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In observance of the Easter Holiday, the Parish Office will be closed

on Easter Monday, April 2, 2018 We will be happy to serve you

when we open on Tuesday, April 2, 2018

Happy 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

On behalf of the Administ ative and Pastoral Staff,

Facult Staff, Parents and St dents of Saint Lawrence the Mar Catholic Parish

and Education Center, we ex end our hear felt Easter g eetings

to you and your family.

April 1, 2018 - Easter Sunday of the Resurrec on of the Lord -

Due to the early submission of this week’s bulletin to the printer,

the Stewardship Data for March 25, 2018 and the ADA Chart for Week 10

will be published in next week’s bulletin. Thank you!

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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%

55%

82%

319

Total Pledges

Parish Office Volunteer Opportunity

The Parish Office is in great need of one or two Saturday volunteers. Time commitment 3 hours once a month (9 AM - Noon)

We also need help during the week Monday-Friday. The most needed time is from 2 PM to 5 PM.

If you are interested in volunteering, please give us a cal l at (408) 296-3000 or stop by during opening hours.

Your help is very much appreciated!

$ 114,053

$ 41,000

$ 155,053

Week 9

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.

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

39%

Thank you very much for your generosity!

April 8, 2018 Education Center

April 15, 2018 Fund for Church Loan

Payments and Maintenance

April 22, 2018 Diocesan Priest Retirement Fund

April 29, 2018 Catholic Home Missions


Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Easter morning throughout the world, we join the Church as it announces the most important message of our Christian-Catholic faith: “Jesus is Risen! – He is Truly Risen as he said!” With these words we enter into the Easter Season celebration when we celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection and the great joy that Jesus has risen from the dead and has conquered sin and death. This action of love gains for us the promise of eternal life. In this year’s Gospel from Mark we hear about how the women went to the tomb early in the morning and found the stone rolled away from the entrance of where Jesus’ body was laid. The moving of the stone may have been a big worry of the women as they prepared to go and anoint the body of their Master and Lord. When they found the tomb opened, they only had to enter the tomb to see what had happened. They had to “enter into the tomb” in order to be told of the great event of the Resurrection and to experience it by seeing the empty tomb. In order for each of us to experience the Mystery of Easter in our lives today, we also have to “enter in”, in order to “see” what Jesus has accomplished for our lives. To enter into the mystery of the Resurrection, we need to allow ourselves to be transformed into true disciples of Jesus so that we are able to fulfill the Lord’s command to tell others about this truth and how we experience God’s love each day. Let us each Rejoice in the Resurrection of Christ and spread it to others as modeled by the women who went to the tomb, found it empty, enter in, and ran “overjoyed” to tell His disciples that He Is Risen from the dead! May each of us be filled with the power of this Easter, be transformed by it, and spread this Good News to others! I wish a Blessed Easter to you and your family. In Christ, Fr. Ernesto M. Orci Pastor

Queridos hermanos y hermanas en Cristo, En la mañana de Pascua en todo el mundo, nos unimos a la Iglesia cuando anuncia el mensaje más importante de nuestra fe cristiano-católica: "¡Jesús ha resucitado! - ¡Está Verdaderamente Resucitado como dijo! Con estas palabras, entramos en la celebración de la Pascua cuando celebramos la Resurrección de Jesús y la gran alegría que Jesús ha resucitado de entre los muertos y ha conquistado el pecado y la muerte. Esta acción de amor nos gana la promesa de la vida eterna. En el Evangelio de Marcos de este año, escuchamos acerca de cómo las mujeres fueron a la tumba temprano en la mañana y encontraron que la piedra había sido quitada del sepulcro. El movimiento de la piedra puede haber sido una gran preocupación para las mujeres mientras se preparaban para ir y ungir el cuerpo de su Maestro y Señor. Cuando descubrieron que la tumba se había abierto, solo tuvieron que entrar en la tumba para ver qué había pasado. Tuvieron que "entrar en la tumba" para conocer el gran evento de la Resurrección y experimentarlo al ver la tumba vacía. Para que cada uno de nosotros experimente el misterio de la Pascua en nuestras vidas hoy, también tenemos que "entrar", para "ver" lo que Jesús ha logrado para nuestras vidas. Para entrar en el misterio de la Resurrección, debemos permitirnos ser transformados en verdaderos discípulos de Jesús para poder cumplir con el mandato del Señor de contarles a otros sobre esta verdad y cómo experimentamos el amor de Dios todos los días. Regocijémonos cada uno en la Resurrección de Cristo y difúndala a otros como las mujeres que fueron a la tumba, la encontraron vacía, entraron y corrieron "llenas de gozo" para decirles a Sus discípulos que ¡Él había resucitado de entre los muertos! ¡Que cada uno de nosotros se llene con el poder de esta Pascua, sea transformado por ella y difunda esta Buena Noticia a los demás! Deseo una bendita Pascua para ti y tu familia. En Cristo, P. Ernesto M. Orci Pastor


