Parish member Kylee McCumber, of Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz, is coordinating a benefit pancake breakfast to be held at Our Lady of the Lake on Sunday, March 30th. This organization provides care kits of food to needy children within our community. Tickets for this event are: Adults $7, Children/Seniors $5. All are welcome!

We will be car pooling from Our Lady of the Lake parking lot promptly at 6:45AM the morning of Saturday, April 5th. Any questions: call Ed Sullivan at 978-537-6553 or David La Liberty 978-537-1134. There is still time to register at: www.FirstMensConf.org.

Applications for Christian Service Scholarships, one-time scholarships intended to help defray the cost of post-secondary education, are due on Sunday, April 6th. Please click for additional details.

For those who have expressed interest in the trip to Rome and Assisi with Fr. Dennis, scheduled for October 21-30, a deposit of $450 is needed ASAP, in order to confirm your reservation. Please make checks out to Our Lady of the Lake, write “Rome Trip” on the memo line, and submit to the Parish Office.

Lenten Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament will not be held on Tuesday evening, March 18th or Wednesday morning, March 19th, due to the Parish Mission and the Mass of The Solemnity of St. Joseph. Also, The Sacrament of Reconciliation will not be held on Tuesday evening, March 18th, but will be celebrated during the Penitential Prayer Service that concludes the Parish Mission on Wednesday evening, March 19th at 7pm. As a reminder, confessions will not be held on Saturdays during Lent.

During Lent, The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated on Tuesday evening from 7-8pm, instead of on Saturdays at 4pm. Please click for the entire Lenten Schedule.

Mass and the Distribution of Ashes will be celebrated at 8am & 7pm. Additional services featuring the Liturgy of the Word and Ashes will occur at 6:30am & 4:30pm. Light breakfast items will be available after the 6:30am Liturgy in the Parish Family Center Lobby. Families with children please note that the 4:30pm Liturgy is a “youth friendly” service. Reminder: Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence, and all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.

Many people have expressed interest in the trip to Rome with Fr. Dennis scheduled for October 21 - October 30. Anyone planning to go should complete the registration form on the information flyer and return it to the parish office ASAP. No deposit is necessary at this time, just the registration form.