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Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church

3710 Augusta Rd. † Greenville, SC 29605

Church Office Phone (864) 422-1648

Email: [email protected]

Website: olrgreenville.com

Church Office Hours 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, Monday - Friday

Fr. Dwight Longenecker [email protected]

Fr. Richard Ballard [email protected]

School Office Hours 8:00 am - 3:30 pm, Monday - Friday School Office Phone: 864-277-5350

Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday 5:00 pm Anticipated Sunday 10:30 am, 5:00 pm

Call Parish Office or consult bulletin for Holy Day Schedule

Daily Mass Schedule Monday 8:30 am Lower Church

Tuesday 12:00 pm Lower Church

Wednesday 6:00 pm Lower Church Thursday 10:00 am Upper Church Friday 8:30 am Lower Church

Confession Sunday 9:00 - 10:00 am Upper Church

Wednesday 4:30 - 5:30 pm Lower Church

Or by appointment

Eucharistic Adoration Wednesday 12:00 - 5:45 pm First Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

On school days the Upper Church will be open for private prayer

8:00 am - 3:00 pm

May 10, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Thank you for your patience and prayer during the pandemic lockdown. Your support has been a powerful witness to me and to our whole community of the grace and strength of our shared faith. Bishop Guglielmone has now issued guidelines for our return to Mass and our parish pastoral team has met to discuss how best to implement them. Please take the time to read this letter and observe the regulations for returning to Mass. Remember that, although there is now some relaxation of the pandemic lockdown, the COVID-19 virus is still present and it is deadly. It is necessary for all of us to abide by the regulations given for the protection of our-selves and our families, but also for the protection of the most vulnerable among us. I should not need to re-mind you that many in our congregation are elderly and are therefore among the most vulnerable. The first thing to keep in mind is that your obligation to attend Mass on Sunday has been suspended un-til further notice. If you are sick stay home. If you have underlying health issues that put you at risk you should not attend Mass. If you are elderly or feel anxious about attending Mass you do not need to come to Mass. It is not a sin to miss Mass in these circumstances. Howev-er, you should not use the suspension of obligation to just skip Mass! You should desire to return to Mass and we are working with you to make that possible.

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Or by appointment



8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Secondly, please note that the sacraments may be celebrated, but all other church activities are still sus-pended. When you do come to Mass do not congregate and socialize before or after Mass. The ushers will be instructed to ask you to disperse if you do. Please cooperate with them. Mass Times Starting on Monday, May 11, I will cele-brate daily Mass in the Upper Church every weekday at the usual times with the exception that the Friday 8:30 am Mass will now be at 10:00 am. Weekend Masses resume the weekend of May 16-17, and Mass times remain the same: 5:00 on Saturday, 10:30 on Sunday morning and 5:00 on Sunday evening. The weekday Masses will include music and a short homily that repeats or echoes the Sunday homily. The Bishop’s guidelines stipulate that we may only ad-mit 25% of our building’s seating capacity. For Our Lady of the Rosary this means only 100 people may attend any particular Mass. In order to accommodate everyone, we ask that you plan to attend Mass once a week. Attending one of the daily Masses should be your first choice. This will allow more room for those who can only attend weekend Masses. Planning Mass Attendance We ask, therefore that you plan your Mass attendance in advance. For weekday Masses you may simply turn up, and the first 100 will be granted admittance.

We are uncertain how many people will choose a week-day Mass, so for the first week at least, if you plan to attend a weekday Mass, we’ve designed the Mass times to accommodate certain categories of people.


















Or by appointment



8:00 am - 3:00 pm

The masses are not limited to people in these categories, but it is an informal attempt to spread the attendees across the weekdays. Therefore, please note these categories for your planning:

• Monday - 8:30 am - attend before going to work

• Tuesday - 12:00 noon - attend during lunch break

• Wednesday - 6:00 pm - attend after work

• Thursday - 10:00 am - for families with kids at home

• Friday - 10:00 am - parishioners over the age of 65

This are suggested guidelines. We will not enforce this strictly. However, for weekend Masses we ask that you use the internet facility Sign Up Genius. Go HERE to sign up. You should sign up to attend a week-end Mass of your choice by Friday noon of the week you wish to attend. You will need to sign up each week to reserve a place. The greeters at Mass will have instructions to only admit those who have signed up in advance. If your name is not on the list, we will ask you to attend a weekday Mass that week. If you do not use the internet you may call or text Beth Jones and she will sign you up for a weekend Mass. Beth’s phone number is (724) 458-0196. After you sign up for a weekend Mass you will receive some simple instructions to help facilitate admission to church and dismissal. These rules are the best we can do to work together. Please abide by them in order to help your fellow parishioners. As we move forward, if these protocols need to be adjusted, we will do so and keep you informed.


https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508044FADA82FA2FB6-may161

















Or by appointment



8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Behaviors at Mass Here are some extra guidelines as we return to Mass: • The church will be cleaned and sanitized before each

Mass. • To keep our distance, admission to church and dismis-

sal will be done by small groups in an orderly manner as directed by the ushers.

