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Mass Schedule:
Saturday
5:00 PM - OLC
8:30 AM - First Saturday Mass with Devotions (1st Saturday of each month only)

Sunday
8:00 AM - OLC
9:30 AM - St. Malachi
11:00 AM - Schneider Parish

Holy Days
8:30 AM & 7:00 PM -
Our Lady of Consolation

Daily Mass
8:30 AM - Monday through Friday* at OLC
*Friday Devotions following Mass on the 1st Friday of each month

Confession
4:00-4:30 PM - Saturday at OLC

COVID-19 Update - 03-25-20

As a response to the public safety measures to limit and contain further spread of the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic, and in accordance with Governor Wolf's Stay in Place mandate for PA, the following updated changes will be implemented at OLC, effective 03-25-20:

Until further notice, OLC will remain open Mon.- Sat. from 9:00AM to 5:00PM and on Sundays from 1:00 - 5:00PM for private prayer;
We will continue with Adoration on Fridays from 5 to 7PM and the celebration of Confessions at 5:45 to 7PM. Confessions will be heard on Saturday afternoons from 4 to 5PM. Weather permitting, we'll have Confessions on the rectory porch or in the church basement. We will be maintaining the recommended social distancing for Confessions;
As a religious institution, we are exempt from closing our offices and ceasing all operations. Therefore, our rectory staff will be in the offices from 9AM - 4PM, Monday thru Friday. While our Parish staff is here to work, the Schneider Pastoral Center and St. Malachi's Chapel will be closed to the public. Only Parish staff may have access to these buildings. We kindly ask that besides visiting the church or Confession, you please remain at home and follow the directives of the Governor until further direction is given. With that said, we will reach out to the home bound for grocery shopping and meals as they are requested. If you know anyone needing grocery, meals or prescription pick-ups call Mary Beth Rohrer at 610-875-3510 or mbrohrer@olcchurch.org.
Fr. O'Neill is available to speak via phone or email and for visits to the sick, especially for any life or death emergencies requiring Last Rites.
OLC will continue to live-stream Daily Masses from church during the week at 8:30AM. Sunday Mass will be pre-recorded. Please go to our YouTube Channel for the Sunday Masses and Facebook page for the live-streamed Daily Masses. Please check for other video updates from Fr. O'Neill, devotions and other faith enriching resources there as well.

While these are difficult times and we seek solace in our faith in God, we are challenged by these changes to our lives. Let us offer our Lenten prayers and sacrifices for all who have contracted Coronavirus and for the medical professionals who are attending to them. A special Plenary Indulgence has been granted by Pope Francis, under certain conditions, for the Coronavirus patients, their families, health care workers and the faithful.

Remember, that while we are not together physically, as the Body of Christ, we are united spiritually in Christ through the Holy Spirit. May He give us hope and strength during these days! Let us pray for one another.

Welcome

As you browse our website, perhaps the first thing that will occur to you is what makes us so unique— we are a movable feast. With three distinct worship sites, our parish encompasses roughly 350 square miles and is home to a diverse and vibrant community of people who, united in the Catholic Faith, seek to keep the vibrant love of Jesus present in our world.

Updates from Father O'Neill

Check out the latest info posted by Fr. O'Neill regarding updates during the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Archdiocesan and our Parish's activities and guidelines for returning to public celebration of Masses.

Great News! Public Masses to Resume Beginning on 6/6-7, 2020

With great joy, I bring you the great news of being able to come back together for the public celebration of Masses. However, restrictions and guidelines must be followed for the safety and well being of our Parishioners. The below guidelines have been adapted for our Parish from the general guidelines given to us by the Archdiocese and approved by Archbishop Pérez. Please read these guidelines carefully. Any specific questions may be sent to Fr. O'Neill via email or by phone at: chiefstang91@aol.com or 610-857-3510. Looking forward to seeing our OLC Parish family "live and in person" very soon! God bless!

Updated Guidelines for the "Yellow Phase" from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 5/27/2020

A Special video Message to OLC Parishioners 5/29/2020

Please see below the updated General Guidelines approved by Archbishop Nelson Pérez for Parishes of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. These give specifics to the celebration of Mass publicly beginning on June 6th, 2020. The Guidelines listed above and that you have received via email and US Mail are a summary of these and have been streamlined to fit the particular needs and circumstances of Our Lady of Consolation Parish, which the Archbishop has encouraged us to do. Please note: the Norms given to us on 5/8 posted below are in effect until 6/6/2020.

