St. Lawrence Catholic Community believes we are called by our Baptism to gather as a worshipping and prayerful people. As responsible disciples, of Jesus Christ, we are called to be faithful stewards of our time, talents, and treasures. We value and foster Catholic education and evangelization. With open hearts and hands, we reach out to all brothers and sisters, as together we strive to offer hope, act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with our God. MARCH 2, 2014 8TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME This coming Wednesday, we begin the season of Lent, our annual 40 day retreat with the Lord as a community and as individuals. As you may remember, our Advent theme was “‘JOY’ (Jesus, Others, You)…putting God first in our lives.” Picking up on that theme of Joy, our Lenten theme is, “Journey to Joy: Feel the Hunger, Feed with Prayer, Move Forward in Faith.” As human beings, we all know what it means to be hungry whether it is physical, spiritual, emotional or intellectual. These hungers can be powerful forces that demand to be fed. The world may encourage us to feed them through honors or power or money or pleasure. Our faith would tell us that these things, while not bad in themselves, will not bring the satisfaction that they promise. Instead, feed those hungers with prayer, with our relationship to Jesus Christ. Our God promises us he will give us all we need. Once our hungers are fed and molded by good healthy prayer, then it’s time to move, to move forward in faith. When we live by this three step process, we can rest assured that we are putting Christ first in our lives and that we will find the joy we long for. Each week before Mass begins, the screen in Church will have reflections that help us enter into the spirit of the season of Lent. Take home one of the small discs in the Gathering Space as a reminder. Carry it with you throughout the season as a challenge to be attentive to the Lord’s presence. In the Gathering Space you will find two different reflection booklets: the Journey to Joy as well as the Little Black Book . Use them to guide your prayer this season. As you choose your Lenten projects, both giving up something as well as doing something in a positive direction, keep in mind our parish wide penance of being on time (even arriving early!) for Mass and staying until the last note of the last hymn is complete. Through our hungers, may we come to deepen our experience, our relationship with, and our awareness of Christ in our lives and the lives of those around us. Acknowledging that everyone is precious to God, pray for the person who is the most difficult or distant to you each day. 8TH S UNDAY IN O RDINARY T IME MARCH 2, 2014 www.stlawrenceparish.com Parish Office 44633 Utica Road, Utica, Michigan 48317 School (586) 731-5347 (586) 731-0135 Rev. Robert Fisher, Pastor Rev. Salvatore Palazzolo, Assoc. Pastor Fax Rev. Mr. Anthony Morici, Deacon Religious Education (586) 731-5393 Pastoral Staff (586) 731-5072 Rev. Robert Fisher, Pastor Rev. Salvatore Palazzolo, Assoc. Pastor Peggy DeClercq, Pastoral Assoc. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Janet Sullivan, IHM, Pastoral Assoc. Lorrie Goetzinger, Business Manager Mary Kraus, Christian Service [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lisa Rajnicek, Religious Education Deann Reusche, Youth Minister Mike Roth, Music Director [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Cathy Ciolino, School Principal [email protected] Community Support Staff Sacraments Paul Rybicki, Cemetery Coordinator Baptisms are the 2nd Saturday of the month at 5:45 pm and the [email protected] 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month at 1:15 pm. A Baptismal Stephen Ministry (586) 731-5347 Preparation Class is required for both parents and godparents and is Greg Mangold, Athletic Director (586) 978-3887 held on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the Social Hall at 7:00 pm. The Church requires that at least one of the parents and one of the godparents be practicing Catholics, that is, they actively Parish Council participate in Mass each weekend. Please call the Parish Office to [email protected] register for classes or if you have any questions. Annmarie Iacona, Chairperson Marriage arrangements require a six-month parish registration and Brett Valentine, Vice Chairperson active Mass participation. Wedding dates are not given out over the Sherry Berry, Secretary phone or before you have been active parishioners for at least six months. Please call the Parish Office for details. Parish Council Members-At-Large Questions about the Sacrament of Reconciliation, First Eucharist Barbara Sabatini Annmarie Iacona Mike Coraci S herry Berry and Confirmation will be answered by our Religious Education Office. Brett