St. Laurence Parish 225 Jewett St. Elgin, IL 60123 Parish Office: 565 Standish St. 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday P - 847-468-6900 F - 847-468-6904 After Hours - 847-531-6203

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION Saturday - 4:00 PM, Spanish - 6:00PM 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 - Belinda Bermea office@stlaurencechurchelgin.com Bookkeeper - Agnes Mozdzen accounting@stlaurencechurchelgin.com Religious Education Coordinators - Mike & Toni Kmiecik 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

P - 847.468.6100 F - 847.468.6104

http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com

Congratulations and Blessings to:

Radley and Alyssa Gamo who were married on Friday, August 31, 2018

We still have open dates to remember your loved ones with altar flowers. Please check the binder at the back of the church.

September 14 - Jeanine Austin

Stewardship Collection

Monday 1 Cor 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-7, 12; Lk 6:6-11

Tuesday 1 Cor 6:1-11; Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b; Lk 6:12-19

Wednesday 1 Cor 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-17; Lk 6:20-26

Thursday 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 23-24; Lk 6:27-38

Friday Nm 21:4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3:13-17

Saturday 1 Cor 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2:33-35

Sunday Is 50:5-9a; Ps 116:1-6, 8-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mk 8:27-35

Readings for the Week

Hospital Minister

Altar Flowers Birthday Wishes for Marcos Gudino

By Loli Gudino

4:00 PM

Lector - John Volpe Eucharistic Ministers - Mitch Esterino, Kay Gotter, Barb Miller, Greg Soohov Altar Servers - Charlie Elwood, Chris Valenti

6:00 PM

Lector - Sofia Corona Ministro Eucarístico - Servidor del Altar - Karen Perez, Natalia Ramos

7:15 AM

Lector - Kathy Newcomb Eucharistic Ministers - Joanie Gronnert, Marlene Gurley, Wen-dy Mann, Loretta Revesz Altar Servers - Will Metz, Morgan Sajtar

9:00 AM

Lector - Sabina Ruiz, Gill Valencia Eucharistic Ministers - Mary Berg, Mary Ann Bruneman, Loli Gudino, William Hejnosz Altar Servers - Mariana Hernandez, Malakai Mortensen

11:00 AM

Lector - Thomas O'Leary Eucharistic Ministers - Kimberly Mailloux, Bernard Pettinger, Joann Smith, Larry Smith Altar Servers - Nathalia Aguirre, Allie Lock

Altar Ministry September 15-16

Congratulations and Blessings to Gianni Morales

Child of Ernesto & Hilda Morales

who was baptized September 2, 2018

As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. — Joshua 24:15b

Exciting Happenings

Exercise for a Cause Sign-up September 15/16

Please join us for Bible Study, beginning September 17, 10AM at Nancy Haire’s house. We will meet the 1st and 3rd Mon-days of the month. Our goal is to cover 2 chapters at each session, studying 1 & 2 Kings (Ignatius Catholic Study Bible). Please call or text Rae Eigenhauser 224-622-5515 if you would like to order a book.

Due to the Labor Day holiday, we were unable to include stewardship totals. Please see next week’s bulletin for totals.

TREASURES from our TRADITION

¿Acaso no ha elegido Dios a los pobres de este mundo para hacerlos ricos en la fe y herederos del Reino? -- Santiago 2:5

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Monday 8:00 AM Special Intention offered by Belinda Bermea

Tuesday 8:00 AM Marie Metz offered by Larry Metz

Wednesday 8:00 AM Dana Olson offered by Rich & Marie Frey

Thursday 8:00 AM Kathleen Arenz offered by Social Action Com-mittee

Friday 8:00 AM Divine Mercy offered by Alcaraz Family

Saturday 4:00 PM Birthday Blessings for Wanda Doherty offered by Gin Lossau

6:00 PM Anniversary Blessings for Sara & Miguel Pantoja

Sunday 7:15 AM Mary Beuten offered by Family

9:00 AM Samuel Leos offered by Family and for the St Laurence Parish Family

11:00 AM St Edward High School Class of '68

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, Cheryl Benson, Anthony Beuten, Rev. William Budden, Kathleen Camarena, Jeannette Collins, Angelo DiLiberti, Andrew Gilles, Don and Marcie Gilles, John Giuliano, Michael Graffis, Walter “Skip” Green lll, Benjamin Hermann, Kay Hogan, Cynthia Huyvaert, Mary Jones, John Kolakowski, Laurence Korr, Guyla Kramer, Gordon Lee, Larry Malsi, Jerry Martinez, Judith McNamara, Garrett Murray, Lois Mousel, Tim Neal, Bruce Ostdick, Betty Pekofske, Bonnie Pen-era, Deacon Bob Plazewski, Sandra Plazewski, Arlene & Joseph Rea, Andrew Real, Lisa Rednour, Henry Schultheis, Mike Shan-non, and Melissa Tuftedal.

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

Lord, Hear our Prayer.

