St. Laurence Parish 225 Jewett St. Elgin, IL 60123 Parish Office: 565 Standish St. 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday P - 847-468-6900 F - 847-468-6904 After Hours - 847-531-6203 EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION Saturday - 4:00 PM, Spanish - 6:00PM Sundays - 7:15, Bi-lingual 9:00, 11:00 AM Daily Mass - 8:00 AM Monday - Friday SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 PM Special times upon request. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE & BAPTISM Check our website for more information. Stlaurencechurchelgin.com/parish-information Rectory: 226 Orchard St. PASTORAL STAFF Pastor - Fr. Andrew Mulcahey [email protected][email protected]Fr. Robert Camacho - Priest in Residence Secretary - Belinda Bermea [email protected]Bookkeeper - Agnes Mozdzen [email protected]Religious Education Coordinators - Mike & Toni Kmiecik [email protected]Deacon - Robert Plazewski Finance Council - Joe Malas, Chairman Education Commission - Ron Szopa, President SCHOOL http://stlaurenceschool.com Principal - Wendy Kelly [email protected]Secretary - Kathy Laudont [email protected]P - 847.468.6100 F - 847.468.6104 http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com
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St. Laurence Parish 225 Jewett St. Elgin, IL 60123 Parish Office: 565 Standish St. 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday P - 847-468-6900 F - 847-468-6904 After Hours - 847-531-6203
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION Saturday - 4:00 PM, Spanish - 6:00PM Sundays - 7:15, Bi-lingual 9:00, 11:00 AM Daily Mass - 8:00 AM Monday - Friday SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 PM Special times upon request. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE & BAPTISM Check our website for more information. Stlaurencechurchelgin.com/parish-information
Rectory: 226 Orchard St.
PASTORAL STAFF Pastor - Fr. Andrew Mulcahey [email protected][email protected] Fr. Robert Camacho - Priest in Residence Secretary - Belinda Bermea [email protected] Bookkeeper - Agnes Mozdzen [email protected] Religious Education Coordinators - Mike & Toni Kmiecik [email protected] Deacon - Robert Plazewski Finance Council - Joe Malas, Chairman Education Commission - Ron Szopa, President SCHOOL http://stlaurenceschool.com Principal - Wendy Kelly [email protected]
Lector - Lala Rodriguez Ministro Eucarístico - Servidor del Altar - Karen Perez, Natalia Ramos
7:15 AM
Lector - Loretta Revesz Eucharistic Ministers - Vicky Giuliano, Joanie Gronnert, Marlene Gurley, Chris Stine Altar Servers - Tommy Bruneman, Kaylee Mann
9:00 AM
Lector - Yesenia Aydt Eucharistic Ministers - Mary Ann Bruneman, Loli Gudino, William Hejnosz, William Misek Altar Servers - Mariana Hernandez, Malakai Mortensen
11:00 AM
Lector - Larry Smith Eucharistic Ministers - Natalie Koessl, James Kararo, Toni Kmiecik, Kimberly Mailloux Altar Servers - Tyler Moore, Stephanie Popovich
Altar Ministry September 1-2
Aug 18/19
Total Giving This Week $6,679.78
Weekly Budget Amount Needed $7,900.00
As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. — Joshua 24:15b
Exciting Happenings
Come walk with Father Andrew for our annual fundraiser! If you are unable to walk please make a pledge. There will be refreshments and a raffle for all to enjoy!
Please join us for Bible Study, be-ginning September 17, 10AM at Nancy Haire’s house. We will meet the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month. Our goal is to cover 2 chap-ters at each session, studying 1 & 2 Kings (Ignatius Catholic Study Bi-ble). The books will be ordered on Sep-tember 4. Please call or text Rae Eigenhauser 224-622-5515 if you would like to order a book.
TREASURES from our TRADITION
TRUST I may trust Jesus too little, but I can never trust him too much. —Anonymous
St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com
Mass Intentions Aug 27-Sept 2 Monday 8:00 AM Faithful Souls Departed
Tuesday 8:00 AM Arlene Swieca offered by Fure Family
Wednesday 8:00 AM Faithful Souls Departed
Thursday 8:00 AM 22nd Anniversary Blessings for Steve and Erika Gomez
Friday 8:00 AM Dana Olson offered by Judy Nelson
Saturday 4:00 PM Walter Pisarski ofered by Donna Fisher
6:00 PM Samuel Leos offered by Family
Sunday 7:15 AM St Laurence Parish Family
9:00 AM Norman Eshoo offered by Family
11:00 AM Bradley VandeDrink offered by Mom, Dad, & Brothers
Please Pray for:
For the strengthening in faith of all who are afflicted in body, mind or spirit please pray for: Patricia Anderson, Jody Bagdasarian, Cheryl Benson, Anthony Beuten, Rev. William Budden, Kathleen Camarena, Jeannette Collins, Angelo DiLiberti, Andrew Gilles, Don and Marcie Gilles, John Giuliano, Michael Graffis, Walter “Skip” Green lll, Benjamin Hermann, Kay Hogan, Cynthia Huyvaert, Mary Jones, John Kolakowski, Laurence Korr, Guyla Kramer, Gordon Lee, Larry Malsi, Jerry Martinez, Garrett Murray, Lois Mousel, Tim Neal, Bruce Ostdick, Betty Pekofske, Bonnie Penera, Deacon Bob Plazewski, Sandra Plazewski, Arlene & Joseph Rea, Andrew Real, Lisa Rednour, Henry Schultheis, Marie Seyller, Mike Shannon, and Melissa Tuftedal.
