SAINT LAWRENCE ARTYR ATHOLIC PARISH DUCATION CENTER · 2018-04-25 · El sufrimiento puede ser el...
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April 29, 2018 |Fifth Sunday of Easter SAINT LAWRENCE THE MARTYR CATHOLIC PARISH AND EDUCATION CENTER
1971 ST. LAWRENCE DRIVE SANTA CLARA, CA 95051 TEL. NO. 408-296-3000 FAX NO. 408-296-3100 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Website: www.saintlawrence.org
Celebrating Our Catholic Faith through Worship, Education, and Service
Fr. Ernesto Orci Pastor [email protected] 1-408-296-3000 Ext. 438
Fr. Anthony Tan Nguyen Parochial Vicar [email protected] 1-408-296-3000 Ext. 440
PARISH OFFICE 1-408-296-3000 Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday 9:00 AM - Noon [email protected]
Giuliana Barragan Office Manager [email protected] Ext. 431
Vickie Wallace Office Assistant [email protected] Ext. 432
CATECHETICAL OFFICE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF RELIGION M. Eleanor de Paz - Catechetical Director [email protected] Ext. 433 MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY M. Eleanor de Paz [email protected] Ext. 433
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY [email protected] Ext. 433
HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION Elgin Presa - Coordinator Katrina Antonio - Coordinator [email protected]
YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY [email protected]
ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL (Pre-K - 8th Grade) 1-408-296-2260 Martin M Procaccio - Principal [email protected]
CHILDREN’S CENTER 1-408-296-8077 Teen Center & Extended Day Care Trini Martinez - Director
MASS T IMES Sunday
8:00 AM 10:00 AM (Children’s Liturgy of the Word) 12 Noon 1:30 PM (Mass in Spanish) 6:00 PM (Youth Mass) American Sign Language (ASL) Mass 3:30 PM (In the Church) 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month Saturday 8:30 AM 5:00 PM (Sunday Vigil) Monday – Friday 8:30 AM
Reconciliation Saturday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM or by appointment
Eucharistic Adoration Thursday 9:00 AM Solemn Benediction 8:30 PM
Devotions Rosary (English) ● Monday to Saturday After the 8:30 AM Mass Rosario en Español ● Martes 6:30 PM en Capilla Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help ● Tuesday 8:15 AM
Chapel Open Daily
from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
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2018 2018 ADA
Diocesan Assessment $ 114,053
2018 Parish Fundraising Goal: Replenish funds to support Youth, Young Adult and Adult Faith Formation
Reducing the loan balance on the Church building
$ 75,000
2018 TOTAL JOINT GOAL $ 189,053
100%
62%
85%
331
Total Pledges
$ 114,053
$ 46,615
$ 160,668
Week 10
There are several ways you can make your gift or pledge. Please bring your completed pledge as you come to Church and place your envelope in the offertory basket at Mass.
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL THEM TO THE DIOCESE.
You may also leave them at the Parish Office.
Your support of the Annual Diocesan Appeal is very much appreciated and your gift will make a difference in our
Parish and in our Diocese!
Participation
Goal
100%
Current Participation
41%
St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish accepts donations electronically using your computer, tablet or smart phone. Parishioner Benefits Set up your own contributions Your donation is automatic and safe Electronic giving is efficient, practical and easy
Please prayerfully consider Online Giving. Visit our Parish website at www.saintlawrence.org
for more information or to sign up. Thank you very much!
April 29, 2018
Catholic Home Missions
May 13, 2018 Catholic Communications
May 20, 2018 Catholic Charities
Blessings to Those That Give! Food, Housing, Healing & Hope
Parish Collec on May 19th & 20th
www.CatholicCharitiesSCC.org/donate-now 408-468-0100
Please come and support the12th annual Revs vs Sems
basketball match at Archbishop Mitty
High School on Saturday, May 12th at 7:00pm.
The Knights of Columbus will be selling tickets
outside church to all who are interested.
Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students.
