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S AINT L AWRENCE M A RT Y R C ATHOLIC C H U RC H W ELCOME W ORSHIP S E RV I C E

MAIN CAMPUS AND MAILING ADDRESS: 7850 Parkside Boulevard, Hanover, Maryland 21076

Historic Church: 2815 Jessup Road, Jessup, Maryland 20794

WWW.SAINTLAWRENCEMARTYR.ORG | [email protected] | PHONE: 410-799-1970 | FAX: 410-799-1134

PARISH OPERATIONS DURING COVID-19: RECONCILIATION: Monday , Wednesday, Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. or by appointment

MASS SCHEDULE (all Masses are at the Main Campus): DEVOTIONS (at the Main Campus unless announced otherwise): Monday - Friday at 9:00 a.m. Saturday Mass at 5:00 p.m. (also streamed live on the Eucharistic Adoration: Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. parish Facebook page and parish website) First Friday Adoration: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. Morning - Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: The Holy Rosary - prayed immediately after Daily Mass

Masses for Holy Days will be announced in the bulletin, on the The Divine Mercy Chaplet on Tuesday evenings has been parish website, and on the parish Facebook page. temporarily suspended during COVID-19.

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Mondays by noon, two weeks prior to The Parkside Campus is open for private prayer Mondays, inclusion. Please submit items to [email protected]. Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

OUR CLERGY: SACRAMENTS

Fr Victor Scocco, O.SS.T., Pastor :Parishioners who are expecting a child are encouraged [email protected], 410-799-1970, x. 51 to make arrangements prior to the child’s birth by contacting the Parish Office. Adults desiring baptism or other Sacraments of Deacon Steve Sarnecki, Permanent Deacon Initiation may contact Mr. Jim Leddy at the parish by calling 410- [email protected], 410-799-1970, x. 57 799-1970 or by email to [email protected]. Preparation sessions are required.

OUR PARISH STAFF: : Couples should contact the parish priest or deacon at

Mrs. Celia (Sally) Rico, Coordinator for Religious Education least six (6) months prior to the planned wedding. Pre-marriage instruction is required. [email protected], 410-799-1970, x. 54

Mrs. Teresa Ogden, Virtus Coordinator Anointing of the Sick: Call the Parish Office before surgery, when a serious diagnosis is received, or at advanced age. A parishioner [email protected], 410-799-1970 who is homebound, in the hospital, or in a care facility and wishes Mrs. Kathleen Leddy, Accountant to receive a visit or a sacrament can call the Parish Office at 410- [email protected], 410-799.1970, x. 53 799-1970, ext. 50 to let us know of their illness and request a visit.

Mr. Michael Levesque, Facilities Manager [email protected], 410-799-1970, x. 56 WE WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS! Lawrence has a 150-year history of being a warm and Mr. Clark Gaughan, Business Manager welcoming community. All Catholics who attend Mass at our [email protected], 410-799-1970, x. 55 parish should register in order for us to welcome you fully into our family of faith. Individuals and families can easily register online at PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL: www.saintlawrencemartyr.org, or you may choose to obtain a

Chair: Donna Ford 410-674-2887 Registration Card from an usher or greeter (cards may be returned in the offertory basket on weekends, or to the Parish Office during Vice-Chair: Dione Meinhardt 410-799-1970 normal business hours). Once registered, we will mail to you a Secretary: Nina Huff 410-799-1970 welcome packet with more information about your new parish. OCTOBER 25, 2020

Thirtieth Sunday in Time

Mt 22:34-40

"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"

QUICK LINKS: IMPORTANT: for everyone's health

• Contact the Parish Office At this time and for the foreseeable future, clergy, parish staff,

• New to the parish? Click here to join us! parishioners, volunteers, vendors, and visitors MUST wear some sort of facial covering upon exiting their vehicle to enter • View the Sunday Vigil Mass parish buildings. Facial coverings must continuously be worn while in parish buildings and when exiting buildings and only • Readings for Sunday Mass removed once reaching your vehicle to leave our • Please continue to financially support StLM campus. This protocol is in place for the health and well- being of all. Thank you for your patient understanding and • Health of the Sick Prayer List cooperation as we prayerfully and prudently move forward • NEW: In Memoriam at Martyr toward the safe and complete reopening of our parish.