Valentine Cheryl Lloyd Lawrence Higgins Lorri DeAngelis Please call (586) 731-5072 for further information. Young Adult Rep. Amy Witulski Youth Group Rep. Hannah Gianfermi Senior Rep. Marion Lelito School Information Athletic President Greg Burnick Questions about tuition rates for parish members and Vicariate Rep. Catherine Karim non-members, applications to attend the school or any other school Worship Chair Lisa Ann Roth Christian Service Rep. Open related matters will be answered by the St. Lawrence School Office. PEPC Rep. Rosemary Reilly Please call (586) 731-0135 for further information. School/Comm. Rep./President Diana Ayer Evan./Comm. Rep. Fr. Sal Education Chair Scot Moceri Adult Formation Rep. Open Parish Office Hours Liturgy Schedule Monday through Friday: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday - Thursday, 8:00 am Sunday: 9:00 am to 1:30 pm Friday (during school), 9:30 am Saturday, 4:30 pm School Office Hours (During School Year) Sunday, 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 noon Monday through Friday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Reconciliation, Saturday, 3:30 pm Religious Education Office Hours (During School Year ) Monday and Tuesday: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm Eucharistic Adoration nd nd Wednesday through Friday: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm 2 Tuesday 5-8 pm and 2 Wednesday 2-3 pm Perpetual Help Devotions, Tuesday morning after the 8:00 am Mass Religious Education Office Hours (Summer) Monday: 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Tuesday through Friday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm PAGE 2 ST. L AWRENCE C HURCH U TICA , M ICHIGAN Mass Intentions Visit our website for up-to-date Saturday, March 1, 2014 parish information! 4:30 pm Santina Lombardi Chester Kielan Joe & Julia Biermann George Grech www.stlawrenceparish.com Roger David Grech Kenneth & Roadina Sheedy Howard & Everal Walker Roger & Frances Grech Stewardship Sacrificial Giving Sunday, March 2, 2014 Sunday, February 23, 2014 ............................. $26,751.96 8:00 am Marie Jozefiak Harold Kaltz Vocations ..................................................... $239.00 Mary Lou Keller Emergency Relief ............................................ $201.10 John & Helen Derlicki Joseph & Aurela Idziak 10:00 am Raymond Kay Anthony Detroyer Martha Vandermeij Divine Mercy Prayer Line Eleanor Brzezinski In gratitude to The Madonna DiPompeii As Jesus revealed to St. Faustina, “I have opened My Heart as a living fountain of 12:00 pm People of St. Lawrence mercy. Let all souls draw life from it.” If you or others would like to receive prayer for your Monday, March 3, 2014 8:00 am John T. Adamo, Sr. intentions, contact Eileen at the Divine Mercy Violet Kirwin Prayer line: (586) 725-0944. Roberta Stasek Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:00 am Thomas & Daniel Timmreck R oy Schultz Salvatore Cavaliere A nton Camaj Wednesday, March 5, 2014 8:00 am Jenuwine family 9:30 am Gia Derosa 7:00 pm Elizabeth Przybylinski Readings For The Week Of Thursday, March 6, 2014 March 2, 2014 8:00 am Betty Wardell Pollitz Natalie Evans Sunday: Is 49:14-15/1 Cor 4:1-5/Mt 6:24-34 Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9/Mk 10:17-27 Friday, March 7, 2014 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16/Mk 10:28-31 8:00 am Jessie Azucena Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18/2 Cor 5:20--6:2/ Saturday, March 8, 2014 Mt 6:1-6, 6-18 4:30 pm People of St. Lawrence Thursday: Dt 30:15-20/Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a/Mt 9:14-15 Sunday, March 9, 2014 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14/Lk 5:27-32 8:00 am Marie Jozefiak Sr. Barbara Brys Next Sunday: Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7/Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, Walter Dombrowski Calvin Conover 17-19/Mt 4:1-11 Grace Pollum 10:00 am Robert & Mary DeCook Michael Purpura Omer & Laura DeCook Michael Donegan Brent Sferlazza Ken Goike Forum Deadlines and Information Edna Niedzwiecki Mitchell Kudla A reminder that all articles submitted for the Forum must be submitted by Monday, 8 am for the following week . You may bring a typed copy of your article to the parish office or email it 12:00 pm Michael Sabatini Anna Crocenzi to [email protected]. All Michael Pietrantoni Rolando Delicata requests for overhead projection are due Wednesday at noon. Ronald Saha If you have any questions, please contact the parish office. PAGE 3 8TH S UNDAY IN O RDINARY T IME MARCH 2, 2014 On Fire For Life: A Fond Farewell is Planned… Whole Community Faith Formation “Some people come into our lives and quickly go. On Fire For Life is a bi-annual Some stay for a while, event to strengthen faith for all ages.