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One of the most dramatic moments in the storyline of the Acts of the Apostles is the conversion of Paul. Luke sees it as such a significant event that he offers three accounts of it: Act 9:1-19; 22:3-16; 26:2-18. By the time he wrote Acts (about twenty years after Pauls’ martyrdom). Luke saw Paul’s conversion and subsequent thirty-year mission to the Gentiles as the key to understanding the birth of the Church. Paul whose Semitic name was “Saul,” encountered the resurrected Christ on his way to the city of Damascus, where he had intended to continue his persecution of Christians. This event changed Paul’s life forever and set the early Church on a course that would eventually result in countless numbers of Gentiles professing faith in Jesus as the long-awaited Jewish Messiah and Son of God. What is heard in today’s reading is Luke’s account of the early stages of Paul’s missionary work following his conversion. There is good reason why the disciples’ initial reaction to Paul was fear and mistrust: “They were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.” In Acts, prior to his conversion, Luke describes the terrible deeds of Paul: “Saul [also known as Paul], meanwhile, was trying to destroy the church; entering house after house and dragging out men and women, he handed them over for imprisonment.” Allowing Paul to infiltrate the church in Jerusalem would have been considered very dangerous. It was only by Barnabas’ witness and testimony of Paul that the disciples welcomed him. In the immediate aftermath of his conversion, Luke reports, Paul was still not well-received by many of the Jews in Jerusalem. In fact, “the Hellenists” (Jews who spoke Greek) tried to “kill him.” Fearing Paul’s safety, the disciples helped him escape to Tarsus. According to Luke, with Paul no longer persecuting the Church, and he himself safe from harm (at least for the time being), the Church enjoyed a period of “peace,” was guided by the Holy Spirit, and grew in numbers.
Liturgy Corner by: Deborah Ferry
Paul’s Mission (taken from Commentary On Today’s First Reading)
Hospitality Ministers are needed at the Sunday 6 pm Masses.
As a Hospitality you will: 1. Welcome your community before Mass. 2. Assist with the weekly offertory collection. 3. Pass out Sunday Bulletins 4. Help with preparing the church for Mass and for the next Mass.
If you are interested in this Ministry, please contact
Jackson Chun at email address, [email protected]
Thank you very much!
Saint Lawrence the Martyr Parish is inviting anyone interested in being part
of any of the Mass Choirs to share their voice with the Community to please
contact either a choir member who will be happy
to speak to them or call the Parish Office at
408-296-3000 with their information
and which choir they are interested in and someone from the particular choir
will contact them.
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April 29 to May 6, 2018 YEAR B for the
The Luck of St. Lawrence is back! Tickets are now available at the Parish Office
YEAR! Deadline: Tickets must be returned to the Parish Office on May 12, 2018 before 12 Noon for the drawing on May 13, 2018.
Now on its Congratulations to Martin Rateau who won $ 400 on April 21, 2018.
The next drawing will be on May 13, 2018 for a $ 300 prize
Remember that each ticket you buy now gives you 2 chances to win. Please return your sold ticket stubs with payment to the Parish Office since the sooner you turn in your sold tickets, the more chances you have to win the prizes money.
You can be
the next Lucky
Winner!
in the Church and the
Parish Office.
Mother’s Day Novena
star s on Sunday, May 13, 2018
Please ret r the Mass Intentions
to the Parish Office
by May 9, 2018 to be included in the Novena.
PALABRA DE VIDA
Dijo Jesús a sus discípulos: “Yo soy la verdadera vid y mi Padre es el viñador. A todo sarmiento mío que no da fruto lo arranca, y al que da fruto lo poda para que dé más fruto (… ) Como el sarmiento no puede dar fruto por sí, si no
permanece en la vid, así tampoco vosotros, si no permanecéis en mí”.’ (Jn 15, 1-8)
El Señor nos advierte, en el Evangelio de este domingo, que es imposible dar fruto si no se está unido a Él. Pero también nos dice que para dar fruto utiliza algo tan doloroso como la poda. Porque, no hay que olvidarlo, toda poda duele.
Dos son, pues, los mensajes de esta “palabra de vida”. El primero es que necesitamos aumentar nuestra relación con el Señor si queremos fructificar, si queremos evangelizar, si queremos ayudar a los demás; la oración, la confesión y la comunión frecuentes se convierten, por lo tanto, en instrumentos imprescindibles para hacer el bien, para mediar por los que están sufriendo, para consolar, para conseguir el milagro de mover los más duros corazones, porque nos van a permitir estar en contacto con la fuente, con Cristo.
El segundo mensaje es que podemos convertir el sufrimiento en material para evangelizar, para dar testimonio, para “dar fruto”. A veces nos parece que el dolor no sirve para nada y no encontramos explicación al sufrimiento. Sin embargo, cuando lo vivimos unidos a Dios y sin desesperar, nos convertimos en testigos creíbles que atraen y que son capaces de llevar a las personas hacia Dios, aquel que ha sido capaz de evitar que nos hundiéramos en la tormenta de los problemas. El sufrimiento puede ser el mejor abono para que nazca una cosecha espléndida que antes no podíamos ni imaginar.
