Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church

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Church Staff

	Fr. Dwight Longenecker Parish Priest Phone: (864) 422-1648 ext 210 Email: frlongenecker@olrgvl.org
	Fr. David Phan Vicar for Vietnamese Ministry Phone: (864) 422-1648 Email: olrchurch@charter.net
	Deacon Richard Ballard Pastoral Associate Phone: (864) 422-1648 ext 212 Email: richardballard@olrgvl.org
	Deacon Raymond Perham Community Care Deacon Phone: (864) 422-1648 Email: deaconray@olrgvl.org
	Tanya Czajka Coordinator of Religious Education & Middle School Youth Ministry Phone: (864) 422-1648 ext 209 Email: tcajka@olrgvl.org
	Mary Orlandino School & Parish Finance Director Phone: (864) 422-1648 ext 208 Email: maryorlandino@bellsouth.net
	Melanie Perrotta Parish Secretary Phone: (864) 422-1648 ext 207 Email: olrchurch@charter.net
	Sam Taylor Music Director Phone: (864) 422-1648 Email: sandjtaylor67@aol.com

Our New Images at OLR

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A generous parishioner has donated the entire sum to purchase the new images of Our Lady of the Rosary and St Joseph for our church. They will be installed in our present church, and have pride of place above the side altars of our new church when it is built.

The images were first presented to the church family for consideration last January. For months we waited and consulted and asked members for their opinion. Some people were unsure about them, but most people liked them very much, so by the Autumn we were finally able to purchase them.

The new image of the Blessed Virgin is Our Lady of the Rosary. She is shown crowned as Queen of Heaven offering her son for the redemption of the world, and offering the holy rosary as the means of prayer and union with the mysteries of our salvation. St Joseph is shown with the carpenter's square as a sign of his vocation as the foster father of the Lord.

The statues are hand carved in chestnut wood with gold highlights on the robes. They are carved in the Romanesque style of art. This style, from the early Middle Ages is a transition style from the very stylized icons of the early church and the Eastern part of Christendom to the later, more realistic styles of art in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. The Romanesque style of the statues will reflect the same style of art--with stylized poses and elongated figures which will be seen in the new stained glass windows of our new church.

I hope our whole church family will soon learn to love these beautiful images, and that most of all, we will learn to pray with them. As we honor the Blessed Virgin and St Joseph, let us be inspired by the beauty of these images to draw closer to the Son of God through the prayers of his Blessed Mother and his earthly father St Joseph.

Fr Longenecker

Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church

3710 Augusta Road * P.O. Box 8396

Greenville, SC 29604
Phone: (864) 422-1648, Fax: (864) 277-5982
E-mail: olrchurch@charter.net

Pastor's Letter

The final way we grow together as a community is by learning more about our faith. What we believe together affects how we live together.

Read this week's Pastor's Letter

Listen to Fr. Longenecker's Homilies

Christmas: The Way, The Light, The Bread

Attachment and Detachment: Our Attitude to Wealth

Weekly Bulletin

Fr. Longenecker's Blog

Fr. Longenecker's Website

Calendar of Events

Lent & Holy Week Schedule

Ash Wednesday, February 22 (Day of Fast and Abstinence)

9:00 a.m. Mass with imposition of ashes

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Confessions and Adoration

6:15 p.m. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament concluding with imposition of ashes

7:00 p.m. Mass in Vietnamese with imposition of ashes

All Fridays in Lent (All Fridays in Lent are Days of Abstinence)

8:30 a.m. Mass

9:15 a.m. Stations of the Cross in English (school participating)

7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross in Vietnamese

All Sunday afternoons in Lent

4:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross, followed by Eucharistic Adoration, concluding with

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

The Annunciation of the Lord (Sunday, March 25)

4:00 p.m. The Day of the Unborn Child – special pro-life Rosary led by the Knights of

Columbus, with Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Holy Thursday (April 5)

7:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper; Adoration until 11:00 p.m.

Good Friday (April 6) (Day of Fast and Abstinence)

3:00 p.m. Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion in English with distribution of

Holy Communion

7:00 p.m. Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion in Vietnamese with distribution of

Holy Communion

Easter Vigil (April 7)

8:30 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter

Easter Sunday (April 8)

7:30 a.m. Mass (spoken)

9:00 a.m. Mass

12 noon Mass (Vietnamese)

Abstinence: All Catholics who have reached their 14th birthday are required to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all Fridays of Lent and Good Friday.

Fasting: All Catholics between their 18th and 60th birthdays are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This means to limit oneself to a single full meal and avoid food between meals. Small meals may be eaten on two other occasions in the course of the day.

