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Advent Giving Tree
Thank you to all who have participated in our Advent Giving Tree - supporting community partners: JOIN, St. Andre Bessette Outreach, Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement, and Clackamas Women's Services.
This weekend we conclude our Giving Tree donations - living action to Catholic Social Teaching - the focus of our homily series this Advent. Please return your unwrapped gifts and tags either under the trees in the narthex, church hall or in the Parish Center. Thank you!
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You are invited to a Christmas Festival this Sunday, December 18 in the Parish Hall from 10:00 AM to Noon. There will be baked goods and homemade cookie tasting, cookie decorating, Christmas music, kids crafts, and more!
Families and all ages are welcome!
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Safeway Greeters Needed this Weekend
Our local Safeway is partnering with
St. Vincent de Paul Society to supply complete holiday dinners for our Christmas boxes. Safeway will contribute over $40,000 worth of food. We need parishioners to help as greeters at Safeway (on A Avenue) this weekend. Shifts are for 1‐2 hours.
Please
contact Lynn Strand by phone 503.706.6068 or email ollsvdp@ollministry.com to volunteer.
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Christmas Food Box Delivery Drivers Needed
The
St. Vincent de Paul Society is still looking for drivers for the Christmas Food Box deliveries this Saturday, December 17.
Please call the church office a
t 503-636-7687 to volunteer.
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Christmas Eve and Day Mass Schedule
Christmas
Eve Masses - Saturday, December 24
4:00 PM (church and gym), 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM, and 10:00 PM
Christmas Day Masses - Sunday, December 25
9:00 AM and 11:00 AM
Liturgical Ministers: Please sign up online or call the parish office to help at one of these Masses.
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Advent Reconciliation Service Next Tuesday
Our Advent Reconciliation Service is scheduled on Tuesday, December 20 at 7:00 PM in the Church. We will have 11 priests available to hear individual confessions as part of the service that night. Please take advantage of this excellent opportunity to know God's mercy, forgiveness and presence.
For additional Sacrament of Reconciliation opportunities, please click here.
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Our Lady of the Lake Parish is blessed to have its own cemetery on Stafford Road for registered parishioners. Sacred Heart Cemetery has spaces available for in-ground burials as well as Columbarium niches for cremation burials.
The price for burial spaces will increase on the first of the year. If you are a registered member of the parish and wish to plan ahead, contact the cemetery manager, Kimi Tomaszek by phone, 503-754-8196, or email, kimit@ollparish.com, to discuss your needs and availability.
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The Annual Men’s retreat is scheduled February 24-26, 2017 at Mount Angel Abbey. Join other men for this special opportunity to open our eyes to a deeper relationship with God.
The weekend will be filled with fellowship, food and faith-building discussions.
To find out more and register for this amazing retreat,
click here.
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Our Lady of the Lake
5th Annual Women's Retreat
April 7-9, 2017
The OLL Women's Retreat will take place April 7-9, 2017 at Our Lady of Peace Retreat Center in Beaverton. Fr. Sean Weeks will be the presenter. Registration begins in January. Contact Pia Welch for more information at piawelch2@aol.com or 503-341-6810.
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