Back to work we go! Summer break is over and there is much to ac-complish in school and in the workplace. It's a venerable Catholic cus-tom to assign patron saints to the trades and occupations of life. This is largely in the realm of popular devotion, and although from time to time the Vatican declares a saint to be patron of this or that, the process is free-wheeling and just about uncontrollable. Still, there is a saint for almost any purpose, whether you are on death row (Dismas), having eye trouble (Lucy), or pursued by poisonous toads (Hubert). Medieval guilds would often associate themselves with heavenly patrons, so Saint Joseph has the carpenters, Thomas More the lawyers, and physi-cians get Saint Luke. If you're stuck in the airport, St. Joseph of Cuperti-no is on call since he was said to rise off the floor when he prayed, and if you're in a long line at the ATM, Saint Anthony Claret is for you. In recent years, the Vatican has from time to time assigned a new pat-ronage, as when Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was named the patron of HIV-AIDS patients, since as a young Jesuit novice he had cared for his fel-low novices during a terrible plague. Anything that matters to us--nation, parish church, occupation, illness--can have a patron, and it is an as-pect of Catholicism that has enormous appeal. To believe in the "communion of saints" is to know that the ties that bind us as a com-munion do not unravel with death, and that when we stand before life's struggles, we do not stand alone. Who is your patron saint? --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.

En muchos países latinoamericanos la Fiesta de la Santa Cruz se cele-bra el 3 de mayo, pero la Iglesia universal la celebra el 14 de septiem-bre. La fiesta del 14 de septiembre conmemora la consagración del santuario del Santo Sepulcro en Jerusalén. Este es el santuario más importante de la religión cristiana, pues en él se encuentran tanto el monte del Calvario donde falleció Jesús como el sepulcro del cual resu-citó al tercer día. Sin estos dos acontecimientos no hubiese cristianismo. Nosotros los latinos tenemos muchas fiestas y muchos santuarios. Ninguna de éstas puede ser más importante que las que recuerdan la Pasión, Muerte y Resurrección de Jesús. El clima del año litúrgico cris-tiano es el Triduo Pascual el cual termina en la celebración de la Pascua Florida de 50 días. En Puerto Rico se han celebrado tradicionalmente las fiestas de la cruz con una novena que termina en la fiesta de la Cruz (3 de mayo). Cada día de la novena se canta el rosario frente a un altar hecho para la cruz. Tal vez algunas comunidades hispanas quieran retomar esta devoción y celebración cultural en septiembre. --Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Mass Intentions Sept 10 - 16

We Need Your Help

There's still time...We're still LOOKING... We are looking for someone to set-up for weekday masses. You can choose a specific day of the week, multiple days of the week, or all weekday masses. The schedule can be completely flexible. Training will be provided. Please prayerfully consider helping with these important duties. Call the office at 847-468-6900 if you are interested.

St. Vincent de Paul Society - We have a joint group with members of St. Thomas More Church in Elgin. Our next meeting will be at St. Laurence Church on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Please come to one of our meetings and learn about all the worth-while work that we do for the needy of our community. If you have questions, call 847 628-5170.

CONFIANZA Yo puedo confiar demasiado poco en Jesús, pero nunca podré confiar demasiado en él. --Anónimo

Ministry

Let Jesus heal any disappointments in your mar-riage. The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends are Oct. 19-21 in Brookfield, WI; Nov. 9-11 in Rockford, IL or Nov 30-Dec 2 in Madison, WI. For more info go to: alifetimeoflove.org or call (888) 574-5653. Para un fin de semana en Es-panol por favor llamen a Candelario y Emilia al 815-375-4250. Las fechas son Nov. 2-4.

At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Do this in memory of me.” And that’s exactly what we do at Mass each day. The priest takes unleavened wheat bread and grape wine – just as Jesus did – and says the words that Jesus said, “This is my body. This is my blood,” and the great miracle of the transubstantiation takes place. The ‘substance’ of the bread and the ‘substance’ of the wine is changed into the ‘substance’ of the Body and Blood of Christ. So the Church teaches that in the Eucharist, Jesus is really, truly, and substantially present, with His Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. After pronouncing those words, the priest shows the Eucharist to the people. In some countries the faithful keep absolute reverential silence at this sacred moment; in other countries the faithful quietly proclaim the words of St. Thomas the Apostle, “My Lord and my God!” The server rings the bells and every-one knows that a great miracle has just taken place.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul seeks the following: Volunteer Assistant Coordinators "Phone persons" to help manage our hotline. You would be responsible for retrieving messag-es from our answering service and assigning the calls to our lead volunteers. The time commitment is approximately one hour per day (depending on call volume) for two weeks at a time on a rotating basis with other coordinators. If you have been looking for a way to serve Our Lord, please prayerfully consider joining our confer-ence to help those in need in our community. Basic computer skills required. Interested persons please e-mail Katrina at StThomasMo-reElginSVdP@gmail.com

St. Mary Church, McHenry is looking for: Liturgy Accompanist – Part Time As part of St. Mary of McHenry, the Church organist/pianist is expected to be dynamic and pastoral as he/she serves as part of the staff at St. Mary of the Assumption in McHenry. Music is an essen-tial part in quality music that inspires our participation in the Church’s worship. For more information, go to http://stmarymchenryil.org/

Girls Volleyball is off to a great start. Here is our September schedule. Home games are bolded. We hope you will come to the school gym and cheer us to Victory. Go TIGERS!