• Holy water fonts are removed. • Hand sanitizer will be available in the narthex. We ad-

vise you to carry your own. • Face masks will be available in the narthex. • Wearing a face mask is strongly recommended. • Pew missals are removed. • Worship aids on weekends will be used only once. • Trained ushers will seat you. • Markers on the floor will indicate safe distancing. Only

immediate family members may sit together. • There is to be no physical contact in the exchange of

the Peace or holding hands during the “Our Father”. • Baskets will be in the narthex for you to make your of-

fering as you leave church.


















Or by appointment



8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Receiving Absolution

• So that the confession lines are not overwhelmed, the bishop has authorized priests to use a form of General Absolution.

• This is a special provision in church law for times of emergency.

• General Absolution under these conditions is a full ab-solution as it would be in individual confession.

• Individual confession will resume in June with certain conditions and restrictions for safety.

• Eucharistic Adoration will resume in June.

Receiving Communion

• When celebrating, the priest will take every precaution to keep the sacred host at some distance on the altar while still close enough to consecrate.

• The priest and deacon will thoroughly cleanse and sanitize hands before celebrating Mass, and will re-peat before administering communion.

• Communion will be administered by the priest or dea-con coming to you in your pew.

• If you receive communion on the tongue extend your tongue as far as you can. The priest will touch the smallest edge of the host before placing it on your tongue.

• For health reasons or simple anxiety about transmission of disease, it is permissible to attend Mass, but refrain from receiving communion.


















Or by appointment



8:00 am - 3:00 pm

Extra Assistance One of the crucial aspects of opening up but still managing worship safely will be our teams of ushers and greeters. Unfortunately, many of our ushers are themselves, within the vulnerable age group. They may wish to step down from serving as ushers at this point. At the same time, the need for ushers to be fully in-formed and able to assist the public is greater than ever. Therefore, if you are under the age of sixty and would be willing to serve as an usher or greeter please be in touch. We will need ushers and greeters for both the weekend and weekday Masses, and before you get started, we will give you all necessary training and in-struction. To volunteer to be a greeter please be in touch with Ali-son Longenecker: [email protected]. To volunteer to be an usher contact Greg Moman: [email protected] At least until the beginning of June, Fr. Ballard will not be celebrating the sacraments publicly. He has released his own letter to you explaining his decision. Please re-member him and his wife Ruth in your prayers. Thank you for your patience during this difficult time and for your cooperation as we seek to return to worshiping the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Your pastor, Fr. Longenecker

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Pastoral Staff

Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Pastor [email protected]

Fr. Richard Ballard, Parochial Vicar [email protected]

Deacon Mike Bannio Deacon Ed Case

Deacon Raymond Perham

Parish Office (864) 422-1648

OLR School (864) 277-5350

Director of Music Massimo Scapin, [email protected]

Director of Faith Formation Katie Orbon, [email protected]

Director of Communications Donna Craft, [email protected]

Headmaster Tommy Curtin, [email protected]

Director of Advancement & Enrollment Christine Barr, [email protected]

School Business Manager Martha Mahan, [email protected]

Youth Ministry Coordinator Mikael McKinney, [email protected]

Parish Receptionist Beth Jones, [email protected]

Director of Outreach Chris Loewer, [email protected]

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Nancy Bryant

Saturday, 5/9 5:00 pm - Anticipated Mass, For Kirk Stapler+

Sunday, 5/10 9:00 am - NO Confession 10:30 pm - Mass, For Katie O’Brian Vogg+ 5:00 pm - Mass, For The People

Monday, 5/11 8:30 am - Mass, For Sue Higgins+

Tuesday, 5/12 12:00 pm - Mass, For Tammy Hines+

Wednesday, 5/13 4:30 pm - NO Confession 6:00 pm - Mass, For Mary Masse+

Thursday, 5/14 10:00 AM - Mass

Friday, 5/15 8:30 AM - Mass

Saturday, 5/16 5:00 pm - Anticipated Mass, For LaVerne Smolik+

Sunday, 5/17 9:00 am - NO Confession 10:30 am - Mass, For Vera Hotz+ 5:00 pm - Mass, For The People

Parish Operating Financials Needed each week $ 15,500.

Received week of 5/3 $ 15,212.

Respect Life Ministry This Saturday, May 9, is the FINAL DAY to register to vote for all South Carolina residents who want to participate in the pri-mary elections on Tuesday, June 9.

