Our Parish mailing address is:
195 Amicks Ferry Road, Chapin SC 29036
(We no longer maintain a PO BOX number for mail to the Parish.)
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If you need help please contact the parish office at 803.345.3962
or Fr. Dennis Willey at 843.834.5447.
Dear Friends,
This Sunday is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Our Summer Mass Schedule has ended! The Sunday 5:00PM Life Teen Mass is back until mid-May.
Fr. Morey will celebrate a special Mass in the Traditional Latin on Friday, 29 September for the Feast Day of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel at 6:30PM. The Angelus and Rosary will be prayed at 6:00PM.
I will offer a Birthday Blessing at the end of Mass this weekend for all celebrating a birthday during the month of October. Please stand when invited to do so to receive this blessing.
We will have the Children's Mass at 10:30AM this Sunday. Please encourage your Faith Formation age children to join me in front of the Altar for the Children's Homily and the "I Love You Jesus" song. By the way, have you thought of singing this simple song with your children at home?
This Sunday is Respect Life Sunday. The Life Chain will be prayed in front of the church from 3:30PM to 4:30PM. Please join in this witness to Life. As part of Respect Life Month, the Birthright Baby Shower is taking place during the month of October. There will be a bassinet in the Narthex for donations.
40 Days for Life started 27 September and goes through 5 November. Deacon Greg and Maureen Weigold are the campaign leaders and need your help. Please promote 40 Days on your social media platforms and in other ministries in which you participate. Consider signing up individually or go together as a group (a Bible Study group, Men's & Women's Clubs, KofC, WinGs, etc). They would be happy to meet with you for an orientation and provide 40 Days for Life signs. Let's have the best turnout ever and make abortion unthinkable! For more information about the campaign and to sign up: www.40daysforlife.com/columbiasc.
Parish Neighbors is hosting “An Evening with Padre Pio” on Thursday, 28 September at 6:30PM in the Family Life Center. Join your Parish Neighbors to enjoy an evening together while learning about this Saint. Please feel free to bring a snack or dessert to share. View the FLYER to RSVP and for more information.
The Pumpkin Patch is back on Tuesday, 3 October! Boy Scout Troop 815, with support from the Our Lady of the Lake Men’s Club, is hosting the 6th Annual Pumpkin Patch from 3 to 31 October 2023. Thank you for your generous support! For more information visit: www.pumpkinpatchchapin.com.
Our 40 Hours Devotion begins on 5 October. Please see the FLYER for details and plan on joining us! This is also a First Friday and First Saturday. I will hear confessions on both days from 10:00AM until 11:30AM followed by Mass at Noon.
PET BLESSING! There will be a Blessing of all parishioners' pets on FIRST SATURDAY, 7 October 2023 after the Noon Mass on the plaza in front of the church in honor of Saint Francis. BYOP (Bring your own pet!) Please have dogs on leashes, horses in trailers, cats on leashes or in carriers, etc.
The Men's Club 18th Annual Golf Tournament is on Friday, 13 October 2023. Please see the FLYER for details and to register! This is a major fund raiser and great fun as well for all who participate. Registrations are due by 6 October!!!
The Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids Campaign occurs every September and October. Look for collection bins in three areas of the Parish campus: the Narthex in the church, the lobby of the Family Life Center, and in the lobby outside of St. Andrew Hall. Please be generous with either new or lightly used coats! Thank you!!!
Now that we are back in full swing from summer breaks and vacations I want to remind everyone of the many giving opportunities we have at OLL. All of our programs, staff and facilities are dependent upon your generous support! Here are a few ways to give to the parish:
In basket donations: Our Offertory Basket is on the Offertory Table in the Narthex.
Online donations: The simplest, most consistent and best way to support our parish. DONATE
Bequests to the Catholic Community Foundation of South Carolina on behalf of Our Lady of the Lake Parish.
Through the Bicentennial Campaign
Through the Catholic Appeal of South Carolina
As you can see there are many ways to give. I especially invite our new parishioners who may not have given to the Bicentennial Campaign and the Catholic Appeal of South Carolina to consider making a pledge or one time gift this fall. Many thanks to all who support and continue to support our programs, staff and facilities through your generous gifts!!!
Pray for peace in the world and for protection from storms and other natural disasters.
Some brief, but important news and reminders:
There is 8:00AM and 10:30AM hospitality this week. The 10:30AM hospitality is being hosted by WinGs.
It is time to start thinking about the ALL SAINTS FESTIVAL! Please see the FLYER for details and to register via Sign-up Genius!!!
Join us for a Musical Revue the day after Thanksgiving! The Our Lady of the Lake Musical Revue will be held in St Andrews Hall on 24 November at 6:30PM. Admission is free. Enjoy a family-friendly program of solo and ensemble performances featuring music from musicals from stage and screen provided by local, talented parishioners.
**All Parish Singers + Performers Welcome - Bring your talent! Deadline for Performers Sign-Up by October 15th. **See the FLYER for details and to Sign-Up. Or contact parishioner, Carol Pelster via email carolpelster@yahoo.com.
Most of us know someone who is fighting cancer, is in remission, or who has died from Cancer. If you would like to join the fight against cancer here is an opportunity right in our community: Kiersten Kicks Cancer. Together we can make a difference!
