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Our Lady's Center Marian Shrine
April 2025 Newsletter
(Click HERE to read the whole newsletter online!)
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April is dedicated to the Most Blessed Sacrament. "It is vital to ask ourselves how much time we spend before the Eucharistic presence of Jesus...The humble, silent presence of Jesus in our midst calls for our humble, silent presence." - Robert Cardinal Sarah.
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410-461-5066 • 240-581-8013 (C)
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Hours: Mon-Thurs 10am-4pm with Rosary at 11:30 am and Mass at 12 noon.
Fridays 10am-7:30pm with Rosary at 11:30 am, Mass at 12 Noon, Adoration from 12:30-7:30 pm. Friday evening Mass 7:30 pm followed by Exposition & Devotions until 9 pm.
First Saturdays only: Open 10 am -2 pm, Mass at 10:30 followed by Exposition & devotions.
Confessions follow every Mass. Bookstore always closed during Mass.
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UPCOMING EVENTS...
(Another packed newsletter - scroll all the way to the bottom!)
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First Friday Mass & Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
April 4th at 12:00 Noon & 7:30 pm
Masses are followed by Confessions, Stations of the Cross, exposition, and Devotions. Adoration continues until 7:30 pm
Shop open 10 am - 12 pm & 1 pm - 7:30 pm
Our Lord's First Friday Promises
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First Saturday Mass & Devotions to the Immaculate Heart
April 5th, 10:30 am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Confessions & Devotions will follow Mass and end with Benediction. Shop will be open 11:15 am - 2:00 pm
Our Lady's First Saturday Promises
Pray the Rosary in Latin - First Saturdays at 9:45 am
Come early before First Saturday Mass, to pray a Rosary in Latin with us! Preparatory instruction begins at 9:45 am. Print outs provided. Discover the many reasons why we should consider praying in Latin HERE.
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We Need Volunteers!
OLC ANNUAL SPRING
CLEAN-UP DAY!
Saturday, April 5th, 2 pm until done.
Winter has left Our Lady's Center in need of a good scrub, trim, and polish! Come join us for a day full of fun, laughter, and service! If you're the outdoorsy type, we'll have tree-trimming, weeding, planting, mulching, and more. In the Chapel, we'll have polishing and window-washing. Bring any yard tools you have, especially chainsaws, pole saws, and large tarps (labeled with your name please!)
Come join your OLC community giving back to Our Lady for all that she does for us!
Sign up HERE to let us know you're coming.
If bad weather threatens, contact Lou Meyer for most up to date info.
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A Very Special Friday with a
Blessing with the Relic of the True Cross!
Friday, April 11th
OLC is a humble steward of this sacred relic. Long in our possession, it was carefully inspected and verified to be authentic, along with documentation, by Msgr. Jeremiah Kenney. Read about relics of the True Cross HERE.
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Schedule:
• 11:00 am: Seven Sorrows Devotion
• 11:30 am: Regular Rosary
• 12:00 pm: Mass & Blessing with the Relic of the True Cross
Mass will be followed by Confessions, Stations of the Cross, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 7:30 pm, and a Holy Hour of Reparation
• 7:30 pm: Mass & Blessing by the Relic of the True Cross
followed by Confessions, Stations of the Cross, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
Devotions and Benediction at 9 pm.
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TRIDUUM & EASTER CLOSING SCHEDULE:
We will be closed Holy Thursday & Good Friday, April 17th & 18th.
Please attend services at your parish.
Our outdoor Stations of the Cross on the banks of the stream out back are available anytime.
OLC will reopen on Monday, 4/21.
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BUS TRIP! • BUS TRIP! • BUS TRIP!
SECOND BUS ADDED! WE HAVE ROOM FOR YOU!
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Divine Mercy Sunday Pilgrimage
Sunday, April 27th, departing OLC at 9:30 am
Come Early! OLC will open at 8:45 am for your shopping convenience
with lots of Divine Mercy items for you to take and have blessed!
Join us for our annual Pilgrimage to Holy Rosary Church in Baltimore, the Archdiocesan Shrine for Divine Mercy, on Divine Mercy Sunday. OLC has chartered two buses which will leave the Center at 9:30 am and return to OLC between 5-5:30 pm. Mass will be celebrated at Holy Rosary at 1:30 pm. The cost is $40 per seat. Bring cash for food and purchases at Holy Rosary. They do not accept credit.
Reserve your seat now by email or phone.
Submit payment at your earliest convenience to ensure your seat. A packet with a waiver form and information will be provided to attendees on morning of pilgrimage.
Receive plenary indulgences!
Learn about the extraordinary graces promised to us when we observe the Feast Divine Mercy and also the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope!
