Heritage Day

Our celebration will continue after Mass in the All-Purpose Room, as we celebrate the many heritages within our parish family. The celebration will include food, costumes, music and traditional dancing. Join us as we celebrate our heritage. We’re asking each parish family to bring a “food item” (a sampling)
according to their family heritage, and bring it to their country’s table.
This way, we will have something to share from all the different countries.

•Do you have a costume from your country of heritage?
Please wear it or bring it to display.
•Did you find your “country of heritage” on any of our
“One Faith – Many Traditions” posters?
If not…. please contact us and let us know so we can add it.
•Sponsored by Evangelization Ministry…any questions…
please call the Religious Education Office at 661.5440, option 3 or
e-mail Religioused@ollchurch.org

First Holy Communion

Congrautlations to all our First Communion Classes. If you received your first communion this year and would like to see your picure here send it to firstcommunion@ollchurch.org.

Pray for our First Communion Children

Each year almost 300 children receive first holy communion. As you visit church please take home the name of one of these children to pray for as May approaches.

Health Care and Catholic Conscience

A new interpretation of HHS is threatening the ability of the Catholic church to provide health care and benefits in accord with Catholic teaching. It would require agencies such as catholic hospitals, catholic charities, parishes and school to provide health care benefits such as contraception and abortifacient agents to employees of the church as part of our health insurance benefits. To Read more about this go to these links:

• United States Catholic Conference
• NY State Catholic Conference
• The Long Island Catholic - Bishop Murphy
• See Our Sunday Bulletins in May 2012 for additional informaiton

Prayer and Spirituality

Need a little inspiration? Why not take a moment to visit one of our many OLL prayer groups?

• Men's Prayer Group - Thursday Feb. 16 in the Parish Center (follows 8am mass)
• Men's Evening Group - Tuesday Feb. 21 at 7:30pm in the Parish Center
• Prayer Shawl Ministry - Wednesday March 14 at 9:30am in the Parish Center
• Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament - First Saturday after 5pm mass
• Daily Rosary and Devotions - Monday to Saturday after the 8am mass

Mission Trip to El Salvador

Calling all young people, high school and college! We are planning our eighth mission trip to El Salvador this summer. Click here for a trip flyer.