Author: Donna Craft

Pastor Johnson with “Church Without Walls” is having a Backpack AND School Supply Drive for underserved children in our neighborhood. Public schools open on Thursday August 8, so the SVdP group will collect backpacks and school supplies after each of the weekend Masses on Saturday, August 3, and Sunday, August 4, only. Please see the SVdP representative after each of these Masses to make your donations. Please DO NOT bring anything to the Parish office. If you need to make other arrangements, please contact Marianne Stoddard at 864-360-2406.  Thanks so much for your …

SUNDAY, July 14, 9-10:30am in Guadalupe Hall Donate your students’ too small, but gently used uniforms, and swap or buy uniforms for next year! Drop off old uniforms on Sunday, June 30, from 9am-10:30am in Guadalupe Hall or in the school office by July 1. Only items that fall under current uniform policy for 2024-2025 will be accepted for the sale. Items WILL NOT be accepted the day of the sale. To receive credit for swap or volunteer hours, your family’s name and number of items must be clearly labeled in the bag. Contact Katie …

The parish and school offices will be closed July 1-5, for the week of the July 4th holiday. The daily Masses will be celebrated at their usual times, however, there will NOT be a Mass on Thursday, July 4. Confessions and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will also be held at their usual times. …

The Knights of Columbus will serve an Italian dinner in the OLR gym on Friday, May 3, at 6:00pm. Choice of meatball and spaghetti or chicken parmesan with salad and dessert. Beer and wine will be available. Going to OLR’s school play that night? Come eat with us – we’ll get you out in plenty of time. Adults – $10, children under 12 – $7, families – $45. Proceeds will benefit local special needs charities. Takeout available. …

Why Does Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church Have a Shrine of Divine Mercy? You are probably familiar with many kinds of shrines: home altars, historical shrines of antiquity, roadside shrines that pop up to memorialize the death of someone important, and pilgrimage shrines commemorating saints and sites of religious significance. What all these shrines have in common is that they are places of memory and veneration. Our Lady of the Rosary’s Shrine of Divine Mercy, located in the Lower Church, is, first and foremost, a shrine to Jesus, …

As part of your almsgiving this Lent, Pastor Johnson from Church Without Walls is asking for Easter Baskets in addition to the ones provided by the St. Martha’s Women’s Group and OLR St. Vincent dePaul Society. These baskets are for underprivileged children in our community.  We need small baskets or pails with a few candy filled Easter eggs, a small toy (like playdough, coloring books, crayons, bubbles, etc.) some jellybeans and/or chocolate eggs and a small stuffed animal (if possible). A table will be set up after each Mass on March 9-10 to …

We need your help with visiting the imprisoned, a corporal work of mercy! Consider joining OLR’’s prison ministry! In this important this ministry, you can do one or more of the following: If you are interested in one or more of the above tasks, please email Brian Hansen at bphansen65@gmail.com or Tom Kenny at tpkenny64@gmail.com . We will help you make it happen! …