St. Laurence Parish 225 Jewett St. Elgin, IL 60123 Parish Office: 565 Standish St. 8:30 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]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 - Joe Bermea [email protected]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. 8:30 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] 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 - Joe Bermea [email protected] Finance Council - Joe Malas, Chairman Education Commission - Ron Szopa, President SCHOOL http://stlaurenceschool.com Principal - Wendy Kelly [email protected]
Lector - John Volpe Eucharistic Ministers - Daniela Sandoval, Jaime Szopa, Ron Szopa, Debbie Wever Altar Servers - Emma Eisen, Ariana Jackson
6:00 PM
Lector - Cecilia Espinosa Ministro Eucaristico - Servidor de Altar - Alyssa Baugus, Natlia Ramos
7:15 AM
Lector - Dee Reinhardt Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Joe Bermea, Nicole DeFrenza, Joanie Gronnert, Bob McDonough Altar Servers - Colin Tuftedal, Ethan Tuftedal
9:00 AM
Lector - Gil Valencia, Belinda Bermea Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Joe Bermea, MaryAnn Bruneman, William Hejnosz, William Misek Altar Servers -
11:00 AM
Lector - Allie Lock Eucharistic Ministers - Gail Essary, Natalie Koessl, Toni Kmiecik, Bernard Pettinger Altar Servers - Robert Boydston, Malakai Mortensen
Altar Ministry February 23/24
Feb 9/10
Total Giving This Week $ 8,320.18
Weekly Budget Amount Needed $ 7,900.00
Happenings
Faith and works are like the light and heat to a candle; they cannot be separated. —Anonymous
Congratulations
Congratulations and Blessings to Sutton Caroline Long
Child of Timothy & Amanda Long
who was baptized February 10, 2019
Today is Fellowship Sunday, join us after the morning masses for do-nuts, bagels, fruit, coffee, tea, juice and fellowship.
Open Door Clinic Collection This organization ministers to people and families with HIV. They have a great need for toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, toilet paper, laun-dry soap, socks, hats & gloves, breakfast cereals and non-perishable food items. There is a box in the back of church. This month the dates are February 23/24, 2019.
This parish office will be closed on Monday, February 18 in ob-servance of Presidents Day. Please note: school will be in ses-sion that day due to recent weather-related days off.
Please join the Youth Ministry!! We are looking for students that are in the 6th grade – 12th grade and want to meet new friends, provide service to our com-munity, and grow in faith. This is a great way to meet people in the community. Bring a friend!! Our next meeting will be held February 24th 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Cafeteria. We are also looking for volunteers to help us volunteer at Feed My Starving Children on Thursday, February 28th at 6:00 p.m. It’s a great opportunity to earn service hours! If you have any questions please contact Melanie Marcordes (224) 639-0910 or Erika Gomez (224) 629-2760.
We would like to thank Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten parents for hosting February’s BINGO. It was a great success and lots of fun. We would like to thank the event chair, Tabatha and all her helpers that worked very hard to make this event happen. We would like to thank Mrs. Sonneman and Miss Connie and all their helpers that entertained our children in the gym. Most of all we would like to thank everyone who came out to play BINGO. All of you and your extreme generosity made this one of the best BINGOs ever. Thanks to everyone!!!
Adoration and Confession is offered every Wednesday from 5-7 pm, in the Church. Come and rest in the Lord.
TREASURES from our TRADITION
St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com
Monday 8:00 AM Special Intention offered by Kate & Roy Thompson
Tuesday 8:00 AM Victor Centanni offered by Joy Volkening
Wednesday 8:00 AM Jean Jacobsen offered by A Rogman
Thursday 8:00 AM Guyla Kramer offered by Nancy Haire
Friday 8:00 AM Richard Bermea offered by Family
Saturday 4:00 PM Daniel Sullivan offered by Joanne Trotter
6:00 PM Blessings on 2nd Birthday for Joachim Aguinaga offered by Family
Sunday 7:15 AM Helen Pieczynski offered by Dan & Rose Plazyk
9:00 AM St Laurence Parish Community
11:00 AM In memory of Eugene Muffler offered by Marian
Please Pray for:
For the strengthening in faith of all who are afflicted in body, mind or spirit please pray for: Patricia Anderson, Sergey Bolotov, Kathleen Camarena, Melanie Childs , Alexandra Collovati, Elberta Einwich, Loli Gudino-Leon, Kay Hogan, John G. Kolakowski, Gordon Lee, Gary Mahoney, Tim Neal, Robert Nelson, Juli Novak, Bonnie Penera, Deacon Bob Plazewski, Lisa Rednour, Julieta Regaldo, Donald Sarau, Nathan Thomas, Sharon Walden, and Kimberly Winfree.
Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaid-ed. Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
Mass Intentions - Feb 18-24
May God protect our members who serve in the armed forc-es and return them safely to their families: ARMY: Staff Sgt. Jennifer (Clough) Korfmacher, COAST GUARD: Ensign Allison Rychtanek
We pray for the repose of the soul of
Larry Malsi Long time parishioner and
friend of St Laurence
Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord; and let perpet-ual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Lord, Hear our Prayer. Do you know somebody who is sick or in the military that would like to be added to our prayer list? Please call the parish office and we will add their name.
