If you would like to donate the flowers for the altar in memory or in honor of a loved one, the cost is $25. Call the parish office for more info.

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Fr. Raj thanks you for your continued support of the parish during this difficult time.

ADDED 05/14/2020
On Sunday 05/24/2020, we will honor all our high school graduates at the 11:00 Mass.
If you have a graduate, please encourage them to wear their cap and gown and join us. Please keep them in your prayers.

Beginning Sunday 05/24/2020,

• We will have Adoration every Sunday from 9:45-10:45 am. 
• We will continue to have Adoration on Wednesday & First Friday from 9:30-11:00 am.

• If you are not comfortable attending Mass inside, you are welcome to view the Mass livestreamed in the Parish Activity Center, or to park in the church parking lot, tune in to FM station 87.7 MHz and listen to the Mass with thanks to Paul & Deanna Roberts.
• At communion time you are welcome to come in and receive communion, or drive through the breezeway and someone will bring communion to your car

ADDED 05/07/2020
With the re-opening of St. Mary, Our Lady of the Lake, certain guidelines must be followed based on recommendations from Bishop Joe Vasquez and Fr. Raj.

• Parishioners who are over 65 are dispensed from the Sunday obligation as well as holy days of obligation. Mass will continue to be streamed via You Tube and Facebook.
• The doors to the church will be left open.  As you enter the church you will be directed to locations where sanitizers are located.  Please use them before entering the nave. 
• We are allowed to be at 25% capacity; however, we will not be able to meet this figure since every other row of seats will be blocked off to maintain social distancing.  
• The center rows of seats will be able to seat 3 individuals, one on each end of the row and one in the middle. Chairs on the side of the church will only support two people, one on each end of the row or a family. Families will be permitted to sit together. Just remember to allow 4 chairs between that family and a single person. 
• Masks are strongly encouraged to be worn by parishioners attending Mass.
• During Communion, the center aisle will be marked with tape every 6 feet.  Please observe this distance while waiting in line.  The Bishop strongly encourages everyone to receive Communion in the hand. Please observe this request keeping in mind the safety of the servers and the parishioners.
• Communion will be distributed by Fr. Raj at the altar area. Communion will also be distributed at the back of the church by a sacristan, so that only one line will be formed down the center aisle. Please receive Communion at arm’s length and do not shake hands during the Sign of Peace. 
•  As the church fills up you may be directed to sit in the cry room or any other locations where chairs may be available. If capacity has been met and there are no seats available, you are dispensed from your Sunday obligation.

Please remember Fr. Raj in your prayers.  Fr Raj celebrated his 26th anniversary of priestly ordinationon May 20th!  

 

You may remember last year at this time he celebrated his 25th anniversary at the church where he was ordained, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, in Eleanganny in the Diocese of Vellore, India.  The Diocese of Vellore comprises 84 parishes with a Catholic population of 150,000 people in the districts of Vellore and Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu.

On Tuesday 05/05/2020 regular Mass schedule resumes.
Daily Mass (Tuesday – Friday) at 9:00 a.m. 
We will have Adoration after Wednesday Mass as usual.

Beginning Saturday 05/09/2020 weekend Masses at 4 pm on Saturday, and at 8:30 am and 11:00 am on Sunday.  
 
Fr. Raj will be available for the sacrament of Reconciliation on Wednesday’s from 4-5 pm, on Saturday’s from 3-3:45 pm and by appointment.
 
We are allowed 25% of our normal capacity. If you are unable to attend Mass because it is already at capacity when you arrive, remember that you are dispensed from the Sunday obligation. 

We will continue to livestream Mass on Facebook and make it available on You Tube.

Holy Family Catholic School & St Dominic Savio  have closed their schools until May 8th .
Leander ISD & Lago Vista ISD have closed their schools until the end of May.

On 03/14/2020 Travis County limits gatherings to 125 people or less

Available Mass-on-the-Air through the Diocese of Austin.
Join Relevant Radio for Daily Mass at 1pm ET / 10am PT.

Tips on livestreaming the Mass  (produced by the USCCB)
Toolkit from Facebook on keeping your faith community connected

Please continue to observe current guidelines of:
-- wearing a mask,
-- no more than ten at a time and
-- at least six foot distancing.

We, the parishioners of St. Mary, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church, as modern-day disciples, dedicate ourselves to the task of carrying on the mission of Jesus Christ with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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