April 1 to 8, 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 April 20, 2018 before 12 Noon for the drawing on April 21, 2018.

Now on its The next drawing will be on April 21, 2018 for a $ 400 prize

Remember that each ticket you buy now gives you 3 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!

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 Wednesdays of Lent 9:00 AM Solemn Benediction 7:45PM

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


All creation is reborn with the new Adam who rises from the tomb. During the next fifty days as we move toward Pentecost, we will contemplate the post-Easter manifestations of Jesus, the meaning of his Death and Resurrection in our own lives, and our call to be Christ’s body through which he continues to touch human pain and heal broken hearts. A more confident and articulate Peter than we are used to weaves all these themes into the address he delivers to the household of the new convert Cornelius. Peter’s confidence is rooted in what he later asserts: he has witnessed everything he describes. What he preaches is a basic catechism of early Christian faith that begins with a review of Jesus’ earthly ministry. First, he recalls the baptism and Jesus’ anointing with the “the Holy Spirit and power.” Second he clarifies why power was given to Jesus-not to lord it over anyone, but to concretely manifest God’s love by doing good, by healing, and by driving out demons. Peter knows this is true. He saw it! The fact that Peter and the apostles “are witnesses” to the healing ministry of Jesus assures Luke’s audience that what they hear proclaimed accurately reflects what Jesus himself preached. This is no minor issue for the infant Church (or for us who follow them). Then Peter directly takes on the scandal of Jesus’ ignominious Death, speaking without melancholy or embarrassment. And he can do that because he knows how the story ends: God raised the Man, Jesus from the dead! This, too, he knows from experience. Without pride, Peter asserts his credibility by claiming to be among the few privileged to see the risen Christ, a claim he concretizes by insisting the “ate and drank with him” after the Resurrection. Finally, Peter claims he and the others were commissioned by Jesus to “preach the gospel.” Though he stresses future divine judgment (an important aspect o f ear ly preaching to pagans), Peter ends with his most hopeful message by recalling the words of the prophets that promise forgiveness of sins to everyone “who believes in him.”

Liturgy Corner by: Deborah Ferry

All Creation Reborn (taken from Commentary On Easter Sunday’s First Reading)

Easter Flowers Benefactor’s Mass Thursday, April 5, 2018 8:30 AM

Envelopes are Now available in the Church.

to the St. Lawrence

community for your generous donations of time, food and money to feed the homeless at the Sunnyvale Cold Weather shelter on March 10th. We provided enough food for 140 people and presented the shelter a check for $500. All the shelter clients (including children) and staff were very appreciative. Many thanks from Social Concerns and the poor of Santa Clara Valley.

Winter Toiletries Collection a Colossal Success

Once again the overwhelming generosity of St. Lawrence parishioners was demonstrated with our largest EVER collection of items to be distributed by the Valley Homeless Health Care Van’s personnel at homeless encampments and shelters and migrant camps. You donated socks to warm feet, toiletries for cleansing and comfort, umbrellas as a shield to the rain and sun, and sunglasses to protect sensitive eyes from glare and dust. A huge Thank You from the staff on the van, their clients and the Social Concerns Committee. Please continue to save items for future collections.

¡Feliz Pascua!, ¡Cristo está vivo, Él ha resucitado! Realmente podemos decir: ¡Aleluya!

