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Church Office Phone: 864/422-1648 Fax: 864/277-5969
Email: [email protected] Website: olrgreenville.com
Emergency Number: 877/598-3974
Church Office Hours: 9:00AM - 1:00PM,
Monday through Friday
Fr. Dwight Longenecker Email: [email protected]
School Office Phone: 864/277-5350 School Office Hours: 8:00AM - 3:30PM
Monday-Friday
Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday 5:15PM Vigil Sunday 9:00AM 5:00pm
Call Church Office or consult bulletin for Holy Day Schedule
Daily Mass Schedule Monday 8:30AM Wednesday 6:00PM Thursday 8:30AM Friday 9:00AM First Friday Adoration 9:00AM -
5:00PM; Mass at 8:00PM
Confession Wednesday 4:45 - 5:45PM Saturday 4:00 - 5:00PM or by
appointment
Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday 4:45-5:45PM Benediction 5:45PM
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
3710 Augusta Rd. † Greenville, SC 29605
December 18, 2016 The Fourth Sunday of Advent Dear Brothers and Sisters, The message of Christmas is that Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son came to this earth and took on himself our own human nature to redeem this fallen world. This message of incarnation is one of God here and now working his will in this physical realm. This leads us to ask other questions about our mission at Our Lady of the Rosary. As we enter a time of consultation next month I have some other questions for us to ponder and pray about. Our parish is situated in the most economically deprived area of Greenville. Around our church campus are two forms of poverty: residential and transient. Those who live permanently in the housing in our area and in the hotels experience unemployment, poverty, and poor levels of health care and housing. Mother Teresa House and the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry are clear markers of our concern and involvement in our community, but what else should we be doing? Should we be working with community partners and other churches to assist with housing needs? Should we be reaching out to the elderly and housebound? Should we be making more links for better healthcare? Should we be assisting impoverished elderly people more? What about our pro life involvement? Already Our Lady of the Rosary is known as “the pro life parish”. Could we do more to educate our young people, care for women in crisis pregnancies, support families who adopt, and promote life in all its fullness? Finally, what role in evangelization and outreach should the new Shrine to the Divine Mercy play in our future? We are located right on I-85. Should we have billboards on the highway welcoming visitors to the shrine? Should we have retreats and seminars promoting the Divine Mercy Devotion and the Rosary? Should be use advertising, social media, and printed literature to reach out to more people with the message of the Rosary and Divine Mercy? These are questions we need to think about as we enter the next phase of our parish consultation in January. I hope you will use this time during Advent to think and pray about these matters so we can move forward prayerfully and carefully to do the Lord’s work in this place with a clear plan and conscious involvement. Your Pastor, Fr. Longenecker
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December 18, 2016
Ministries and
Committees
Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Parish Council
Jennifer Brank .............. 422-1648
Parish Finance Council
Robert Van Norden ...... 422-1648
School Board
Joseph Del Collo .......... 901-8648
Jr. High Youth Group
TBD ............................... 422-1648
High School Youth Group (JPII)
Mikael McKinney ........ 238-2432
Music Director
Rahab Rice………………..483-2311
Evangelization
Tommy Smith ............... 422-1648
Deacon Raymond Perham
Bereavement
Joan Macalka ................ 297-1539
Marianne Stoddard……..360-2406 Prison Ministry
Dcn. Ray Perham .......... 422-1648
St. Martha’s Guild
....................................... 422-1648
Victim Assistance Coordinator
Louisa Storen, LSW800-921-8122
Baptism Preparation
Katie Orbon ……………….422-1648
Deacon Richard Ballard
EMOHC
Marie White .................. 277-6449
Lectors
Dcn. Richard Ballard ... 422-1648
Ushers
Greg Moman ............. 297-7016
Altar Servers
Pat Mohr ....................... 609-9747
Welcoming Committee
Dcn. Richard Ballard... 422-1648
Knights of Columbus
Jeff Crouch….. …………..430-0938
Nick Hine
Pastoral Counseling
Dcn. Richard Ballard…..422-1648
Marriage Preparation
Dcn. Richard Ballard ...422-1648
Respect Life
Victoria Norris …………..967-2713
Safe Environment Coordinator
Dcn. Richard Ballard…..422-1648
Deacon Ron Meyer
St. Vincent de Paul
Pauline Bellavance…….…422-1648
Homebound/Shut Ins
Shawna Fesler………….....422-1648
Pastoral Staff Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Pastor
Deacon Raymond Perham Deacon Richard Ballard, D. Min., LPC, Pastoral Associate
Deacon Ron Meyer Deacon Ed Case
Parish Office—864-422-1648 OLR School—864-277-5350 Dir. of Faith Formation/Communication Katie Orbon School Principal Marianne Tully [email protected] [email protected] Organist/Choir Director Rahab Rice School Secretary Annette Danfy [email protected] [email protected] Youth Ministry Coordinator Mikael McKinney Director of Advancement & Enrollment [email protected] Christine Barr Parish Receptionist Beth Jones [email protected] [email protected]
Mass Intentions
Saturday, December 17,—Sunday, December 25, 2016
Sat. 5:15 PM Maryann Benton + Sun. 9:00AM 5:00PM For All Parishioners Mon. 8:30AM Wed. 6:00PM Thur. 8:30 AM Maryann Benton + Fri. 9:00 AM Jane O’Reilly + Sat. 5:15 PM Sun. 9:00AM Josephine Suit Howard+ 5:00PM For All Parishioners
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK:
Dale Amorosia, Barbara Andersen, Ruth Ballard, Virginia Bellew, Laurie Bernard, Sandra Brock, Annette Burgess, Will Busby, The Carson Family, Ruby Clarke, Laura Coulter, Megan Counihan, Christy Dias, William Everingham, Betsy Furman, Larry & Cynthia Good, Teresa Gray, Phillip Greene, Lynn Holdsworth, Harry Hominuk, Eileen Howard, Bethe Kitchen, William Lacy, Kenneth Landgrover, Cooper Landreph, John Loesch, Katherine Lowry, Mike McGrady, Jan Meyer, “Kat” Moman, Mrs. That Nguyen, Leah Parisi, Thien Pham, Andres Prestoza, Eric Provencher, Patrick Roberts, Charlie Rooney, Nancy and Earl Smith, Teresa Squillace, Frank Striplin, Peter Stryker, Annette Sullivan, Tedrick Family, Mary Lou Whelan, Kayla Wiegand, Steve Wiltberger, and all those who are sick .
