St. Laurence Parish 225 Jewett St. Elgin, IL 60123 Parish Office: 565 Standish St. 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Monday - Friday P - 847-468-6900 F - 847-468-6904 After Hours - 847-531-6203

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION Saturday - 4:00 PM, Spanish - 6:30PM Sundays - 7:15, Bi-lingual 9:00, 11:00 AM Daily Mass - 8:00 AM Monday - Friday SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 PM Special times upon request. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE & BAPTISM Check our website for more information. Stlaurencechurchelgin.com/parish-information

Rectory: 226 Orchard St.

PASTORAL STAFF Pastor - Fr. Andrew Mulcahey pastor@stlaurencechurchelgin.com amulcahey@rockforddiocese.org Fr. Robert Camacho - Priest in Residence Secretary - Connie Sajtar office@stlaurencechurchelgin.com Bookkeeper - Agnes Mozdzen accounting@stlaurencechurchelgin.com Director Religious Education - Briana Collins religioused@stlaurencechurchelgin.com Deacon - Robert Plazewski Finance Council - Joe Malas, Chairman Education Commission - Ron Szopa, President SCHOOL http://stlaurenceschool.com Principal - Wendy Kelly wkelly@stlaurenceschool.com

Secretary - Kathy Laudont office@stlaurenceschool.com

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http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com

Remember O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaid-ed. Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word In-carnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

June 1 - Anna Gotter

Stewardship Collection

Monday 1 Pt 1:3-9; Ps 111:1-2, 5-6, 9-10c; Mk 10:17-27

Tuesday 1 Pt 1:10-16; Ps 98:1-4; Mk 10:28-31

Wednesday 1 Pt 1:18-25; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; Mk 10:32-45

Thursday Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-3, 4bcd-6; Lk 1:39-56

Friday 1 Pt 4:7-13; Ps 96:10-13; Mk 11:11-26

Saturday Jude 17, 20b-25; Ps 63:2-6; Mk 11:27-33

Sunday Ex 24:3-8; Ps 116:12-13, 15-18; Heb 9:11-15; Mk 14:12-16, 22-26

Readings for the Week

Hospital Minister

Please Pray for:

For the strengthening in faith of all who are afflicted in body, mind or spirit please pray for: Patricia Anderson, Jody Bagdasarian, Anthony Beuten, Anne Brown, Rev. William Budden, Kathleen Camarena, Jeannette Collins, Andrew Gilles, Don and Marcie Gilles, John Giuliano, Michael Graffis, Walter “Skip” Green lll, Kay Hogan, Cynthia Huyvaert, Mary Jones, Tom Kelly, Michael Kmiecik II, Guyla Kramer, Gordon Lee, Larry Malsi, Jerry Mar-tinez, Garrett Murray, Lois Mousel, Bruce Ostdick, Betty Pekofske, Bonnie Penera, Sandra Plazewski, Arlene & Joseph Rea, Lisa Red-nour, Henry Schultheis, Cathy Schwarz, Marie Seyller, Mike Shannon, and Melissa Tuftedal.

Mass Intentions May 28 - June 3, 2018 Monday 8:00 AM Michelle Garcia by Linda Briggs

Tuesday 8:00 AM Len Lajter by Helen and Family

Wednesday 8:00 AM St Laurence School by Mesalina Manerrique

Thursday 8:00 AM Samuel Leos by Family

Friday 8:00 AM Birthday Blessings for Erika Gomez by Family

Saturday 4:00 PM Msgr Philip O'Neil buy Gin Lossau and the St. Laurence Parish

6:30 PM Marcos Gudino by Rafaela Perez

Sunday 7:15 AM Rhett Lundy by Family

9:00 AM St. Laurence School by Mesalina Manrrique

11:00 AM Wendy Toufexis by Diane Ewert

Altar Flowers In Memory of Michele Garcia & Carmen M. Garcia

by the Garcia Family We pray for the repose of the soul of

Thaddeus A. Ciochon, father of Jeanine Austin

Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord; and let light per-petual shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

May God protect our members who serve in the armed forces and return them safely to their families: AIR FORCE: Staff Sgt. Eric Charckon, Major Victoria Cramer, ARMY: 1st. Sgt. Eric Case, Sgt.. Jennifer (Clough) Korfmacher, Sgt. Charles Korfmacher, Pfc. Johnathan Lindquist, 1st. Lt. Thomas Martin, Sgt. Jacob McDonald, Pvt Michael Metz, COAST GUARD: Allison Rychtanek Cadet 1st class , MARINES: Pvt. Ryan Metz, NAVY: Sea-man Apprentice Terrance M. Alexander, Seaman Recruit Timothy M. Alexander, CDR Bettina Sauter, Corpsman Nick Toufexis, NATIONAL GUARD: Jarod Metz - PFC

