Our Lady of Refuge

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Mass & Other Schedules

Domingos/Sundays
7:00 pm (Sab. en Esp). Por favor, usen la puerta de Briggs)
9:00 am(Eng.), 11:00 am (Esp.), 12:30 pm (Eng.)

Dias de la Semana/Weekdays
7:00 am(English) Monday-Friday
12:00 pm(Esp.) Lunes, Miercoles, y Viernes

Verano-Summer/Dias de la Semana-WeekdaysSummer Schedule
7:00am(Eng.)

Holy Days/Dias de Obligacion
7:00am(Eng.
12:00noon(Esp.)

Confessions/Confesiones
Saturdays/Sabasos 6:25 pm - 6:55 pm

Baptisms/Bautismos
Arrangements are made through the Religious Education Office on Sundays in the vestibule.Se hacen los arreglos Los Domingos in la Oficina de Educacion Religiosa situada en el vesibulo de la Iglesia.

Marriages/Matrimonios
Please make known your plans to the priest six months before
your wedding. Por favor compartan sus palnes con un sacerdote 6 meses antes le la boda.

Annointing of the Sick and Communion
of the Homebound/Uncion de los Enfermos y Comunion Para Gente Enferma en Su Casa
Please call the Rectory at 718-367-4690.Por favor, llame la rectoria - 718 367-4690

Religious Education for the Adults & Children/Educacion Religiosa Para Adultos y Ninos
Visit the Religious Education Office located upstairs to the left as you enter the main doors on Briggs Avenue - 718-367-3384. Classes are held Sundays.
Visite nuestra Oficina de Educacion Religiosa, a la izquierda de cuando sube las escaleraas de Briggs Ave. Las clases son los DOmingos, Sept. - Mayo.

Food Pantry/Almacen de Comida
This service is available at the Rectory (290 E 196th St.) on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 9:00 am - 10:00 am. Please bring identification. Closed holidays and during the summer.
Este servicio esta disponible Martes y Jueves - 9:00am. Por favor traiga identificacion. Cerrado dias de fiesta y durante el verano.

REUNION CLASS OF 1959

Fifty years ago in June 1959 OLR graduated two classes of students. Bill Geraghty and Rich Tinger are in contact with several '59 grads, but need addresses for an extensive search. If you can help, e-mail Rich Tinger at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

New OLR Website Launch

Welcome to the new OLR Website. We are still migrating contents from the old website and adding new items.

From The Pastor

Thanksgiving '08- 180 turkeys and bags of food were distributed to needy families. OLR parishioners donated the food; six dozen turkeys came from an anonymous donor, the remainder from the Fordham Bedford Housing Corp. More than 500 people had their Thanksgiving Dinner in the Parish Center sponsored by POTS (Part Of The Solution), the soup kitchen on Webster Ave. between 107th and 198th Streets. Volunteer families from Resurrection Parish in Rye worked in the kitchen and served the guests at their tables. Mayor Bloomberg showed up for a photo op along with the City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn and the Majority Leader Joel Rivera. Click here for the Daily News picture.

On Nov. 30th, OLR will begin distributing slips with suggestions for Christmas gifts that will go to the homeless women and their young children living at Concourse House (formerly the House of the Holy Comforter). All this keeps alive what has always made this parish a special place...committed parishioners trying their best to live the Gospel and help their neighbors.

On another note, we congratulate Chris (CJ) Sullivan (OLR graduate 1971) who has a new book published this year: "Wild Tales from the Police Blotter"(Lyons Press). It's a collection of all sorts of police/crime stories, arranged by topic. He has another book, "1001 Greatest Things Ever Said about New York", also published by Lyons Press.

Please remember Maggie McCullough OLR '37 in your prayers; she is at St. Patrick's Home by the Jerome Reservoir if you happen to be nearby. Also, remember Oscar Cardenty Sr.; I visited him this week in the hospital. He was a super on the Concourse and his sons attended OLR, Oscar '80 and Ricky '85. His wife, Maria, worked in our lunchroom in the '80's.He passed away on November 29th.

See OLR's Wonderful Faces

Check our Photo Gallery page soon to see the wonderful faces at Our Lady of Refuge both old and present.

Want to Know the Activities We Offer?

Please be sure to visit our Calendar page under News & Events to find out what is going on at Our Lady of Refuge.