May God protect our members who serve in the armed forc-es and return them safely to their families: AIR FORCE: Staff Sgt. Eric Charckon, Major Victoria Cramer, ARMY: 1st. Sgt. Eric Case, Sgt.. Jennifer (Clough) Korfmacher, Sgt. Charles Korfmacher, Pfc. Johnathan Lindquist, 1st. Lt. Thomas Martin, Sgt. Jacob McDonald, Pvt Michael Metz, COAST GUARD: Allison Rychtanek Cadet 1st class , MARINES: Pvt. Ryan Metz, NAVY: Seaman Apprentice Terrance M. Alexander, Seaman Recruit Timothy M. Alexander, CDR Bettina Sauter, Corpsman Nick Toufexis, NATIONAL GUARD: Jarod Metz - PFC
Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán nació el día de san Narciso (29 de oc-tubre, 1832), hija de campesinos ecuatorianos. Vivió su vida como cos-turera y doméstica. Falleció en Perú en 1869. Su fe se distinguió por su amor a la presencia de Jesús Sacramentado en la Eucaristía, sus prácti-cas de penitencia y sus obras de caridad. Cuando aún era joven, conoció la vida de la recientemente beatificada y ahora santa, Marianita de Jesús, "la Azucena de Quito" (1618-1645). La vida de esta santa mujer latina la inspiró a vivir como mejor cristiana, buscando ser guiada espiritualmente por una serie de directores espir-ituales. En esta laica beata, encontramos dos puntos de reflexión para nosotros los latinos. El primero es la necesidad de conocer nuestros santos lati-nos no sólo para recurrir a ellos sino para imitar su santidad. Lo segun-do es la necesidad de buenos directores espirituales, ya sean sacer-dotes, religiosos, religiosas, laicos o laicas. La dirección espiritual es una práctica antigua en nuestra Iglesia y muchos hombres y mujeres han sido directores espirituales para guiar a personas como Narcisa, ayudándoles en el camino a la santidad.
En cuanto a mí toca, mi familia y yo serviremos al Señor. -- Josué 24:15b
We Need Your Help
There's still time...We're still LOOKING... We are looking for someone to set-up for weekday masses. You can choose a specific day of the week, multiple days of the week, or all weekday masses. The schedule can be completely flexible. Training will be provided. Please prayerfully consider helping with these important duties. Call the office at 847-468-6900 if you are interested.
FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION We will be collecting goods for the Food Pantry. There are many in our community who are not financially able to provide the necessary food for their families. The food collected will be distributed by the Interfaith Food Pantry. Please bring your donations on the 1st weekend of each month. The next collection will be September 1-2, 2018.
CONFIANZA Yo puedo confiar demasiado poco en Jesús, pero nunca podré confiar demasiado en él. --Anónimo
St. Vincent de Paul Society meets at St. Thomas More on Tuesday, August 28 at 7:00 p.m. Ladies will be in the back of the church collecting for St. Vincent de Paul after masses this weekend.
Ministry
Discover God’s plan for your marriage by attending a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend on Sept. 7-9 in Geneva, IL; Oct. 19-21 in Brookfield, WI or Nov. 9-11 in Rockford, IL. Visit our website at: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en Espanol por favor llamen a Candelario y Emilia al 815-375-4250. Las fechas son Agosto 31-Sept. 2 y Nov. 2-4.
Are you or someone you know inter-ested in becoming Catholic? Per-haps you (or someone you know) would like to complete the Sacra-ments of First Holy Communion and/or Confirmation. Please consider attending RCIA. Classes will begin in September. If interested or if you would like more information, contact the Parish Office @ 847-468-6900.
The next seven lessons will be spent on the Eucharistic Prayer, and it would really help if you had a copy of the Eucharistic Prayers from your missalette, Daily Roman Missal, Magnificat, or mobile App so you can follow along. At this point of the Mass, everyone is invited to kneel. Well, at least in the United States. (In other countries – Spain, Italy, France, Mexico – the faithful stand until the consecration.) We kneel because something holy and miraculous is about to happen: the bread and wine will be changed into the Body and Blood of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There are four standard Eucharistic Prayers for daily Mass, plus sev-eral others for Masses of Reconciliation and in some countries, Eu-charistic Prayers for Masses with children. For these lessons, I will focus on Eucharistic Prayer I, also known as the ‘Roman Canon.’ The word “canon” in the liturgy means that the prayer is “fixed,” and is the same day in and day out with limited exceptions for Christmas and Easter time. The first Eucharistic Prayer – the Roman Canon – is the prayer that your parents, grandparents, and great-great-great-grandparents all the way back to 1570, would have followed in Latin at Mass. It was the same from the Council of Trent until the reform of the Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council. The Roman Canon is still basically the same except we now pray it in the vernacular (English) and we’ve added the name of St. Joseph to the Saints we commemorate at Mass.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul seeks the following: Volunteer Assistant Coordinators "Phone persons" to help manage our hotline. You would be responsible for retrieving messag-es from our answering service and assigning the calls to our lead volunteers. The time commitment is approximately one hour per day (depending on call volume) for two weeks at a time on a rotating basis with other coordinators. If you have been looking for a way to serve Our Lord, please prayerfully consider joining our confer-ence to help those in need in our community. Computer and basic computer skills required. Interested persons please e-mail Katrina at [email protected] Volunteer to help our Treasurer, Tony. Some knowledge of Quick Books and Excel would be helpful. The du-ties would consume about 4 hours of your time at your convenience per week. It does not involve contact with clients. Please prayerfully con-sider this opportunity. Email Lorraine Darr @ [email protected] for more information.