Registering to vote is easy, and the process can be completed online. Please take a couple of moments today to double-check your registration status and make sure you are ready to vote on Tuesday, June 9th!

Since the Parish Offices are closed, if you have

questions please contact Beth Jones via email at

[email protected] or the general email at

[email protected].

In compliance with the CDC guidelines and our Bishop’s instructions,

there will be no public Masses or Confessions until further notice.


Middle School Youth Group

Meetings have been canceled until further notice.

High School Youth Group

Meets 6-8 pm on Sundays in the Cafeteria. Meetings have been canceled until further notice.

SCHOOL NEWS

School campus is closed until further notice.

Spiritual Adoption

WEEK 33:

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 long-term problems related to premature birth.

MOTHER TERESA HOUSE

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.” -Mother Teresa

On this Mother’s Day, I think of all my Mother gave to me, and all that my wife has, and continues to give our children. They gave us life and love and faith, and so many other things. Life is not always easy, but it is a gift. Thank you to all Moms for giving that gift to us.

Chris Loewer [email protected]

MTH - (864) 412-7101

RESOURCES FOR LITURGY OF THE WORD

AND SPIRITUAL COMMUNION CAN BE

FOUND HERE

(Scroll down on the OLR home page)

FR. LONGENECKER’S WEEKLY

UPDATE LETTER TO PARISHIONERS ON MAY 7,

CAN BE FOUND HERE

THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

UPDATE CAN BE FOUND HERE

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO VOTE WITHOUT GOING TO THE POLLS?

It is important as good citizens to take part in the electoral process. The Statewide primary election is June 9. The General Election is November 3.

In South Carolina, a registered SC voter who is 65 years of age or older and has a valid SC Driver’s License or valid Photo ID can obtain an absentee ballot. This means you can vote by mail for any local and national election and/or primary. Go to SCVOTES.ORG for more in-formation, or you may call Greenville County at 864-467-7647, or email to [email protected] to request an Absentee Ballot application. If you need to register as a SC Voter, please use the same contacts above.

Once your application for an Absentee Ballot is approved by the County, you will receive a bal-lot in the mail within 30 days of the elec-tion. You would then 1) fill out your ballot, 2) sign it, and 3) mail it back to cast your vote!

https://olrgreenville.com

https://olrgreenville.com/news-events/pastors-update-returning-to-mass-may-7/

https://olrgreenville.com/news-events/update-from-st-vincent-de-paul-society/

http://scvotes.org/


(864) 232-1800

511 S. Pleasantburg Dr.

OLR Parishioners

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(864) 277-9600 OLR PARISHIONERS

Compilations and Reviews • Tax Return Services Business and Tax Advisory Services

Payroll Services • Bookkeeping

Jerry T. Saad, CPA • Louis G. Manios, PA • T. J. Saad, CPA Lisa D. McKiernan, CPA • Kelci W. Brazeal, CPA

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NEWS FROM AROUND THE DIOCESE

Worldwide Marriage Encounter is a weekend for

married Christian couples who value their relation-

ship and desire a richer, fuller life together. It is a

chance to look deeply into your relationship with

each other and with God. That's just the beginning

of what you will receive on a Worldwide Marriage

Encounter Weekend. Attend one of the upcoming

weekends on Jul 17-19, 2020 in Beaufort, SC and

Jan 29-31, 2021 in North Myrtle Beach, SC. Early

sign up is recommended. For more information go

here or contact us at 803-810-9602.

St. Rafka Maronite Catholic Church in Greer, SC will host Greek Master Iconographer Theodoros Papado-poulos to conduct a 6 day intensive course on Byzantine Iconography July 13-18. Participants will be conducted through the ancient egg tempera steps to create an Icon of The Virgin with the Christ Child. The cost is $685 which includes all materi-als needed. Please visit theodoreicons.com/sc to register or contact Aziza X Stansberry at: [email protected] or call 864.506.1924.

The Knights of Columbus is always looking for committed Catholic men to start careers with us. Now is no different. No crisis changes our course. So, whether you are looking for work, or you have friends and family looking for more stability and purpose in their professional lives, know that the Knights of Columbus offers a competitive and completely unique career in fi-nancial services.

For more information please contact Robert J. Boni, Jr. FIC, FICF, LUTCF at (843) 824-5632, or at [email protected]

CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOOD PANTRY IN GREENVILLE

2300 Old Buncombe Road

Greenville, SC 29609 864-331-2628

Our Lady's Pantry: 864-517-1016

Open Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays between 12 noon and 3 pm. We have adjusted our intake procedure to offer pre-packaged food available through drive

thru pick-up.

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