MASS SCHEDULE and PARISH OPERATIONS

Saturday, October 24 Thursday, October 29 - 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Confession - 9:00 a.m. - Daily Mass (public Mass with limited seating) - 5:00 p.m. - Vigil Mass for the Thirtieth Sunday in - Parish Office closed (staff working remotely); parish buildings Ordinary Time (public Mass with limited seating; streamed live on closed to the public our website and Facebook page) Friday, October 30 Sunday, October 25 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - 9:00 a.m. - Daily Mass (public Mass with limited seating) - 8:00 a.m. - Public Mass with limited seating; no livestream - 10:00 a.m. - for Rocco DeFronzo - 10:00 a.m. - Public Mass with limited seating; no livestream - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Parkside campus open for private prayer (limited seating); Parish Office open (limited staff) Monday, October 26 - 9:00 a.m. - Daily Mass (public Mass with limited seating) Saturday, October 31 - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Parkside campus open for private - 2:00 p.m. - Funeral for Faustino Camacho Vivas prayer (limited seating); Parish Office open (limited staff) - 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Confession - 5:00 p.m. - Vigil Mass for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday, October 27 (limited seating; streamed live on our website and Facebook - 9:00 a.m. - Daily Mass (public Mass with limited seating) page) - Parish Office closed (staff working remotely); parish buildings closed to the public Sunday, November 1 - Solemnity of All - 8:00 a.m. - Public Mass (with limited seating) Wednesday, October 28 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude - 10:00 a.m. - Public Mass (with limited seating) - 9:00 a.m. - Daily Mass (public Mass with limited seating) - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Parkside campus open for private Morning Prayer is prayed at 8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday prior to daily prayer (limited seating); Parish Office open (limited staff) Mass. The Holy Rosary is prayed after each daily Mass. - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Eucharistic Adoration (limited seating) Mass schedule and Parish Operations are subject to change.

+ IN MEMORIAM All scheduled Mass intentions, both Sundays and weekdays, which had been scheduled but not celebrated publicly because of COVID-19, have been ROCCO DIFRONZO satisfied (or celebrated privately) by Fr. Victor, most on the date assigned and others on another date. If AUSTINO AMACHO IVAS you have any questions, please contact the Parish F C V Office to find out on which date your requested Mass was celebrated.

Saturday, October 24 (Public Mass and Livestream): Recently deceased members of the parish will be memorialized here in the weekly bulletin during the 5:00pm + Ray Paulosky req by Janet Grove month of their passing to eternal life, and then Sunday, October 25 (Public Mass only): permanently on the parish website at www.saintlawrencemartyr.org/in-memoriam. Click on 8:00am Mass for the People the deceased’s name to view his or her (when + available). Family members of deceased St. Lawrence 10:00am Dwight Galsim req by Sally & Raymond Sucgang Martyr parishioners may request the inclusion of their loved one on our In Memoriam web page by clicking 12:00pm here, or by calling the Parish Office at 410-799-1970. 5:30pm

Monday, October 26: Burying the Ashes of those Cremated. Do you have 9:00am + Rose Marie Gates req by the Gates Family ashes of cremated family members at home and are in need of an economical way to lay them to perpetual Tuesday, October 27: rest? Do you wish to bury your family in sacred ground? The Ministry of the 14th Station: is Laid in 9:00am Florence Gates req by the Gates Family + the Tomb provides the opportunity to bury the ashes of Wednesday, October 28: your family in sacred ground. The cost of the is $350 per deceased. For greater details, contact the 9:00am Mirta Guzman req by the Dudley Family Office of Management at 410-547-5375 or Father Patrick Carrion ([email protected]). Thursday, October 29:

9:00am + Allan Gates req by the Gates Family CATHOLIC TEACHING ON Friday, October 30: • Following the most ancient Christian tradition, the Church insistently 9:00am + Joseph Heil req by Miriam Heil recommends that the bodies of the deceased be buried in or other sacred places. Saturday, October 31 (Public Mass and Livestream): • When, for legitimate motives, cremation of the body has been chosen, the ashes of the faithful must be laid to rest in a sacred place, that is, in Barbara Dorsey Prisco req by James Prisco, Jr. 5:00pm + a cemetery or, in certain cases, in a church or an area, which has been set aside for this purpose, and so dedicated by the competent ecclesial Sunday, November 1 (Public Mass only): authority.