Fe y obras son como la lumbre y el calor de una vela: no se pueden separar. —Anónimo
Kid’s Corner
School News - Wendy Kelly
While the weather hasn’t been cooperative lately, we still were able to enjoy a celebration of all that makes Catholic Schools special recently! In addition to this, we took part in the Great Kindness Challenge. St. Laurence joined 13 million students in over 110 countries in a challenge that invites students to create a culture of kindness. In a world that is often filled with negativ-ity, small acts of kindness can be a game changer! Throughout the week, we participated in an all-school STEM challenge, created and shared positive post it’s with St. Edward HS students, created kindness banners and delivered them to our deanery Catholic schools, enjoyed a Portillo’s lunch from our PTC, had visitors in to share their vocation, shared smiles and created thank you cards for our volunteers. A huge thank you goes to everyone who helped organize our wonderful celebration! Also, I’d like to thank everyone who organized and those who supported our Valentine’s Bingo event! It was a huge success!! As we enter the time of year that families begin to consider their options for a school that is a best fit for their child, we invite you to share the good news about St. Laurence! Every day is an Open House...I’d love to meet you and show you around! I hope everyone has a blessed week!!
“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied.”— Luke
Events
The Diocese of Rockford Vocation Office is Sponsoring our Annual Spring A Nun Run The Vocation Office will be hosting a voca-tional discernment “Nun Run” for women 18 years of age, college age and older who are interested in a religious vocation. We will be visiting Sisters and Nuns of different orders with different apostolates, this will include talks on discernment and religious life, time in prayer with our Lord, as well as many opportunities to meet, share and pray with the sisters. We will be visiting various religious communities in Indiana and Kentucky. Cost is only $90.00. Date of the trip will be March 8-12, 2019. Dead-line for registration is February 22, 2019, space is limited. You can contact the Voca-tion Office at 815/399-4300 ext. 375.
Busy Person’s Lenten Retreat, Sponsored by Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary. This retreat is designed for both women and men who desire to deepen their relationship with the Lord. If you can commit to at least 30 minutes of silent, personal prayer using scripture each day of the retreat and meet weekly with the spiritual director. Retreat begins week of March 11th and ends week of April 14th. Cost: $40. To register call Linda Isleib at 630-879-1296 by Friday, March 1st.
Rockford Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will honor Bishop Malloy and the Deanery Spiritual Advisors on Wednes-day, March 13, with a luncheon at the Brandywine Banquet and Event Center, 441 IL Rt. 2, Dixon, IL. Registration forms are available from your parish women's president. Reservations are $30 per person, deadline is Friday, March 1. For more information please call Sharon 815-389-4012 or Josie, 815-440-5374.
Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD. Trust the Lord to strengthen and enrich your marriage. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are March 15-17 in Madison, WI, April 26-28 in Brookfield, WI or June 28-30 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 Feb. 22-24, April 26-28 and August 9-11.
St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com
The Southeast window continued: The center lancet shows the Immaculate Conception of the blessed Virgin Mary, patroness of the United States. St. John wrote "And a great sign appeared in Heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars." According to the book of Genesis, Satan appeared as a serpent. After the sin of Adam and Eve, God punished them, but at the same time promised, "I will put enmities between thee and the woman and they seed and her seed: she shall crush thee head." In the lower part beneath the main figure is a rose, the symbol of Divine Love, rep-resenting the Mother of Christ. In the left side lancet of this window is present the Annunciation. Mary humbly kneeling, listens to the message of the Archangel Gabriel and speaks the words which change the course of human history, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according the Thy worked." Above he is a dove, symbolizing the Holy Spirit and the word spoken by the Angel, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee." The right side lancet depicts the nativity. In the stable of Bethlehem, we see the Divine Child lying on straw in the manger. The Blessed Mother is taking care of her Son. St. Joseph looks on with love and worship. The shepherds come to adore the newborn Christ. The beam of heavenly light coming from a star indicates the origin of the Divine Child. These windows donated: In Memory of the Michael P. Harris family.
St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com
Ministry Meetings - Feb 17-23
Sunday 9:30 AM Confirmation Class - School
Tuesday 6:30 PM Education Commission - Sacristy 7:00 PM St. Vincent de Paul - Cafeteria
As a priest, people often want to know about the point in my life when I heard “the call”. The truth is that I heard the Lord calling at different times throughout my life, but I did not decide to heed His call until my last year in college. It was, of course, exciting to start following God’s path for me in my life, but it was also scary at times. One of the things I was most scared of was not knowing how my friends would react when I told them what I was going to do. I was scared that my friends might make fun of me or maybe even not want to be friends with me anymore. As is turned out, most of my friends were very supportive and hap-py for me. However, there were a few times when people did not understand and even said some hurtful things. Even though it was painful at the time, I can look back on it now and see that even those painful moments were part of God’s plan for me. In our Gospel this weekend, Jesus re-minds us that we will indeed have times when we have to suffer because we are His disciples. However, we should not shy away from those mo-ments. Rather, Jesus tells us that we should see ourselves as blessed in those times when we can carry that Cross with Him. We should always remember that we are His disciples, and the disciple is never greater than the Master. People mocked Jesus, and we may have to suffer mockery at times as well. However, we can always be comforted by the fact that Jesus never abandons us in our suffering. If you afraid of following God’s will for you because of what others might think, be comforted by this Gospel passage. Do not shy away from suffering for the Name of Jesus, but rather count yourself as blessed when you are treated poorly because you are His disciple. Be faithful to Jesus Christ, and He will never let you go.
JOE MALAS, CPAYour Expert in Taxes
Parishioner • Chairman of the St. Laurence Finance Council