Parish Operating Financials Needed each week $10,000 Received week ending 12/11/16 $10,081
High School Youth Group Meets after 5:00 Mass on Sundays
December 17&18 – M4L fundraiser after all Masses! Serving hot chocolate and candy canes for donations! December 18 – Decorating the Parish Christmas trees, and Christmas party! This is a wonderful YG tradition! December 25 – No meeting. Merry Christmas! January 1 – No meeting. Happy New year! January 8 – Regular Meeting
OLR School News
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School is looking for
a substitute teacher for 12 weeks. The substitute is needed for
our K4 classroom. If you are interested in this position, please
call the School Office at 864-277-5350 or email Mrs. Tully, the
School Principal at [email protected]..
Spiritual Adoption
Week 32—Your baby’s fat layers,
which he will need to regulate his
body temperature once he is born, are
filling out. If you have been nervous
about going into preterm labor, you
will be happy to know that 99 percent of babies this
age can survive outside the womb, and most have no
major long-term problems related to prematurity.
Religious Education classes (K5-8th grades) will not meet Sunday, December 18th. Classes will resume January 8, 2017.
Important Parish Dates! The next SVdP meeting will
be January 8th, at the Parish
Center, after the 9:00 Mass.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 PM AT MOTHER TERESA HOUSE, LOCATED AT 110 JAMES DRIVE. ALL ARE WELCOME.
Brick Courtyard Project You are invited to purchase inscribed bricks
to be used in the courtyard of the new church and in a new Garden of Remembrance.
Please pick up a brochure after Mass this
weekend or view it on the church website.
See the flyers in the narthex for
information about the columbarium
in the lower church.
Information is also available on the
parish website.
This is your last chance to get a Christmas ornament depicting our new church! A limited number of ornaments are available for $10 each. Please contact the church office if you would like to purchase ornaments.
Christmas Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve—5:15 pm
10:00 pm
Christmas Day—9:00 am
*There will be NO 5:00 pm Mass on
Christmas Day
The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish
has begun a new ministry group called The Arimatheans. Members
will attend funeral Masses at OLR when there are no family or
friends of the deceased in the area. This group will be serving to
fulfill the Corporal Work of Mercy to bury the dead. All are
invited to join this ministry and will be notified of funerals at OLR
as they arise. Please contact Marianne Stoddard through the Parish
office if you would like to join this group.
A special book of 30 professional photographs of the new church is available to order. Price is $50.00 per book. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Building Fund. Sign up with your name and phone number after Mass in the Narthex.
On this last Sunday of
Advent, we quietly reflect on the
mystery. We rest in awe, in
wonder, at how our God entered
our world and came to be with
us. We pause to receive the gift
offered us: that the Spirit of
God will open up our lives
and that Jesus will really come
into our hearts.
May we have watchful hope
today, believing what the Lord
promises us. Let us pray today,
that we might be God's
servants, that we might be
instruments of God's love for
our families and all we serve this
week.
For the hard of hearing, Our Lady of the Rosary Church offers a loop system. Hearing aid wearers with a “T” (telecoil) setting can now hear the service broadcast directly through their hearing aids. Soon we will have the ability for worshipers to check out a portable receiver and headset. For more information about loop systems,
including home TV room applications, visit www.hearingloop.org.
A note for families with young children. As we continue to learn about the acoustics in our new church we respectfully ask families with young children to make use of our spacious narthex and quiet room for all crying children. Speakers are in both areas to allow families to continue to participate in the Mass.
A HUGE THANK YOU to all who donated to the
SVdP coat drive. As usual,
our expectations were
exceeded by far. Your
generosity will make many
area children happy and
warm this Christmas.
The church office will be closed December 23rd
and will reopen January 2nd.
Merry Christmas!!