Celebremos este día como lo celebró la Virgen Maria. Quizá fue la única que no se sorprendió por la noticia, porque fue la única que espero siempre, que creyó siempre en la promesa que había hecho Jesús; fue la que se alegró más y se sorprendió menos. ¡Cristo está vivo! ¡Cristo ha resucitado! Eso significa que el Mensaje de Jesús, el mensaje del amor también está

vivo y aunque reciba y sufra muchas derrotas, la victoria definitiva va a ser nuestra.

“El primer día de la semana, María Magdalena fue al sepulcro al amanecer, cuando aún estaba oscuro, y vio la losa quitada del sepulcro. Echó a correr y fue donde estaba Simón Pedro y el otro discípulo a quien quería Jesús, y les dijo: Se han llevado del sepulcro al Señor y no sabemos dónde lo han puesto.” (Jn 20, 1-2)

Muchos hombres de hoy hacen suyas las palabras de María Magdalena en la mañana de la Resurrección: “Se han llevado al Señor y no sabemos dónde lo han puesto”. Tenían una fe en Dios sencilla, quizá poco trabajada intelectualmente, heredada de sus padres y sostenida por tradiciones y ambientes propicios. Esta fe ha sido golpeada desde muchos frentes: la emigración a núcleos urbanos donde la vivencia de la fe es muy anónima, el hostigamiento que recibe la Iglesia en los medios de comunicación. Intuyen que debe existir algo parecido a Dios, pero no saben ni dónde está ni cómo es.

Sin embargo, el Señor, Cristo, sigue estando ahí: vivo. Murió, pero ha resucitado. Está esperando a ser encontrado por los que –como la Magdalena- han salido a buscarle. Por eso, nuestro deber es ayudar a los demás, como Maria, para que se pongan en esa búsqueda. Cristo vive y nosotros, que lo sabemos y lo disfrutamos, tenemos que ser luz que dirijan a otros hacia Él, la Luz. Cristo está vivo y nosotros debemos convertirnos en testigos de ello mostrando en nuestra vida sus efectos: la alegría, la esperanza, el amor. Pbro. Santiago Martin.

Responsable MARC.


PALABRA QUE DA VIDA

Eucharistic Adoration Please note that starting Thursday, April 5, 2018, the Eucharistic Adoration will go back to the initial schedule:

Every Thursday, from 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM, in the Chapel

8:30 PM Solemn Benediction 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 very much!

NB. No habrá reunión de la Escuela de Agradecimiento, el día 06 de abril 2018

Please Pray For . . .

Our Parishioners, Friends, and Family

Vince Adan Ann Ayala Jaime Barragan Razon-Barragan Paul Bazigian 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 Chet O’Donnell

Ernie Ortiz Ana Perez

Moses Pirotta Rebeca Rayo

Fatima Reis Joel Rivera

Virginia Sanchez Erma Schriver Judy Steward

Soledad Valadez David Vega

Lina Velasco Soyong Williams

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!

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


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

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

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Sponsored by The Knights of Columbus

Sunday, April 8, 2018 After the 8:00 AM

and 10:00 AM Masses in the Parish Hall

MENU: 3 Pancakes - 2 Sausages - Scrambled eggs - Coffee -

Tea - Milk

Just $ 5.00 Children under 4 FREE

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.

Job Opening Part-time seamstress who can make patterns, sew, mend

and do alterations, must be able to work onsite. If interested or if you have any questions,

please contact Sister Patricia Miguel at 650-941-2469.

Join the Saint Lawrence the Martyr Parish Choirs

and proclaim God’s Word through singing!

“I will sing to the LORD all my life.” Psalms 104: 33

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.

“Made New Through Christ” April 07, 2018 8 AM – 4 PM

Church of the Transfiguration (Social Hall) 4325 Jarvis Ave, San Jose, CA

Jesse Manibusan, Linda Schubert, Fr. Joseph Kim, Rose Payan, Fr. Thierry Geris, Manolito S. Jaldon, Jr., Dr. Jaime and Rosina Galindo

This one-day conference will focus on getting closer to our Lord so that we can be transformed: “Therefore, if anyone is joined to Christ, that person will be a new creation. The old-self is gone, and a new-self emerges (2 Corinthians 5:17)” There is no charge for this event, however a “Love Offering” will be collected to cover expenses. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided at no cost.

For additional information, call 408-608-8250

Sponsored by the Northern California Renewal Coalition and CCR/DSJ

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