Cuando estamos unidos a Cristo, entonces se produce un gran equilibrio en nuestra vida porque cuando Cristo está en el primer lugar todo está en su sitio, el amor esta ordenado, es decir, sabemos cómo y cuándo tenemos que amar, y es entonces cuando se produce el fruto. El tiempo dedicado al Señor no es tiempo perdido
Propósito: Permanezcamos unidos a Cristo, para poder amar a los nuestros. Aumentemos nuestra oración ya que al estar unidos podremos dar mucho fruto. Pbro. Santiago Martin (FM) Responsable MARC.
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Please Pray For… Our Parishioners, Friends, and Family Vince Adan Ann Ayala Jaime Barragan Razon-Barragan Paul Bazigian Mayeth Bernardo John Bonette Enrique de la Cerda Cheryl Ann Coutcher Toni DeGiovanni Suzanna Fossom Clara Gray Matt Hardin Connor Higgins Hubert Jansen Ann Lizotte Luli Maldonado Alvina Martinez
Patricia Martinez Mackena Naki
Pat Naki Emily Grace Navarra
Ernie Ortiz Elizabeth Ostachuck
Ana Perez Moses Pirotta Rebeca Rayo
Fatima Reis Joel Rivera
Virginia Sanchez Erma Schriver Judy Steward
Soledad Valadez David Vega
Lina Velasco Soyong Williams
DATES: June 18 - JULY 20, 2018 TIME: 8:00am - 11:30am
Saint Lawrence Summer School will engage students academically and creatively through a variety of learning activities. Students will spend half of each school day improving reading, writing, and math skills and preparing for the challenges of the next school year. In addition, the daily schedule features enrichment courses including art, fitness, movement and music, creative writing, photography, scrapbooking, Spanish, science and technology creating valuable new perspectives and experiences intended to awaken a students’ curiosity.
Academic fundamentals are strengthened, comprehension and retention are expanded, and problem-solving skills are sharpened through active exploration and discovery in a safe, fun and productive environment at Summer School 2018 at Saint Lawrence.
Summer School 2018 at Saint Lawrence offers programs ranging from Jumpstart-to-Kindergarten through Middle School Success. The five-week course of study comprises nearly 100 hours of instruction and activities. Early Bird Registration is $650 until May, 4. Beginning May 5, 2018 tuition is $725.
For additional information and to submit an application, please visit our website at:
http://www.saintlawrence.org/school/student-life/summer-school-2/
Questions? Please contact Saint Lawrence School at 408-296-2260 OR email Summer School Director, Angela Hernandez
Saint Lawrence Elementary and Middle School, 1977 Saint Lawrence Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95051
www.saintlawrence.org/slem
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Office for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults
Diocese of San Jose Anthony Gonzalez
Phone: 1-408-983-0113 Fax: 1-408-983-0147
Emergency line: 1-408-983-0141 E-mail: [email protected]
Office of Financial Services If you suspect financial mismanagement
or misconduct in your parish, school, or in the Diocese of San Jose,
please contact: EthicsPoint dsj.ethicspoint.com
or hotline 888-325-7863
CATHOLIC CEMETERIES OF THE DIOCESE
OF SAN JOSE
Please call ahead for Pre-Needs
or At-Need Arrangements
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
22555 Cristo Rey Drive Los Altos, CA 94024
(650) 428-3730
Calvary Cemetery 2655 Madden Avenue San Jose, CA 95116
(408) 258-2940
Eucharistic Adoration Every Thursday, in the Chapel,
Adoration starts at 9:00 AM and ends with Solemn Benediction at 8:30 PM
WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF COMMITTED ADORERS. If you would like to commit to a one hour
of weekly Adoration, please contact : The Parish office at (408) 296-3000
Forms are also available in the Church. Thank you!
Companions in Ignatian Service and Spirituality is a unique program that engages retired and semi-retired men & women, who have a desire to serve the poor in our community while deepening their own spiritual foundations. Participants meet monthly on the Santa Clara University campus for prayer and reflection rooted in the spirituality of St Ignatius, and they also select a direct service opportunity to the needy. We are currently accepting applications for the 2018-19 program. Information meeting is scheduled on 5/14 at 890 Benton, Santa Clara, (corner of Benton and Lafayette).
For more information, please email Marcos Herrera at [email protected] or call Cathy Parent at 408-245-2939.
MARRIED COUPLES: Marriage Encounter is a positive, simple common sense,
private experience between you and your spouse, that revitalizes marriage by helping you to see again those loving qualities
in each other that you may be taking for granted.
The Next Marriage Encounter Weekend is May 18-20, 2018 in San Jose.
For more information visit our website at: sanjosewwme.org or contact Ken & Claranne at
[email protected] or 408-782-1413.