News & Events

February 21 - Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday Celebration

Mark your calendars for our "feast before the fast" celebration on Tuesday, February 21 at 6pm. We will have a wonderful pancake and sausage supper, and a fun costume party. You are invited (but not required!) to wear a costume depicting an ethnic theme of your choice (perhaps something traditional from your own ethnic heritage). Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. All are welcome to attend, whether in costume or not. Following dinner, there will be an OLR school talent show to entertain us all. Plan to join your fellow parishioners for this "feast before the fast!" Please sign up for this event by sending an email to: olrchurch@charter.net OR by telephoning the office at 422-1648.

February 22 - Ash Wednesday - Beginning of Lent

Ashes will be blessed and imposed at both the 9am Mass; following Benediction at 6:30pm; and at the 7pm Vietnamese Mass.

February 22 - 40 Days for Life

You are invited to join other Christians throughout the Upstate to take part in our Lenten 40 Days for Life event beginning February 22nd (Ash Wednesday) and ending April 1st. 40 Days for Life is a grass roots pro-life campaign with a vision to access God's Power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion. The mission is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God's favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion. To find out more and to sign up to help, contact Ingrid Ireland at 864 -329-0044 or Victoria Norris at 864-967-2713 or by visiting: www.40daysforlife.com/greenville. The 40 Days for Life campaigns have produced many miracles such as over 5000 babies saved, 61 abortion workers left their jobs, and 20 abortion facilities closed their doors forever!

February 25 - Winter Blues Gala - A Mardi Gras Celebration

Our Winter Gala will be held February 25 at 6pm at The Loom in Simpsonville. This exciting evening will benefit the children of our school. Cocktail attire, mask optional! If you would like to attend or if you would like to become a corporate sponsor, please contact the school at 864-277-5350 or click here to order online.

February 26 - Will to Live

Why should you sign a "Will to Live" instead of a "Living Will?" On Sunday, February 26th, at 3:30 p.m. in the parish center at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 3710 Augusta Road, Greenville, S.C., Holly Gatling and Wayne Cockfield from SC Citizens for Life will address this subject, answer questions, and help participants complete the “Will to Live” form. Light refreshments will be served. Call Victoria Norris at 864-967-2713 or email gvnorris@charter.net for more information.

March 23 & 24 - Family Honor Program

The purpose of the Family Honor Changes & Challenges Program is to explore God’s special gift of human fertility in light of the virtue of chastity with the beauty and wonder of growing up and becoming a Christian teen by providing opportunities for parents and children to learn to communicate effectively on important life values, with a special focus on the truth and goodness of human sexuality and the virtue of chastity. The program is grounded (in an age-appropriate way) in the philosophy articulated via Pope John Paul II. Family Honor programs are fun and informative, but most importantly, they are designed to help enhance parent-child connection and communication. Thus you, the parent(s) or adult guardian(s) are required to attend this program with your child if you register your child for the program. Click here for more details.

June 4 - Confirmation

Please continue to pray for this year's Candidates as the prepare for their June 4th 6:30 PM Confirmation. All are invited to attend. Our Confirmation Candidates are Savanna Bannio, Abby Bricco, Cristal Boyce, Tia Caron, Sean Counihan, Elaina Dunfee, Mark Estes, Rebeka Fadgyas, Cassandra Figueroa, John Paul Flaspoehler, Ryan Handshoe, Natalie Hughes, Sean Langan, Matthew Lysek, Michelle Malsch, Duncan McCain, Adam Medicus, James Meyer, Wyatt Nally, Wael Namouz, Grey Novinska, Julia Orlandino, Jennifer O’Reilly, Anthony Ort, Gabby Perrotta, Logan Radwanski, Ian Sattely, Michelle Thai, Emily Tran, Matthew Uprichard, Margaret Utecht, Emily Viggiani, Hoang Vu Vy, Jacob Ward, Joshua Wakefield & Jhailyn Walker.

Welcome to OLR

Welcome to Our Lady of the Rosary parish website. The website is designed to keep you up to date on our Mass Times, school events, sacramental, teaching and social ministries. It's here to provide quick and easy access to our pastor, deacons and other ministers.

You'll find here our latest news, the pastor's letter, homilies and the complete parish bulletin. You can also email or text the link to your friends and family.

We will soon add an online parish directory, photo galleries of church events, expanded pages for youth work, teaching and social ministries and a whole section on our exciting project to build a new church.

We hope you'll stop back regularly and use the site as your one stop information resource for OLR.