4:00 PM

Lector - John Volpe Eucharistic Ministers - Kay Gotter, Greg Soohov, Jamie Szopa, Ron Szopa Altar Servers - Isabella Szopa, Chris Valenti

6:30 PM

Lector - Cecilia Espinosa Ministro Eucarístico - Servidor del Altar - Karen Perez, Natlia Ramos

7:15 AM

Lector - Dee Reinhardt Eucharistic Ministers - Vicky Giuliano, Marlene Gurley, Nathan Mann, Loretta Revesz Altar Servers - Will Metz, Morgan Sajtar

9:00 AM

Lector - Sofia Corona Joe Bermea Eucharistic Ministers - Mary Berg, Mary Ann Bruneman, Loli Gudino, Natalea Gudino-Leon Altar Servers - Adrian Rodriquez, Liz Salzmann

11:00 AM

Lector - Thomas O'Leary Eucharistic Ministers - Veronica Betz, Gail Essary, Natalie Koessl, James Kararo, Altar Servers - Nathalia Aguirre, Cameron Carpio

Congratulations and Blessings to Gabriel Rodriguez III

Child of Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr & Dawn (Smith)Rodriguez

who was baptized May 20, 2018

Altar Ministry June 2/3

May 19/20

Total Giving This Week $6,431.41

Weekly Budget Amount Needed $7,900.00

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Is God in your marriage? Participate in a World-wide Marriage Encounter weekend on July 20-22 in Madison, WI; Sept. 7-9 in Geneva, IL or Oct. 19-21 in Brookfield, WI. For more information visit our website at: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en Espanol por favor llamen a Candelario y Emilia al 815-375-4250. Las fechas son Junio 8-10, Agosto 31-Sept. 2 and Nov. 2-4.

FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION We will be collecting goods for the Food Pantry. There are many in our community who are not financially able to provide the necessary food for their families. The food collected will be distributed by the Interfaith Food Pantry. Please bring your donations on the 1st weekend of each month. The next collection will be June 2/3, 2018.

St. Vincent de Paul Society meets at St. Thomas More on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. Ladies will be in the back of the church collect-ing for St. Vincent de Paul after masses this weekend.

Ministry Tuesday, May 29 at 6:30PM in the cafeteria, the Extraordinary Minis-ters of Care will meet. If you are currently providing Holy Communion to the homebound, a nursing home or hospital please attend this meeting. If you are interested in this ministry, please attend as well. If you cannot attend, but are interested, please contact Dee Reinhardt 708-822-2152 or dee@time2mrkt.com

Come join us on Saturday, June 2nd at 5:30 for BINGO. The theme this month is Summer Fun. So bring your friends, wear your Hawaiian shirts and flip fops and get ready to have fun in the good old summer time. Hope to see you there!

SILVER & GOLD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS: Couples cele-brating the milestone wedding anniversaries of 25, 50, 55, 60, and 65 or more years of marriage in 2018 are invited to a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Malloy at St. Mary Parish in Huntley, IL on Sunday, August 19th at 2:30 PM. A cake and punch reception will immediately follow. Are you celebrating a special milestone? The Life & Family Evangeliza-tion Office welcomes your registration by phone (815) 399-4300 or online at www.rockforddiocese.org/anniversaryby August 3rd. Commem-orative certificates to mark this special occasion will be available for those who pre-register for this event.

To all those that signed up to recite the 86 Rosaries for the Unborn. Also, a big Thank you to those who purchased flowers on Mother's Day Weekend, and those who gave of their time to sell them. We sent $200.00 to the Corbella Center.

Religious Education

School News - Wendy Kelly

Kid’s Corner

Congratulations again to the St. Laurence Class of 2018! This week, their names were added to the long list of St. Laurence Tiger Alum! With that said, it is also appropriate to congratulate those of our alum that graduated this month from area high

schools and colleges! We are so proud of each and every one of our former students! One of the ways we focus on the individual development of our students is by extending learning beyond the class-room! Our students in preschool through 4th grade trav-elled back in time to Midway Museum in Rockford while our students in 7th and 8th grade went to Naper Settlement in Naperville. Through both field trips, history came alive for our students. As I mentioned last week, our 8th graders graduated this year, but not before taking their 8th grade trip to Chicago to enjoy pizza at Giordano’s before attending the Blue Man Group. It was a fun way to cap off a wonderful year! Registration is still open and I welcome the opportunity to share with families all that we have to offer through our school! I will be available throughout the summer and can be reached at (847)468-6100. I hope that everyone in our St. Laurence family has an awesome week! God Bless! Wendy