St. Mary Church, McHenry is looking for: Liturgy Accompanist – Part Time As part of St. Mary of McHenry, the Church organist/pianist is expected to be dynamic and pastoral as he/she serves as part of the staff at St. Mary of the Assumption in McHenry. Music is an essen-tial part in quality music that inspires our participation in the Church’s worship. For more information, go to http://stmarymchenryil.org/
St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com
School News - Wendy Kelly
The St. Laurence Catholic School 2018-2019 school year began on an extremely ‘pawsitive’ note and we could not be more pleased! The students were all smiles and seemed to adapt quickly to their new teachers and class-rooms. On Wednesday, Father blessed our students’ backpacks to send them into the new school year assured of God’s promises and our support! Our two combined classes were separated and we welcomed two new teachers, Kathleen Schaefer in 4th and Patricia Wright in 5th to our school family. I am confident that they will prove to be wonderful members of our teaching team! I would also like to welcome all of our new families! Before our first day of school, the entire faculty and staff met to discuss the book The Power of a Positive Team by Jon Gordon. It is through truly working collectively toward a shared goal, that great things happen and we are continuing to see the fruits of our efforts. I would invite everyone in our parish community to read this book as well because you too are a part of our team. We are excited to share the many new additions in our technology department. In an effort to best prepare our students for a future that is filled with uncertainty, we continue to add tools to help our students gain 21st Century Skills. In doing so, however, our main focus is on the skills that will be enhanced and honed through the technology. In the book The Innovator’s Mindset, George Couros states that many schools are 21st Century Schools, but do not provide 21st Century Learning. The four C’s of 21st Century Learning are Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication and Creativity. Incorporating those skills will be the focus as we bring Virtual Re-ality glasses, a 3-D Printer, Google Classroom, and the Ipads into the classroom this year. It is truly an awesome time to be a Tiger! I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed week!
Did You Know...
Save the Date Kid’s Corner
“God promises to make something good out of the storms that bring devastation to your life.” Romans 8:28
Religious Education
You cannot pray the Lord's Prayer and even once say "I". You cannot pray the Lord's Prayer and even once say "My". Nor can you pray the Lord's Prayer and not pray for another, for to ask for our daily bread, you include sister and brother. All God's children are included in each and every plea; from the beginning to the end of it, it does not once say "Me".
There are things that we don’t like to do I don’t like to read, but I read every day. I don’t like to go to bed early, yet I go to bed at ten every day. I don’t like to wake up early, but I wake up early every day. I don’t like to exercise, yet I walk several miles every day. I do all these things be-cause I know they are good for me. I know that reading everyday helps me to be better prepare and serve other people; I know that by going to bed early I can rest and be ready for the next day; I know that waking up early helps me to be on time and fulfill my responsibilities; I know that a good routine of exercise keeps my body healthy even if I don’t always like it. There are things that we have to do even if we don’t like them. For some people prayer is one of those difficult things to do. How should I pray? Where to begin? Am I praying correctly? Is God really listening? Mass is the best prayer we can have, since it is the prayer of the same Jesus Christ on Calvary to the Father, so attending regularly to Mass and participating in it is a good way to begin. For somebody who never has prayed before, I would recommend starting doing a daily examination of conscience. It is as simple as at the end of the day think about the good things you have received from God on that day, and then reflect on the wrong things you have done and ask God’s forgiveness. At once you will be pray-ing to God, and knowing yourself better. Pray even if you don’t feel it. Pray even if you don’t like it. Pray God always listens. Pray, and then keep silence because we also need to hear God’s voice.
Vocations Corner- Fr. Kyle Manno
Adoration and Confession is offered every Wednesday from 5-7 pm, in the Church. Come and rest in the Lord.
St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com
Ministry Meetings - Aug 26 - Sept 1
Sunday 8:00 AM RE Registration - Narthax
Tuesday 6:00 PM PTC Meeting - School
Thursday 1:00 PM Women’s Cursillo Group - Sacristy 7:00 PM Mens Cursillo - Sacristy
Friday 5:30 PM Cursillo Women’s - Sacristy 6:30 PM Bi-lingual Choir Practice - Church
Monday
Wednesday 5:00 PM Adoration and Confession - Church
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