Dear Brothers and Sisters, The first commandment is “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.” This is how it is stated in the New Testament. In the Ten Commandments it is stated, “I am the LORD your God. You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall [...]
Pope Francis has established the celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and Elderly beginning this year on the fourth Sunday of July, near the feast day of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. The First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on Sunday, July 25. The theme chosen by Pope Francis for this [...]
SIGN UP HERE Saturday, September 18 Join us for an all day retreat and family day at Look-Up Lodge. We have great activities planned for ALL ages and stages - singles, couples and families.
From Fr. Longenecker . . . You may have seen an article in the National Catholic Register a few weeks ago which featured our parish. If you are reading this online you can click here to read the article. Donna Craft, our communications Director has also posted a link on the parish website. The article was written [...]
Into the Breach is a groundbreaking 12-episode video series from the Knights of Columbus that seeks to answer what it means to be a Catholic man in today’s world. Inspired by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted’s apostolic exhortation to Catholic men, Into the Breach tells men they are made for greatness and challenges them to achieve [...]
Starting May 27, from 7-8pm there will be a Holy Hour for healing of our nation at OLR every Thursday until Oct 7, the 450th anniversary of Lepanto. This Holy Hour initiative was started in Wisconsin by Father Heilman and his Grace Force, to pray for God’s mercy and intervention in our current times. For [...]
For the next few weeks, I have asked our organist and choirmaster to use the pastor’s letter to explain the way forward for our parish music program. Fr. Longenecker Dear Friends, It has been a great pleasure to serve as your new Organist and Choirmaster since October of last year. Arriving in the midst of [...]
Dear Brothers and Sisters, When I am in the confessional, I am aware that some of those who come to make their confession are well prepared and others are not. The key to making a good confession is to first make a good examination of conscience, and a good examination of conscience is impossible without [...]
Please note . . . The parish offices will be closed July 5-9, for the week of the July 4th holiday. The daily Masses will be celebrated at their usual times that week, with the exception of Tuesday, which will be a Communion Service. Confessions will be heard at their usual times, as well as [...]
The Georgia Boy Choir is pleased to bring music from their new album "SOLACE - Post Tenebras Lux" to Greenville in their debut performance at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church on Saturday, JULY 10, at 7:00 pm in Upper Church. “SOLACE - Post Tenebras Lux” was conceived in lockdown, rehearsed and recorded under health guidelines, [...]