Current Events at Our Lady of the Lake

Parish Christmas Tree Lighting

Our Lady of the Lake’s Christmas Tree Lighting will be held on Sunday, November 30,2008 from 6:15-6:45.  CCD will end at 6:00 that evening.  Parents can pick up their children and join us in front of the church for the blessing and lighting of the tree followed by refreshments and Christmas Carols in the cafeteria. 

Adult Education Meeting Upcoming

Our Next Adult Education meeting will be on Wednesday November 19th  from 7-9 pm in Canisius Hall. The doors open at 6:45 for fellowship and refreshments. The Topic: "ARE YOU SAVED? Justification, Merit and Grace" presented by Courtney Brown.  Our RCIA candidates will be attending as well...so this will be a great time to come and support each other before the first RITE which will be celebrated on 11/23 at the 9 am mass.

OLL Hosts Deanery Advent Annointing of the Sick

Our Lady of the Lake will host The Deanery Advent Anointing of the Sick at 3:00PM on Thursday,  December 18, 2008.  The blessing will be held in the Church.  We welcome from all of the Northshore West Deanery Parishes, all those who are ill, the homebound, those who have surgery scheduled or are in need of healing.

Important Announcements for EMs

All current Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion must be re-delegated.  The Archdiocese has sent us a DVD that all EM’s must view in order to continue their service to this parish, the homebound or those in the hospital.

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Annulment Workshop - Questions and Answers

The annulment process is one of the most misunderstood teachings of the Catholic Church.  Come and join us on Monday, September 22nd or Friday, September 26th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the OLL Cafeteria for a question and answer session addressing many important questions about annulment and the process itself.

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OLL Barely Escapes Damage from Hurricane Ike

Even though Ike passed well to our south the winds pushed a tremendous amount of water onto our church campus.  Several of our buildings, including Holy Family Hall and the Strader Building, were just inches away from being flooded.  By the grace of Mary Help of Christians the waters stopped rising just in time and we escaped serious damage.

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OLL Cleans Up after Hurricane Gustav

We are pleased to announce that our Parish was spared from serious damage resulting from Hurricane Gustav.  Many thanks to those volunteers who helped secure the church and campus before the storm as well as to those who helped clean up afterwards.

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OLL Campus Gets T.L.C.

During July our campus is being readied for the return of our CCD and School children in August.  The campus improvements include new security fences, landscaping, gardening and the general campus maintenance which can only be done during the summertime.

 

OLL Parish students visit Jamaica

The annual mission trip for Our Lady of the Lake youth is taking place this week.  This year our students will be traveling to Jamaica to rebuild schools and churches while serving the poor of that country.  Students will have mass daily and opportunities for reconciliation while working on this mission trip.

For many years our students have traveled to Mexico to serve the poor but in an effort to broaden their experiences they will traveling to new countries each year if possible.  Last year we spent a week in Belize and this year we will be in Jamaica.

Please pray for the safety of our youth and chaperones as well as for the well being of those they serve while in Jamaica.

 

Little Sisters of the Poor Visit OLL

The week of June 15 OLL hosted visitors from Little Sisters of the Poor to talk about the important work they do serving the elderly.  The Little Sisters who visited OLL were from the Sacred Heart Home in Mobile, AL  Some of the clergy serving in Mobile were long time residents of the New Orleans home which was destroyed after Hurricane Katrina.  To learn more about their work or to make a donation please visit thier website at www.littlesistersofthepoor.org.