New Mass Protocols During Construction:
During construction, as we are displaced from the church, we will not have a proper place for a tabernacle on church grounds. Therefore, the presider will consecrate only the needed amount of Communion hosts at each Mass. Please read on to see how this will be accomplished at each Mass.
Weekend Masses in the Our Lady of the Lake School Gym
Our Saturday 8:30am daily Mass, and the Saturday 5pm, and Sunday 7:30, 9:00 and 11:15am Masses will take place in the OLL School Gym (see full schedule on page 2.) Parking and Entrance: Parishioners may enter either through the main school entrance and proceed down the hall to the
gym or enter through the rear gym entrance at the corner of the building adjacent to the playground. Handicap parking will be added to the gym entrance area. (There is also an elevator to get from the main entrance level down several steps to the gym level.) Please use all caution when driving in the parking lot since there will be more people walking through the lot to get to Mass.
Special Instructions for Holy Communion—Weekend Masses
For weekend Masses in the school gym there will be a table near each entrance where a liturgical minister will be stationed. Those desiring to receive Holy Communion at Mass will tell the minister the number of hosts needed (i.e., how many people in your
party are receiving), and the minister will place the appropriate number of unconsecrated hosts in the ciborium. There will be a separate bowl and small pyx with low gluten hosts (for those who are medically gluten intolerant.) Similarly, please tell the liturgical minister if you need to receive a
low-gluten host. All hosts will be brought up to the altar during the offertory.
Weekday Masses at Christ Church Episcopal Parish
Our daily Catholic Masses during construction will take place at Christ Church Episcopal Parish, 1060 Chandler Road, Lake Oswego—just two blocks west of Our Lady of the Lake. Parking and Entrance: Please park in the main parking lot entering from Chandler Road, not 10th Street (lower level.) The church’s main entrance has a handicap ramp, walk through the peaceful garden, and enter the lobby. The church proper is directly in front of you (see photo.) Daily Mass schedule remains the same (see page 2).
Special Instructions for Holy Communion—Daily Masses
For Monday through Friday Masses, there will be a table set up inside the entrance of Christ Church with a bowl of unconsecrated hosts, tongs, and a ciborium. There will be a separate bowl and small pyx with low gluten hosts (for those who are medically gluten intolerant.) Attendees desiring to receive Communion at Mass should transfer one host per person to the ciborium (or low gluten pyx), which will be brought to the altar at offertory before Consecration. For safety, please use the tongs—and not your fingers—to transfer the host. The sacristan or Eucharistic Minister will be nearby to assist if you have any questions, or if you need to have someone place the host for you. This process will also be used at the Saturday 8:30am Mass in the OLL Gym.