Updated Sacramental Norms from the Archdiocese 5/8/20

Archdiocesan Update on Sacraments of Initiation 5/8/20

New Outreach Ministry

In response to our home-bound and those with compromised immune systems during this Coronavirus (Covid19) pandemic, OLC will launch a new ministry to assist them as they avoid leaving their homes and protect themselves from illness.

“Our Lady’s Consoling Hands Ministry” will help the most vulnerable and frail among us to do grocery shopping, medical prescription pick-ups and other necessary errands for them for the duration of this pandemic outbreak. As doors are closed to us with the recent and swift changes to our lives, we have new doors available to us to continue the work of Jesus through Mary’s intercession.

Interested volunteers are asked to contact the rectory office at 610-857-3510 or via email at olc@olcchurch.org.

In addition, we will be asking those who want us to serve them in this capacity to let us know
and we will match them with volunteers. If anyone knows of someone, e.g. Communion Calls,
neighbors, etc. that would have need of this new ministry, please let us know and we will add
them to our list.

May Jesus, Our Divine Physician grant healing and strength to all of us during this time, especially those suffering from Coronavirus and may Mary, Our Lady of Consolation, help us to know peace and comfort during this time.

The Holy Rosary with Scripture Readings
The Luminous Mysteries - Thursdays

A Prayer for Protection

Archbishop William E. Lori, the supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, has asked his parishioners, members of the Knights and others to join in a novena invoking the intercession of Mary to aid the sick and all who are suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic.

VIEW PDF COPY OF PRAYER

In making his appeal, Archbishop Lori cited the prayer and the leadership of Pope Francis, who recently invoked Mary’s help under the special title of “Health of the Sick.” The Knights of Columbus has published the prayer said by Pope Francis and Archbishop Lori online, calling on members and Catholics to say the prayer over nine days as a novena beginning Sunday. It especially prays “for those who have fallen ill, for those who are vulnerable and for those who have died.”

Find more information on the Knights of Columbus website at http://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/articles/novena-prayer-for-protection.html.

About the Art: The ancient fresco of Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help) in St. Peter’s Basilica was restored with the support of the Knights of Columbus to mark the Year of Faith (2012-2013). Photo courtesy of Fabbrica di San Pietro/M. Falcion.

100 Stories for 100 Years

That's our goal and we need your help! Father John is in his 100th year and will celebrate his 100th birthday on November 29, 2020. He has a life story worth sharing and we want you to be a part of that story. Kathleen Hood, published author, historian and benefactor of Our Lady of Consolation Parish has graciously agreed to tell Father John's story for us. Stories will come from St. Cyprian, St. Charles and the OLC Church families, as well as Father's family in Belgium.

So many of you have beautiful stories you've shared for years verbally. Now is the time to share those stories in order that they can be preserved into the future. Here are some ideas to get you started:

An experience you personally had or witnessed
How Father affected your life in a positive way
How Father made you feel after one of his homilies, conversations or confession
How it was to serve alongside Father as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, a Proclaimer of the Word, or an Altar Server
A story your parents or someone else told you about Father
Something you experienced during one of the many trips or programs Father led

We would like to cover a hundred years, so if your memory is good, please go back in time as far as possible. If you would like your favorite Father John story to be considered for possible inclusion, please send it by February 29th. Also, please feel free to include any photos you wish to be considered for inclusion.

Please print and sign your name to the end of your story and also provide your contact number and email address and mail to Ms. Kathleen Hood, 308 Gum Tree Road, Coatesville, PA 19320. If you have any questions or need help getting started, please contact anyone listed below:

Our Lady of Consolation:

Jack Mariano | 484-888-2367
Donna McCool | 610-593-6989
Lisa Morrison | 610-213-2041
Jean Moulder | 610-613-5369
Rick Reger | 610-715-7859
Barbara Tuttle | 610-999-3510

St. Charles:

Doris Clark-Gunter | 215-732-8474
Cassandra Howell Hyacinthe | 914-588-4298
Carolyn Demby Jenkins | 215-603-7024
Charlie Major | 267-968-3207

Our Lady of Częstochowa Shrine

Check out some beautiful photos taken during Father O’Neill’s retreat at the Our Lady of Częstochowa Shrine in Doylestown, PA from February 10th -14th. Masses, Holy Hours, votive candles and Rosaries were offered for you and your families’ intentions.