Parish Message 07.15.2020

Changes to Church services effective 7/15/2020

As you have heard, because of the rise in COVID cases in Los Angeles county we will not have indoor church services.

In light of the new guidelines regarding church services, we have moved our 8 AM daily Masses outside on our Parish Center front lawn (across the parking lot from the church). Bring your own chair or blanket and join us. We do require you to wear your mask and maintain social distancing from other families while on our lawn.

Bring your own chair and join us for Sunday Masses taking place in our School Courtyard. No registration is needed. Saturday Vigil Mass will be at 6 PM. Sunday Masses will be at 7 AM and 8:30 AM in English and 10 AM in Spanish. Please note the new Mass times as we try to avoid the hottest parts of the day during the summer. Masks will be required for everyone over the age of 2 years old and we ask you to maintain at least 6 ft of distance between other families.

Adoration will continue every Friday following the 8 AM Mass until 6 PM in our Parish Center inner courtyard. Enter the courtyard through our Parish Center building following signage to the Blessed Sacrament. Exit will be from the courtyard around the back of the building (follow signage again). Sign up for a Holy Hour here.

Confessions will continue to be drive-in on Fridays from 5-6 PM and Saturdays from 9-10 AM in our parking lot. Enter from White Oak Ave. and proceed forward to the school parking lot to the Confession stations.

Our Parish Office will be closed to the public. You can reach us via email or by calling 818-342-4686.

Thank you for your patience and support in this ever-changing time of pandemic. We want to do everything we can to ensure that we are serving you and providing access to the ministry and Sacraments of the Church while keeping us all as safe as possible.

CLICK HERE to read the letter from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Parish Message 07.06.2020

Father Tom Feltz

We request prayers for Fr. Tom Feltz who is currently being cared for in the hospital. Fr. Tom has been a priest of our Archdiocese for 35 years and a part of Our Lady of Grace community for almost 14 years. For the past two and half weeks Fr. Tom has been under the care of the nurses of the Archdiocese and a drastic change in his condition caused him to be taken to the hospital this weekend. Under the care of the hospital staff and the nurses of the Archdiocese they are identifying the underlying cause of this drastic change in Fr. Tom's health. May he be comforted by the prayers of the community he loves and Our Mother, Mary during this time.

Note about Singing at Mass from Jeannie Rogers 07.06.2020

Dear OLG Community,

I wanted to explain some of the changes you will notice regarding the music at liturgies as we respond to further guidelines from the Archbishop of Los Angeles.

If you have come to our Masses or seen the Masses on our website, you know that we have already taken measures by only having a cantor and no other instruments besides piano. We have been completely in compliance with what we have been asked to do.

However, in light of the recent surge in the infection rate of Co-Vid, the Archbishop has emphasized another element: Congregational Singing. All parishes have been asked to discourage the congregation from participating through song. Our staff discussed how to best do this while still providing rich and meaningful liturgies, and we have developed the following protocols:

The songs normally sung for Mass (Entrance; Preparation/Offertory; Communion and Recessional) will be instrumental or solos.
The Kyrie, Gloria, Psalm, and Alleluia will still be sung.
The Eucharistic Acclamations (Holy, Memorial Acclamation, Amen and Lamb of God) will be recited.

With your continued support, patience and understanding, we WILL get through this! I am so grateful for each and every one of you.

Christ’s Peace,

Jeannie Rogers, Director of Music and Liturgy

Parish Message 06.22.2020

Mass

This week we have added a Saturday Vigil Mass in addition to the three Sunday Masses.

CLICK HERE for the website calendar for details or CLICK HERE to select a time and sign up.

If you cannot attend Vigil or Sunday Mass inside the church, please know you can tune-in to our radio transmission on FM in the parking lot and receive communion.

We are also opened to daily Mass at 8am (no sign up needed).

Please Note

If you were able to attend Mass in the church last Sunday please be generous and allow other members of our faith community to register for Mass in the Church this week. No one should expect to attend Mass every week with our temporary limited capacity.

Other Worship

Adoration will take place on Friday, June 25, 2020 CLICK HERE to sign up.

Special Thanks to Disinfecting Specialist LLC

They did a great job on our initial cleaning and continue to provide us with material and equipment to help us stay safe. Thank you!

Call 800-877-5423 or visit their website by CLICKING HERE

Parish Message 06.15.2020

GUIDELINES AS WE RETURN TO MASS

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Encino is holding public Masses in the church beginning Sunday, June 21, 2020.

As you look at these guidelines please remember that all of us are dispensed from the obligation to attend weekend Mass – meaning we can choose to go to Mass, but none of us is obliged to attend. Those who are most at risk of serious infection or illness, those who over 65, as well as caregivers, are strongly encouraged to stay home and participate in online Masses. If you are currently ill or have symptoms of illness including coughing or a fever over 100.4 please stay home for the time being as well. We will continue to regularly have our online Masses available on our website and Facebook pages.

Note:

This only the first phase of reopening and ONLY includes Masses. The campus remains closed to
meetings and events until further notice.

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CLICK HERE to read full guidelines in English and Spanish.

And as always, check the calendar of events for details.

Parish Message 06.10.2020

Drive-in Mass will continue this Sunday. Check the calendar of events for details.

For your safety, we do require you to wear a mask and to social distance from other families in the Church.