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Regular Opportunities to Pray at OLC:
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Seven Sorrows Rosary
Every Tues. and Fri. at 11:00 am in the Chapel.
(followed by our regular rosary at 11:30 pm)
Join us as we honor Our Lady of Sorrows. Learn about Our Lady of Kibeho and the promises associated with this devotion. Booklets provided and materials available in the store. More HERE.
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Flame of Love Cenacles
Every Thurs. at 1:30 pm in chapel and virtually.
Praying for the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to be enkindled in our hearts and bring about a new Pentecost. More HERE. Contact Joan & Paul Kane for more info. Live streaming for those who cannot attend in person.
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First Wed. Devotions to St. Joseph
First Wednesday of the Month
April 2nd, following 12:00 Noon Mass
The world desperately needs the intercession of St. Joseph, patron of fathers, families, the Universal Church and the Terror of Demons! Learn about the Nine First Wednesdays HERE.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena
Thursdays following 12:00 Noon Mass
Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the advocate, the hope, and the refuge of sinners. Our world needs her help now more than ever. Come join us in beseeching her intercession.
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Blanket Making Workshops
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1:00 pm
April dates: 4/8 & 4/22
All are welcome after Mass in the Conference room to help knot more blankets for children in need. If you can cut and make knots, you can make a blanket! Materials provided, but donations are needed to put towards the cost of fabric! Over 2000 blankets have been donated through OLC to date!
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Children's Storytime & Craft
2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 10:30 am
April dates: 4/9 & 4/23
Bring the children to hear a wholesome, edifying story read by Mrs. Ginny, do a fun craft, enjoy a snack and make new friends! RSVP if possible so we have an idea of how many to expect, but drop-ins are always welcome!
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Annual May Procession & Crowning of the Blessed Mother
First Saturday, May 3rd, following 10:30 am Mass
Join us on First Saturday, a day dedicated to Our Lady, to honor our beautiful Mother Mary in the month dedicated to her.
Afterwards, Adoration, Confessions and First Saturday Devotions will begin.
All recent First Communicants are invited to come dressed in your gowns and suits. The children in attendance will lead the procession out to the grotto for the crowning. In the event of rain, we will process around in the Chapel.
Schedule:
9:45 am: Rosary in Latin
10:30 am: Mass followed by May Procession & Crowning
Join us after the Crowning or later after devotions to enjoy cake in the Conference Room!
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Pray for Vocations with the Ecce Homo Traveling Bust of Our Lord & Blessed Chalice
Sign up in the Bookstore to take home the Ecce Homo bust of Our Lord and blessed chalice for a two week interval. Set them up in a place of honor in your home and, during that period, pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life as well as your own personal intentions. Instructions and optional prayers and devotional materials are included, as well as a diary filled with the entries of those who have hosted the bust and chalice in their homes previously. Many miracles and wonders have happened as a result of this devotion. Email us for more information
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Flame of Love Workshop in Emmitsburg!
Saturday, April 12th
The Flame of Love Cenacle that meets here at Our Lady's Center on Thursdays at 1:30 pm would like to invite you to attend a wonderful retreat at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Emmitsburg.
See below for info and register HERE. Please note that his is a regional event. You will need your own transportation or to coordinate a carpool. Please contact Joan and Paul Kane for more info.
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ANNOUNCING... A Very Special Mass at OLC,
celebrated by the freshly ordained
Rev. James Lancelotta!
Tuesday, June 24th, 12 pm
Our very own, Jamie Lancelotta, currently a transitional deacon, will be ordained at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Towson on Saturday, June 21st. He has requested to our delight that he celebrate one of his very first Masses in the Chapel at Our Lady's Center! We are deeply honored.
Dcn. Jamie is the great-nephew of our founder, Francis Lancelotta, Sr., and he is one of the fruits from the many years that you, our patrons, have spent praying for vocations to the priesthood.
Please come if you can and then celebrate with us at a reception in the Conference room, offer Fr. Lancelotta your congratulations, and receive a blessing from him. (Photo courtesy of archbalt.org).
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Changes to OLC Board of Directors & Staff
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Our Lady's Center has an all-volunteer working Board of Directors who serve out of their devotion to the Blessed Mother and carry out a wealth of duties between them. Occasionally life necessites a changing of the guard. And so, the Board announces that it has accepted the resignation of Jean Ayoub and Patricia Zumbrun. We are incredibly grateful for their time of service on the Board, especially in helping to plan and implement the beautiful and tremendously successful Our Lady's Center 50th Anniversary Mass & Celebration last October.