REGISTER FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN PERSON 2018/2019 Registration Drop-Off Times/Location: Friday, August 24th – From 4 pm to 7 pm (Church Narthex)

Sunday, August 26th – From 8 am to 12 pm (Church Narthex)

Vocations Corner- Fr. Manny Gomez

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Ministry Meetings - May 27 - June 2

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Sunday 8:00 AM Men’s Cursillo - Cafeteria

Tuesday 6:00 PM Adoration Meeting - Sacristy 6:00 PM Finance Council - Library 6:30 PM Extraordinary Ministers of Care - Cafeteria

Thursday 1:00 PM Women’s Cursillo Group - Sacristy 7:00 PM Mens Cursillo - Sacristy

Friday 7:30 AM Mens Cursillo 5:30 PM Cursillo Women’s - Sacristy 6:30 PM 9:00 AM Choir Practice - Church

Saturday 5:30 PM Bingo - Cafeteria/Gym

Monday No School - St. Laurence Parish Office Closed

Wednesday

Submission deadline for bulletin entries is Monday at Noon. Send all entries to: office@stlaurencechurchelgin.com for approval.

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God calls by name Our name is something so important that when God calls, he does it by our name. We are so special that we are not called in a generic or group way, but we are called individually, personally. Our name is given by our parents because they have given us life. When we say our full name, we want to express who we are and where we come from. By saying "I am Gerardo Gomez", I am saying that my parents decided to give me that name, and that I belong to the Gomez family. And if I want to be more spe-cific I could include my first name, and my maternal surname to indicate more specifically where I come from and who I am. When I arrived in this country, Father Lavan asked me two questions: What is your name? and How do you want us to call you? The first question was easy, I told him my name is 'Manuel Gerardo Gomez Reza'; but the second question was more complicated to answer. Even though I was 26 years old, I was never asked before 'how do you want us to call you'. I answered I have two names and two surnames call me as you wish, or make the best com-bination out of them. Father Lavan answered I'm going to call you 'Manny', and from that moment on, I've been Manny. There is something inter-esting and important that each culture contributes to a better understanding of what our name represents. In the Hispanic culture Mom and Dad give you a name, but when you grow up friends or family give you some nickname, or some way to identify you, that they will use for the rest of your life. In the culture of this country also Mom and Dad give you a name at birth, but when you have the use of reason you can say how you want to be called. So, we discover, the name as something that we receive, but also as something that we decided to be, something that we em-brace. Something similar happens with our vocation, God calls us by our name and gives us a mission in life, but he respects our freedom. It is precisely in that freedom that we can choose to be what God wants from us or something different that may not lead us to happiness.

The Collect is also called the ‘Opening Prayer’ and it is the moment for all the faithful gathered at Mass to collect their thoughts and intentions for the Mass that has just begun. Accordingly, we pray in silence. That is the moment to silently tell God in our heart what we are praying for at Mass: family, friends, relatives, a child who is seriously ill, a new job, for vocations, the Pope, and upcoming elections … whatever. Since there is an infinite amount of grace available at each Mass, we can pray for as many persons or intentions that we wish. “Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the Collect prayer, at the end of which the people acclaim Amen.” Pay attention to the Collect prayer—it is usually centered on the theme of the Mass, whether it be a saint or a season or a solemnity of the Lord.

The Vocation Office of the Diocese of Rockford is once again sponsor-ing fun filled summer camps and retreats at Bishop Lane Retreat Cen-ter. St. Therese Camp and Retreat, for young women in 7th grade thru college age will take place from June 24 – 27th with Sisters from differ-ent communities joining us. Jeremiah Days, for boys in 7th grade thru 9th grades, July 8th – 11th and First Call Retreat, for young adult males entering 10th grade and thru college, July 15th – 18th our seminarians studying for our diocese will be facilitating this camp and retreat along with Fr. Keith Romke. The cost is only $90.00. More information is available at www.rockforddiocese.org/vocations or at the Diocesan Vocation Office (815) 399-4300 ext. 375.

Offices closed Monday, May 28, 2018 In honor of Memorial Day

Are you interested in helping to plan our Par-ish Picnic? There will be a meeting on Thurs-day, June 7 at 6:30 PM in the Library. We are celebrating 90 years as a Parish! Come join us to make this a most memorable day.

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