8:00am Mass for the People • The conservation of the ashes of the departed in a domestic residence is not permitted. 10:00am + David Guzman req by the Dudley Family • The ashes may not be divided among various family members.

12:00pm • In order that every appearance of pantheism, naturalism or nihilism be avoided, it is not permitted to scatter the ashes of the faithful departed 5:30pm in the air, on land, at sea or in some other way, nor may they be preserved in mementos, pieces of jewelry or other objects. Morning prayer is prayed at 8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday The Holy Rosary is prayed after all weekday Masses Read the complete text on the Vatican’s website by clicking here. Holy Innocents: A Ministry to Families Who Have Experienced Miscarriage If you or someone you know has miscarried and is in need of advice, spiritual support, a home visit, and/or burial and memorial, please contact our helpline at 410-547-3142. Holy Innocents is a ministry of the Archdiocese of Baltimore run by the Office of Cemetery Management and the Office of Respect Life ([email protected]). For more HEALTH OF THE SICK information, visit: www.holyinnocentsbaltimore.org. PRAYER LIST

This list is dedicated to Our Lady under her title Health of the Sick, through which we ask her for healing of all whose names are submitted for inclusion on this holy list which will appear here in the bulletin and the parish website: www.saintlawrencemartyr.org. Please note the following submission guidelines:

• If asking for an individual, please submit the person’s first name and last initial only;

• If asking prayers for an entire family, please submit your prayer intention as The S. Family;

• Intentions will be kept on our Health of the Sick list for two weeks, unless a subsequent request is submitted.

• Health of the Sick will be updated each Wednesday.

Submit intentions to [email protected] or click here. For privacy, please do not include details of your intention as Our Lady and her Son know your wants and needs. In your charity, please pray for EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Michael S. Jim L. Mike S.

WEDNESDAYS FROM 7PM TO 9PM Fr. Michael Conway, O.SS.T. Fr. Bill Axe, O.SS.T. Fr. Tom Burke, O.SS.T.

Do you desire a more intimate union with Christ? Would Fr. Ken Borgesen, O.SS.T. Sr. Constance Ward, SSJ Emilia A. + you like more time to visit Our Lord during the week? Peggy S. Dotty A. The B. Family

Weekly adoration may be the answer to what you seek! Suzanne B. Hailey S. Maria A. St. Lawrence Martyr Parish hosts two hours of evening Ron T., Jr. Juan A. Patricia D. adoration every Wednesday from 7-9pm. Come and let the Lord speak to your heart. Daniel J. Ed S. Andy B. Tracey O. S.

Catholics have a long tradition of engagement 1) Seek the prudent advice and good in the public square. Sometimes that example of trusted leaders and others engagement requires making difficult moral to support and enlighten our conscience. decisions that impact our own lives and those of 2) Learn about the authoritative others. Our conscience can help guide the teaching of the Church. decisions we make. The Second Vatican 3) Pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit to Council guides us: “Always summoning [one] to help us develop our conscience. love good and avoid evil, the voice of conscience 4) Regularly partake in an examination can when necessary speak to [one’s] heart more of conscience to hear God’s voice in specifically: do this, shun that” (Gaudium et your life.1 Spes 16). However, our conscience doesn’t just Doing the work of forming our consciences can come to us when we are born. We must work seem daunting. Fortunately, we have many throughout our lives to form it through prayer, church teachings that can help us in this learning, and conversation. important task. Forming Consciences for How do I form my conscience? Faithful Citizenship is an important resource for U.S. Catholics and helps us prayerfully It takes time to form our consciences so that we reflect on how we can apply Church teaching in can make well-reasoned judgments about our civic life. “Conscience is not something that particular, real-life situations. The Church allows us to justify doing whatever we want, nor teaches that it is important to work continually is it a mere "feeling" about what we should or on conscience formation so we can be prepared should not do. Rather, conscience is the to make decisions whenever the opportunity voice of God resounding in the human arises. Some specific ideas to form your heart, revealing the truth to us and calling us conscience are: to do what is good while shunning what is evil.”2 1) Begin by being open to the truth and what is right. Here are some questions for further reflection: 2) Study Sacred Scripture and the 1. When has my conscience guided me to teaching of the Church. “do good and avoid evil”? 3) Examine the facts and background 2. What are some key resources I can use information about various choices and to form my conscience? be discerning in where we gather 3. Forming conscience is a “lifelong task.” information. What do I do to regularly form my 4) Prayerfully reflect to discern the will of conscience? What more should I do? God (Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, no. 18). 1 Catechism of the (2nd ed.). Washington, Additionally, it is important to consider how DC: Libreria Editrice Vaticana–United States Conference our community of faith can help us form good of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2000, no 1777 2 USCCB. Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. consciences through some of these steps: Washington, DC: 2015, no. 17