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Our Lady's Center is honored to announce that it has welcomed Bill Babcock onto the Board of Directors. Bill has brought with him a wealth of knowledge and skills, already employing them to upgrade our audio/visual system in the Chapel with improved microphones and cameras. He has also taken on some of our fire suppression maintenance duties, such as monitoring the functionality of our emergency lighting. His musical skills and knowledge may also be of great benefit to us. Along with fellow Board member, Carl Kleinschmidt, Bob will help ensure that all systems of OLC are well maintained and in proper working order.
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Our Lady's Center is also honored to announce that it has welcomed Mary Ellen Cote onto the Board of Directors. Mary Ellen is a longtime patron of OLC. Along with being a regular Project Linus Blanketeer, she has served for many years as a volunteer here, including being of great assistance at our off-site shows and as a volunteer coordinator. We are extremely grateful for her care and diligence in carrying out our rolling inventory in the Bookstore so that our records are accurate. In her new role, she will be assisting our President, Jack Kissane, as recording secretary during Board meetings, among other useful tasks.
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Finally, we are overjoyed to announce that we have hired a new staff member, Jeanne Martin! Jeanne has just recently returned from Phoenix, Arizona where her daughter and granddaughters are living. She has returned to help care for her dear mother, to live near two of her other daughters, and to help friends in need. Especially wonderful for us, Our Lord has led her back to OLC to assist in the Bookstore, at shows and events and in various other capacities. Many of you know Jeanne from her many years in our Catholic community, at OLPH, and homeschooling. Jeanne brings with her a deep compassion for those who mourn as well as an abiding faith and deep love for the Blessed Mother. We are thrilled to have her join our team. Stop in the Bookstore to welcome her!
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Fr. Herbert Niba presented his book, "The Way of the Cross with St. John Paul II," and we promptly sold out of forty books! They are back in stock in the Bookstore, so be sure to pick one up!
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OLC patrons gave a very warm welcome to local author Colleen Marie Berry! What a perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Her books are available to purchase in the Bookstore.
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The Legion of Mary, Our Lady Undoer of Knots Praesidium, is Recruiting New Members!
Could the Blessed Mother be calling you to her service?
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The Legion meets on Friday evenings at 5 pm in the Conference room. Members can come early for Adoration in the Chapel and often stay for the 7:30 pm Friday Night Mass, followed by devotions and confessions. Among their regular prayers and activities, our local praesidium hosts an all-day 2000 Hail Marys Day of Devotions around the Feast of the Assumption as well as other important national and world events, such as elections. We can not underestimate the spiritual graces that flow from these devotions! Please consider joining this vibrant, active apostolate. Learn more about the Legion of Mary HERE. For more info on the Undoer of Knots Praesidium, contact Lovelinda Cheng.
SAVE THE DATE! 2000 Hail Marys Day of Devotions
Saturday, August 9th!
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OLC BOOKSTORE & GIFT SHOP
*We are a non-profit. All sales go towards supporting the Shrine!
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Easter is Almost Here!
Celebrate the Resurrection with joy.
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Lots of Caramel Bunnies waiting to jump into baskets!
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Holy Bears, Bunnies and Lambs are perfect for Easter Baskets!
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Easter gifts & greeting cards!
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Divine Mercy Prints, Books & Devotionals.
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Bl. Carlo Acutis will be canonized on 4/27!
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Jubilee Year of Hope Books!
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Your headquarters for First Holy Communion and Confirmation Gifts!
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APRIL NO-CLIP COUPON:
15% OFF
One Divine Mercy Item
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No coupon necessary. Valid on regularly priced, in-stock items only. Not valid on previously purchased or discounted items. Cannot be combined with other coupons or discounts. Some restrictions apply.
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Store Hours
Monday - Thursday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm*
Friday: 10:00 am - 7:30 pm*
First Saturday: 10:00 am -10:30 am; 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
*Please note that the store is always closed during the noon Mass |
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Chapel Hours:
Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass
Monday-Friday: 12:00pm
Friday night: 7:30 pm
1st Saturdays: 10:30 am
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Rosary
Monday-Friday: 11:30 am
Confessions
Following all Masses
Adoration
Friday: 12:30 - 7:30 pm
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Friday Night Devotions
Holy Mass: 7:30 pm
Followed by: Confessions, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction
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Our Lady's Center Marian Shrine is a 501(c)3 non-profit Catholic lay apostolate within the Archdiocese of Baltimore located outside of Baltimore, Maryland in Ellicott City. We offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and confessions upstairs in our chapel each weekday and on first Saturdays. Downstairs in our beautiful store, we carry a large selection of Catholic books and religious articles to meet every need. We have many monthly events and activities. |
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