Peace and all good,
Fr. Dennis
COLUMBARIUM SALES
Our new Columbarium has been installed in the Parish Cemetery. Soon we will have our first Inurnments! Sales of Niches (each niche holds two urns) have begun. See the Sales Brochure for details and to arrange a meeting with Donnie Jameson to purchase a niche or niches!!! (Hard copies of the brochure are available in the Narthex.)
See PICTURES of the Columbarium lit at night! We will share more pictures after the road is paved. Also, have you noticed what is different about the Parish Office (the old Church Sanctuary)?
NOTES OF IMPORTANCE FROM
THE DIOCESE
Internet safety information for children
Now that school is back in session, it is a perfect opportunity for parents to discuss internet safety with their children. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has provided us with this DOCUMENT to help parents have this important discussion with their children.
Bishop's Invitation for Confirmandi
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
As a follow-up to the letter I wrote to you in June of this year, I am writing once again to check in and ask how you are doing. Have you been following your great commission to “go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel?” (Mk 16:15). Have you been involved in parish life? Have you been faithfully attending/participating in Sunday liturgy?
I also want this letter to serve as a reminder that your faith journey is only beginning. Though you have entered the fullness of the Church, you still have your whole life ahead to discern your vocation and glorify God in every moment. I urge you to continue listening to the Holy Spirit and to be courageous and bold in the evangelization of your peers and families.
I invite you and your family to a special Mass in honor of all of those who have been confirmed this year. It will be celebrated at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston on Sunday, 5 November, at 2:00 p.m. I will preside at this Mass and Bishop emeritus Robert E. Guglielmone will be our homilist. We will also have a reception following. Please RSVP via the Confirmandi Mass 2023 link.
I look forward to this new opportunity to hear where the Lord has been leading you. Please be assured of my prayers for you. May God bless you, and may he give you the courage to do his will.
Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune, CS
All who have been confirmed in the past year are invited to join Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune, CS, for Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist! It will be held on 5 November 2023.
Catholic Professionals Mass & Gathering
Please see the attached flyer for the Catholic Professionals Mass & Gathering that will be held on 21 October 2023 in Charleston. Please sign up using this LINK by 13 October. "Lord Jesus, Divine Physician, who in your earthly life showed special concern for those who suffer and entrusted to your disciples the ministry of healing, make us ever ready to alleviate the trials of our brethren. Make each one of us, aware of the great mission that is entrusted to them, strive always to be, in the performance of daily service, an instrument of your merciful love." — St. John Paul II, 1982 World Congress of Catholic Doctors
The 11th Marian Eucharistic Conference will be held on Friday, October 13 - Saturday, October 14, at the Greenville Convention Center.
Featured speakers include: Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, STB, STL; Fr. Thomas Petri, OP, STB, STL, STD; Jim Wahlberg; John Martignoni; Fr. John Bartunek, LC, S.Th.D. General admission is $125, youth is $75, and it includes dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday. Register by October 2 by mail. Registration after October 2: $135. All need to be registered by October 6!!! For more information, see the FLYER for details or go to http://www.meconferencesc.net.
Ignatian retreat for survivors of abuse
An Ignatian retreat has been developed for adult men who are survivors of clergy and church personnel abuse. It will be held Nov. 10-12 at St. Edmund’s Retreat Center in Mystic, Connecticut.
The cost of the retreat is $350, and scholarships for the retreat are available for abuse survivors. Click HERE to register. All registrations are confidential. For assistance or questions, contact info@endersisland.org or 860-536-0565.
Upcoming Marriage Encounter Weekends
“What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” Proclaim the good news of a Christian marriage and bring God into your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter experience 10-12 November or 26-28 January 2024, both in North Myrtle Beach. Early sign up is recommended. For information visit: SCMarriageMatters.org or contact: applications@scmarriagematters.org or 803-810-9602.
Español: Encuentro Matrimonial Mundial
El Enuentro Matrimonial Mundial es un fin de semana designado para darle a las parejas casadas la oportunidad de examinar sus vidas y ayudarles a comunicarse mejor. Decídanse a vivirlo, con fe en que la gracia de Dios hará posible que sólo en un fin de semana ustedes renueven su amor, fortalezcan su relación de esposos y hagan a sus hijos más felices. Regístrese hoy para asistir al próximo fin de semana del Encuentro Matrimonial Mundial del 10 al 12 de noviembre en el Beach Cove Resort en North Myrtle Beach: luchaportumatrimonio.org/applyWeekend.php?hl=es Para obtener información, visite wwme.org/?lang=es o contacto: 301-710-5554 o aplicaciones@luchaportumatrimonio.org.
National Eucharistic Revival
The National Eucharistic Revival is the joyful, expectant, grassroots response of the entire Catholic Church in the United States to the divine invitation of re-centering our lives on the Real Presence of the Eucharist. In South Carolina, this movement seeks to ignite fervor for the Most Blessed Sacrament in the hearts of faithful through teaching, practice and evangelization. For more information see the following links:
National Eucharistic Revival Website
Diocese of Charleston
Check it out!
VISIT the Catholic Miscellany
For the most up-to-date information from the diocese visit: charlestondiocese.org/events.
Read the October CARITAS; the Diocesan Monthly E-Newsletter.