Save the date: March 16! And plan to attend the OLOL-wide celebration in honor of St. Patrick! Food, music and you! Tickets will be available soon from the Parish Offices and before/after Masses.
National Marriage Week is 2/7-14. Respectlife.org offers monthly prayer guides. February’s offers a 7 day at home retreat for married couples. World Marriage Sunday is 2/9.
Go to Ministries>Pro-Life and Social to learn what Bishop Matano wants us to understand about the broad changes happening Federally and read the Feb. 2025 Justice, Peace & Life newsletter for ways to act.
Lent begins on March 5. Two resources from Formed offer help to encounter the Lord like never before. Learn more and sign up at https://tinyurl.com/mr2z555b
How well are we incorporating these 3 events into our lives? 
Jubilee Year: See our page on this website for info and ways to be Pilgrims of Hope!
Eucharistic Revival: We are in the Year of Mission. Say “yes” to a special form of heart-to-heart accompaniment called the “Walk With One” initiative. Our families, neighborhoods, and country will be transformed if every active Catholic answers this call! More info at https://tinyurl.com/5atzf74a Webinars, open to EVERYONE, help us know how to evangelize with charity and confidence. They are available by registering at this link. For all info about this go to the “National Eucharistic Revival” page.
Synod on Synodality: Our United Stated Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have finished their gathering. Go to the News & Events page to learn more.
In 2025, the Jubilee Year, do you want to grow closer to Christ? Do the 5-week series on Formed, called, “Living Faith.” Learn how to approach each day with intention; face challenges with courage and hope and deepen your relationship with God in the everyday moments. Do it as an individual, or get your friends together and do it as a small group.
Go to the News & Events tab to learn about:
- Local offerings
- The Synodal Journey
- What to expect when attending Mass at our worship sites
- Staying connected with our Facebook page
- Pro-Life opportunities
- Registering for Faith Formation and supporting St. Michael’s School
- Accessing FORMED, the Catholic faith on demand, our parish’s gift to everyone! Learn, love and live our Catholic faith!
- Putting our faith into action using the Catholic Action Network
- A variety of newsletters to keep us connected, including the latest edition of Creating A Safe Environment.
- And information offering help.
We are still collecting to fix the roofs and steps of our church buildings. Any amount you can contribute will help. Please mark “Roof & steps” in the memo area of your check. Thanks, in advance.
 Is the theme for this year’s appeal. Thanks to your generosity, we have met our goal of $58,000. The money is used like this: Catholic Ministries Appeal | Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester (dor.org). If you pledged, please continue to complete it.
I pray for us and hope to meet you in person, at Mass!
God bless you!
Fr. Leo Reinhardt, Pastor
“Protect yourself; use Holy Water.” Fr. Rocky, Relevant Radio
We offer We Share for all opportunities to support Our Lady of the Lakes financially. Locally, we have many unmet financial needs. Please be generous.
Our annual report: 2022-2023 OLOL Annual Parish Report
For future Holiday and Holy Day Mass schedules, please see the events/parish calendar or call 315-536-7459.
For all Sacramental and Business inquiries, please contact us at:
Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Community Parish Center
210 Keuka Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315-536-7459
Fax 315-536-3817
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