Copyright © 2019, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights reserved. This text may be reproduced in whole or in part without alteration for nonprofit educational use, provided such reprints are not sold and include this notice. Find this resource and others at www.FaithfulCitizenship.org. POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT IS PART OF OUR CATHOLIC CALL

In their statement on Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the U.S. Catholic bishops urge Catholics to form their consciences through being open to truth, studying Scripture and Church teaching, examining facts and background information, and prayerful reflection (no. 18). Visit www.FaithfulCitizenship.org to learn about the steps you can take to form your conscience, watch videos and access other great resources on conscience formation for faithful citizens.

SUGGESTED READINGS AND REFLECTION POINTS

The human being is entitled to such rights, in every phase of development, from conception until natural ; and in every condition, whether healthy or sick, whole or handicapped, rich or poor. The Second Vatican Council openly proclaimed "All offences against life itself, such as every kind of , genocide, , and willful ; all violations of the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, physical and mental torture, undue psychological pressures; all offences against human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, 14 deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children, degrading working conditions where men are treated as mere tools for profit rather than free and responsible persons; all these and the like are certainly criminal: they poison human society; and they do more harm to those who practice them than those who suffer from the injury. Moreover, they are a supreme dishonor to the Creator." (Christifideles Laici, no. 38)

We must speak of man's rights. Man has the right to live. He has the right to bodily integrity and to the means necessary for the develop- ment of life, particularly food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest, and, finally, the necessary social services. In consequence, he has the right to be looked after in the event of ill health; disability stemming from his work; widowhood; old age; enforced unemployment; or whenever through no fault of his own he is deprived of the means of livelihood. (Pope John XVIII, Pacem in Terris (1963), no. 11)

Man cannot be exempted from his divinely-imposed obligations toward civil society, and the representatives of authority have the right to coerce him when he refuses without reason to do his duty. Society, on the other hand, cannot defraud man of his God-granted rights, the most important of which we have indicated above. Nor can society systematically void these rights by making their use impossible. (Pope Pius XI, Divini Redemp- toris (1937), no. 30)

In human society one man's natural right gives rise to a corresponding duty in other men; the duty, that is, of recognizing and respecting that right. Every basic human right draws its authoritative force from the natural law, which confers it and attaches to it its respective duty. Hence, to claim one's rights and ignore one's duties, or only half fulfill them, is like building a house with one hand and tearing it down with the other. (Pacem in Terris, no. 30)

4. Name some rights we enjoy (or should enjoy) as human persons created by 1. What from the readings resonated with you? Challenged you? God. What are our responsibilities in light of these?

2. Discuss the notion of “rights” from a Catholic perspective. How might this 5. Why is the right to life seen as the “most basic and fundamental right”? differ from society’s understanding of rights?

3. Reflect on the statement that our obligations toward civil society are divinely 6. Who in the local, national, or international community has rights that are left imposed. What is your reaction? unfulfilled? Whose duty is it to ensure the fulfillment of these rights? You may have seen the blue and cross on the walls at Saint Lawrence, or maybe on the habits of Fr. Victor, Br. Ronald, and Br. Kevin. Why do they wear that colored cross? Because they are part of The Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives (or, more simply, The Trinitarians). Our religious order was founded in 1198 during the Crusades by St. John de Matha. Our order consists of priests, brothers, sisters, and the laity as Third Order Trinitarians.

The main charisms (or missions) of the Trinitarians are to give glory to the Most Holy Trinity and aid in the release of captives which today entails the plight of persecuted Christians throughout the world.

If you would like to learn more about the Trinitarians, or want to inquire about the possibility of a vocation to religious life, the permanent diaconate, or the priesthood, feel free to contact Br. Kevin or Fr. Victor at the par- ish - 410.799.1970 or [email protected].

