This Saturday, December 7th Tennessee Backporch "Follow the Star" Christmas Concert
A special Musical Weekend at our Church
Tennessee Backporch
SATURDAY, December 7th at 4:00pm, Tennessee Backporch will be performing their annual "Follow the Star" Christmas Tour. A special feature will be McDowell High School Choir. Tickets are available at the door. Adults $25, Students $15. Doors open at 3:30pm. Many of us personally know Chris and Julie Moore and the professionalism in high quality music they have shared over the years. You will absolutely not be disappointed!
#iGiveCatholic Online Giving Opportunity
Thank you for your support!
#iGiveCatholic RESULTS AS OF TODAY
As of this past Wednesday, December 4th, we have raised $24,705 of our $30,000 goal! We just were informed that Our Lady of the Lake Parish was randomly selected as the winner of one of the $500 prizes for #iGiveCatholic! This prize was sponsored by an anonymous donor. That brings us up to $25,205! What a blessing -- all for which we are so deeply grateful!
We are continuing to accept donations for our parish project through December 11th. WE CAN DO IT if all of us make a special "Christmas Gift" to our parish this weekend. If you have yet to make your gift, please consider doing so THIS weekend, or by dropping it off at the parish office by Tuesday before 3pm closing time.
THE BACKSTORY
As part of the recent interior renovations to our church, we decided that we needed to upgrade our technology to include a way to project videos on the left and right side of the sanctuary walls. The projectors will be located in the back walls above the cry room and the reconciliation room as to not be obtrusive to the interior beauty of our church.
Each projector is a state-of-the-art Sony Projector fitted with the appropriate lens similar to equipment you will find at university auditoriums and schools. The projectors will produce a quality image which can be seen in a bright church such as Our Lady of the Lake Church.
HOW WILL THE PROJECTORS BE USED?
One of our primary uses of the projectors is to provide short, meaningful Catholic teaching videos about 30 minutes before Mass begins on scheduled weekends. These videos are meant to explain the Catholic faith to enhance the knowledge that ordinary adults have of their Catholic faith. The videos should wrap up about 10 minutes before Mass begins.
The projectors will be used for large-group presentations, catechetical instruction for youth and adult faith formation and be available for diocesan presentations.
WHAT IS THE COST? Our goal is to raise $30,000 for two Sony VPLFHZ101L/W projectors, each with a Sony VPLLZ4025 lens. With large and small gifts gathered from our parishioners and friends, we will be able to meet our project goal.
WON'T YOU HELP TO PROVIDE SOME NEW TOOLS FOR WORSHIP AND EDUCATION IN OUR PARISH?
Please consider the big picture-- our children are indeed our future, but we need families who are grounded in their faith to prepare children to form a relationship with Jesus Christ within the arms of the faith. Thank you for any gift you give.
Who We Are
Welcome to our parish website!
If you are looking for a parish where the Catholic Faith is solid, and the heart of our people is warm and generous -- look no further than Our Lady of the Lake Parish.
We are one parish with three locations:
Our Lady of the Lake Church - Edinboro PA
Saint Anthony of Padua Church - Cambridge Springs PA
Saint Bernadette Church - Saegertown PA
We are a parish of The Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie Pennsylvania.
We strive live each day in fidelity to our triune God: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. We embrace Jesus as the Christ as the Lord of our Lives. We firmly embrace the Catholic Church's official teachings on the Holy Scriptures, the Sacraments, and the Traditions of the Church as illustrated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Our Mission is the mission of Jesus Christ: To follow the will of the Heavenly Father with the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
