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: parish@saintlawrence.org Website: www.saintlawrence.org

Celebrating Our Catholic Faith through Worship, Education, and Service

Fr. Ernesto Orci Pastor eorci@saintlawrence.org 1-408-296-3000 Ext. 438

Fr. Anthony Tan Nguyen Parochial Vicar atnguyen@saintlawrence.org 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 parish@saintlawrence.org

Giuliana Barragan Office Manager gbarragan@saintlawrence.org Ext. 431

Vickie Wallace Office Assistant vwallace@saintlawrence.org Ext. 432

CATECHETICAL OFFICE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF RELIGION M. Eleanor de Paz - Catechetical Director edepaz@saintlawrence.org Ext. 433 MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY M. Eleanor de Paz middleschoolym@saintlawrence.org Ext. 433

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY highschoolym@saintlawrence.org Ext. 433

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMATION Elgin Presa - Coordinator Katrina Antonio - Coordinator highschoolconfirmation@saintlawrence.org

YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY youngadult@saintlawrence.org

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL (Pre-K - 8th Grade) 1-408-296-2260 Martin M Procaccio - Principal mprocaccio@saintlawrence.org

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, fourchuns@hotmail.com

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

at ahernandez@slems.org.

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: protection@dsj.org

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 mlhdlee@pacbell.net 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

applications@sanjosewwme.org or 408-782-1413.