Here’s a video recently produced by the Trinitarians which describes their way of life and the order’s relevance in today’s society: https://youtu.be/N9-EafNQRG8

Sunday, November 1, 2020 - All Saints Day

Monday, November 2, 2020 - All Day OCTOBER IS RESPECT LIFE MONTH

Each October the Church in the United States Your prayers are urgently needed. Prayers work even celebrates Respect Life Month, and the first Sunday when social distancing! of October is observed as Respect Life Sunday. This We ask you to join with other Christians around the year, the theme is “Live the of Life”. world for the 40 Days for Life 2020 fall campaign from As Catholics, we are called to cherish, defend, and September 23 through November 1. This 40 days of prayer and fasting is for an end to abortion. This year’s protect those who are most vulnerable, from the theme is “40 Days in prayerful vigil is essential to save beginning of life to its end, and at every point in lives.” between. During the month of October, the Church You are also invited to stand and peacefully pray during asks us to reflect more deeply on the dignity of this 40-day vigil in the public right-of-way outside Annapolis Planned Parenthood, and to help spread the every human life. word about this important community outreach.

Will you join us in prayer to be a lifeline to the women and men who are under extra pressure, especially during this pandemic, to end the life of their baby?

Even if you can stand vigil for just ONE hour during the campaign, that would be most welcome. If you are unable to participate physically, we ask you to lift up the local 40 Days for Life campaign in prayer, as well as ask our merciful Lord for protection of all human life.

For more information, contact Mary Jo Hogan by email at [email protected], or visit the following website:

Saturday, October 24, 2020, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Outdoors at St. Joseph’s Church, Fullerton 8420 Belair Road, Nottingham, MD 21236

Cost is $25 to attend or purchase a $10 virtual ticket for online access to the conference recording.

• Mass celebrated by Archbishop William E. Lori • Keynote Speaker: Kelly Wahlquist, founder of Women in the New Evangelization • Local Speakers: Jeanne Link & Annie McHugh Did you know that Planned Parenthood was able to • Recorded talks by Sisters of Life and Dr. Heidi remain open during the COVID shut down because Schreiber-Pan it was designated an "essential service”? • Eucharistic Adoration and Reconciliation

Register online: www.marylandcatholicwomen.com The Catholic Community of Ascension and St. Augustine has partnered with Lancaster Foods and Feed America to distribute boxes of food that contain 36 pounds of fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, and meat. The boxes will be distributed on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m., October 10, 17, 24, and 31 at Duckett Lane Elementary School, 6501 Duckett Lane, Elkridge, MD. of Our Lord Catholic Church will also be distributing boxes of free food on Mondays at 4:00 p.m., October 12, 19, and 26. The church is located at 8402 Brock Bridge Road in Laurel, MD.

Each vehicle which drives to the pickup area will be eligible to receive one box of food, and all participants must wear a face mask during pickup. There are no income or documentation restrictions. Come early as once the food is gone, it is gone. Families and individuals are welcome to come each week that the program is available to receive food.

Volunteers are needed, too! Please click here to sign up to help ensure this program is successful. The Holy Rosary is prayed after daily Mass at Saint Lawrence Martyr. Please join us during the Month of the Holy Rosary!

Food for the

Live Prayer on Relevant Radio • Daily Divine Mercy Chaplet - 4:00 p.m. • Daily Rosary - 8:00 p.m.

Live Video Resources • Perpetual Adoration from Tyburn Convent, London • Live Feed from the Holy Grotto at Lourdes

For Reading and Reflection • Liturgical Press: Give Us This Day • Magnificat: English | Spanish • Bayard: Living with Christ • The Word Among Us: English | Spanish

Rosaries • Pray along with the Mysteries on Catholic TV • Pray the Rosary with Mother Angelica on EWTN • Holy Cross Family Ministries Rosary App

WE THANK YOU UPCOMING SECOND COLLECTIONS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! October 25 Catholic Schools Even during this time of uncertainty, our parishioners have continued to be financially November 1 Utilities Fund supportive of the parish and its ministries for which Father Victor, Deacon Steve, and the Parish Staff are November 8 St. Lawrence Religious Education extremely grateful.

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