Para su seguridad, le pedimos que use una mascara y mantenga distancia social entre otras familias su la Igelisia.

As we re-open our church doors for prayer and public masses, our parish administration continues to work hard to create a welcoming, safe and clean environment for everyone. We are first a community at Our Lady of Grace and we need your help maintaining that clean and safe environment to keep our church doors open.

You can help in these ways:

Volunteer for routine cleaning (call 818-342-4686 or email administrator@ourladyofgrace)
Monetary donations to our building fund for the purchase of cleaning and sanitizing materials Click here and make a one-time donation.
Bringing your own sanitizing materials (disinfecting wipes, sprays, etc.) for personal use at the church.

We thank each and every one of you for your continuous love and support to our parish community at Our Lady of Grace. Know that we at Our Lady of Grace keep all of you and your families in our prayers as we walk together in this journey of faith.

Parish Message 06.05.2020

The archdiocese has approved our reopening plan!

It will unfold in stages. Mass, private prayer, confession and Adoration details below and check the calendar of events for details.

For your safety, we do require you to wear a mask and to social distance from other families in the Church.

Para su seguridad, le pedimos que use una mascara y mantenga distancia social entre otras familias su la Igelisia.

Sunday, June 7, 2020 | Drive-In Mass

We hope you can join us for our Drive-in Mass this Sunday, June 7th at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. in English and 12 p.m. in Spanish.

Mass availability will be on a first-come first-parked basis. Entrance will be through our White Oak entrance only and the gates will open 15 minutes prior to each Mass time. Cars will not be permitted to line up at the gates prior to opening. Our capacity will be limited to approximately 50 cars and the White Oak gates will be closed once we reach capacity.

Once the gates are closed cars will not be permitted to line up outside the gates. You may return 15 minutes prior to the start of the next Mass.

All cars will exit the two Alonso gates at the conclusion of the Mass.

And as always we will have our Streaming option here, YouTube or Facebook.

Esperamos que nos acompañe a celebrar misa desde su carro este Domingo 7 de Junio en los horarios de 8:00am y 10:00am en inglés y 12:00pm en español.

La disponibilidad de escuchar la misa se realizará según el orden de llegada y la capacidad del estacionamiento. La entrada se hará únicamente a través de la Avenida de White Oak y las puertas se abrirán 10 minutos antes de cada misa. No estará permitido hacer línea de carros en la calle antes de la apertura de las puertas. La capacidad límite de aparcamiento es de 50 carros y las puertas serán cerradas una vez alcanzado este límite.

Una vez cerradas la puertas no se permitirá línea de carros en la calle. Deberá regresar 10 antes del comienzo de la siguiente misa.

Al terminar la misa la salida se realizará a través de las puertas de la calle Alonso .

Igualmente la misa se seguirá transmitiendo en línea a través de nuestra página ourladyofgrace.org de internet y Facebook.

Monday, June 8, 2020 | Private Prayer Opens

Our Lady of Grace will reopen the church for private prayer on Monday, June 8th though Thursday, June 11 from 8 am - 6 pm.

For your safety, we do require you to wear a mask and to social distance from other families in the Church.

We will have two days of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th from 8 am - 6 pm in thanksgiving for the Eucharist. You can sign up for a holy hour on our sign-up genius form here. We need at least 2 people for every hour of adoration.

Nuestra Señora de la Gracia volverá a abrir las puertas de la Iglesia para oración personal el Lunes 08 de Junio las 8:00am hasta las 6:00pm.

Para su seguridad, le pedimos que use una mascara y mantenga distancia social entre otras familias su la Igelisia.

Tendremos dos días de adoración al Santísimo Sacramento el Viernes 12 de Junio y el Sábado 13 de Junio Desde las 8:00am hasta las 6:00pm. Puedes registrarte para 1 hora de oración a través de sign-up genius aquí:

Friday, June 12, 2020 | Drive-Thru Confession Begins

We will also have drive-thru confession in the parking lot on Friday, June 12th from 5-6 p.m. and Saturday, June 13th from 9 - 10 a.m. Please remember confessions are to be held between just the priest and the penitent. One person per car please.

También tendremos confesiones desde tu carro en el estacionamiento de la Iglesia el Viernes 12 Junio de 5:00pm-6:00pm y el Sábado 13 de Junio de 9:00am-10:00am.

For updates from the Los Angeles Archdiocese please click here

Father Marinello Message 05.30.2020

Dear Faith Family of Our Lady of Grace,

Praised be Jesus Christ!

“Behold I make all things New” Revelations 21:5

What started with the Coronavirus will end with God’s tender love and mercy. As we have all been anticipating once again we are allowed to come together as a faith community to pray and worship. We will be turning in our proposal to the regional bishop very soon. Once we are approved and we have all the guidelines and volunteers necessary, we will let you know of the steps by which OLG will reopen.

The first step will be to reopen for private prayer followed by Holy Mass with a limit of 100 people in the church. Our priority is your health and safety as well as the priests, staff, and volunteers. We also want to make sure that we will not be shut down by the County Department of Public Health for noncompliance. We will still be able to attend Holy Mass and watch activities at OLG online via our social media outlets.

Thank you for your patience and support during this time of transition. I ask your charity to raise a Hail Mary for our parish family as we prepare to start a new chapter.

In Jesus and Mary,

Fr. Marinello