENIUS to schedule times for Confession. Appointments outside of this time may be scheduled privately with Fr. Dennis by texting him at 843.834.5447
Mass will be LIVE STREAMED on Sundays at 10:30AM via the Parish’s Facebook Page, OLL Facebook and Boxcast allows us to have a direct link:
OLL Sunday Mass on BOXCAST.
These live-streamed Masses will remain available for viewing for 24 hours.*You DO NOT need a Boxcast OR Facebook account to view the Live Streamed Sunday Mass.* Boxcast has the best quality!
Worship Aid for Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Prayer of Spiritual Communion: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
The church will still be open between the hours of 7am and 7pm to pray before the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle. Praying before the Blessed Sacrament in the Tabernacle or in an Monstrance is the same. Both are equally blessed opportunities to spend an hour with the Lord!
Adoration Chapel
is closed Indefinitely
due to Covid-19
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day! The parish offices will be closed through the weekend. We will have a 9:00AM Mass on Thanksgiving Day. There will be NO MASS on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00PM Sunday Masses:
WE HAVE RETURNED TO OUR REGULAR SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE: 8AM, 10:30AM & 5:00PM
8:00 am "Low Mass" (No Music) & 10:30 am* & 5:00 pm (Summer Mass Schedule begins the Sunday in May after the last Faith Formation Class and ends the last full weekend in August. During this period, there will be NO 5:00 p.m. Sunday Evening Mass, (LIFE TEEN MASS). The Sunday LIFE TEEN MASS at 5:00 p.m. returns the weekend after LABOR DAY. There will be notices in the Bulletin and on the website alerting parishioners and visitors to the Parish.)
* (Nursery for children 6mths – 5yrs in Saint Andrew Hall (former Sanctuary)
provided during the 10:30 am Mass (NOT AVAILABLE YET)Daily Mass: Tuesday - Friday 12:00 noon Reconciliation: 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Saturdays, or by appointment (803-345-3962) **Adoration: Adoration is now available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in the Adoration Chapel. Contact Parish Office for Entrance Code. (**NOT AVAILABLE YET) First Fridays: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon (Adoration in Nave)
Confession 10:00-11:30 am, Mass at 12 noonFirst Saturdays:
10:00 am - 12:00 noon (Adoration in Nave)
Confession 10:30-11:30; Mass at 12 noon (Ad Orientem)
Devotions
7:00 pm Fridays Stations of the Cross during Lent HOLY DAYS
6:30 pm or Vigil Mass at 6:30 pm (the night before)
From St. Francis Catholic Shop Newsletter by
Maureen Weigold
Check Bulletin for Any Last Minute Changes)
To get FREE Catholic Programs, Videos, etc., any time during the year, go to www.FORMED.org use Parish name and zip code: 29036. If you have difficulties logging in please do not hesitate to call the Parish Office: 803.345.3962 x 201.
The parish will make an effort to reach out to all the sick and homebound to help with any needs they may have to include having volunteers drop off needed items but person to person contact
must be avoided.
The following is from Bishop Guglielmone:"It is up to each pastor to determine if he or an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion (EMHC) can return to providing communion to those who are shut-in at home. If you choose to resume this, you or the EMHC must wear a mask during the visit, and take all sanitary precautions before and after. Additionally, it is encouraged that no one enter the house, that communion is distributed at the door or an available outside space, and that the communicant receive in the hand, if possible."
In accord with the Bishop's directives Father Dennis has decided as pastor to return to providing communion to the sick and homebound. We are presently contacting our EMHCs and whether they are able to return to this Ministry.
Parish meeting rooms are now available! Strict protocols are in place for the reservation and use of these rooms. Rooms must be reserved through Pat Moore at the parish office. Please email her at parish.life@ollchapin.org. Before contacting Pat Moore to reserve a room please review the protocols for the use of parish facilities during Covid-19 Precautions HERE!
If you or a loved one are in danger of death and need a priest for Last Rites then please call Fr. Dennis at 843.834.5447.
The parish offices will remain open during our regular business hours. We ask that you limit visits to the office. Most business with the parish should be easily done through email or phone calls.
The church will be open during the day for prayer, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. As per the Bishop's letter the Adoration Chapel will be closed
.Please continue to support the parish through on-line giving or by sending a check in the mail. We are dependent on your generosity. Thank you in advance for your gifts. Online Giving
The Bicentennial Campaign has been interrupted by the pandemic but the church continues to gratefully accept those pledges that are still coming in despite this. It will be a true test of our Faith to commit to a five year pledge during this time of uncertainty. Hopefully we will all be able to trust that this too shall pass.
Please pray for protection from viruses and every other disease and for an end to this pandemic. Pray for all those most seriously affected; the sick, the poor, the dead and their families who grieve.
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 RV 15:1-4Responsorial Psalm PS 98:1, 2-3AB, 7-8, 9Gospel LK 21:12-19
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