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St. Laurence Sports Corner

School News - Wendy Kelly

It was another great week at St. Laurence! Our kindergarten class found their missing watermelon, 6th grade is working on a What If? project, 7th grade completed friendship essays, and many of our classes released the butterflies they’ve loved in their classrooms just to name a few. We held our Parent Information Night and would like to thank our parents for partnering with us to create a successful learn-ing experience for our students. The parents were introduced to the additions to our Discipline with Dignity approach to behavior as well as our new Attendance Success Plan to instill in all of our students the notion that Every Minute Counts. Our September Growth Mindset mantra is “Everyone Can Learn!” which is the basis of the idea that no matter where one is in terms of intellect and skill, with hard work and perseverance, we can all develop beyond that point. This theme permeates every aspect of our building to ensure that we are giving our students the tools to be successful beyond our walls. Next week, our teachers will spend the afternoon in an In-service designed to help them understand how to utilize our new Virtual Reality glasses in the classroom. These glasses have unlimited possibilities as they take students into places they would otherwise not have access to like inside the human heart, at the bottom of the ocean, in the trenches of war, etc. It is an exciting addition to our technology department. I will share many pictures in the weeks to come! I hope that each of the members of our parish community has a wonderful week! Wendy

Mon, Sept 10 @ St Laurence St Charles Borromeo 5:30pm 5th St Mary’s - Elgin 6:15pm 8th St Joe’s 7:00pm 8th Wed, Sept 12 @ St Catherines 5:00pm 5th 5:45pm 8th

Thurs, Sept 20 @ St Laurence St Thomas Moore 5:45pm 8th 6:30pm 5th Mon, Sept 24 @St Joe’s 5:30pm 8th Wed, Sept 26 @ St Mary - Sycamore 6:45pm 8th

Save the Date

“God promises to make something good out of the storms that bring devastation to your life.” Romans 8:28

Religious Education

Joe Bermea is being ordained on September 29, 2018 into the Permanent Diaconate in the Rockford Diocese. A celebration lunch will be held on Septem-ber 30, 2018 after the 11:00 mass. There will be signup for RSVP and a dish to pass available begin-ning this weekend.

Please join us September 14th at 7:00 pm. We will be offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the healing of all who have suffered and been affected by the abuse of power from clergy.

Prescient words from Fr. Joseph Ratzinger written 50 years ago in his book, Introduction to Christianity, but so applicable today: "He [Christ] has drawn sin to himself, made it his lot, and so revealed what true “holiness” is: not separation, but union; not judgment, but redeeming love. Is the Church not simply the continuation of God’s deliberate plunge into human wretchedness; is she not simply the con-tinuation of Jesus’ habit of sitting at the table with sinners, of his min-gling with the misery of sin to the point where he actually seems to sink under its weight? is there not revealed in the unholy holiness of the Church, as opposed to man’s expectation of purity, God’s true holiness, which is love, love that does not keep its distance in a sort of aristocrat-ic, untouchable purity but mixes with the dirt of the world, in order thus to overcome it? Can, therefore, the holiness of the Church be anything else but the bearing with one another that comes, of course, from the fact that all of us are borne up by Christ? At bottom there is always hidden pride at work when criticism of the Church adopts that tone of rancorous bitterness which today is already beginning to become a fashionable habit. Unfortunately it is accompa-nied only too often by a spiritual emptiness in which the specific nature of the Church as a whole is no longer seen, in which she is only regard-ed as a political instrument whose organization is felt to be pitiable or brutal, as if the real function of the Church did not lie beyond organiza-tion, in the comfort of the Word and of the sacraments that she provides in good and bad days alike. Those who really believe do not attribute too much importance to the struggle for the reform of ecclesiastical structures. They live on what the Church always is; and if one wants to know what the Church really is one must go to them. For the Church is most present, not where organizing, reforming, and governing are going on, but in those who simply believe and receive from her the gift of faith that is life to them. Only someone who has experienced how, regard-less of changes in her ministers and forms, the Church raises men up, gives them a home and a hope, a home that is hope - the path to eter-nal life - only someone who has experienced this knows what the Church is, both in days gone by and now."

Healing Mass

Be strong, fear not In our first reading from the Prophet Isaiah this weekend, God has a message for those who are fearful. he says. God our Fa-ther always encourages us to trust in Him and to not let fear get in the way of our mission. At its core, fear is a sense of isola-tion. When we are afraid, ultimately, we are feeling alone and helpless. It is through that fear that we lose our hope, and when our hope is gone we lose our peace as well. Without that interior peace, it is tough to the disciples that Jesus calls us to be. Therefore, we need to do our best to always be strong and fear not! God does not call us to be timid in our vocations, but rather to be courageous. Be bold in the way that you surrender your life to Jesus Christ. Hold nothing back! With your fearless heart, Jesus will be able to mold you into a true disciple and do great things in your life. Place all of your hope and trust in God and see what incredible deeds He wants to work through you.

Vocations Corner- Fr. Robert Gonnella

Kid’s Corner

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Ministry Meetings - Sept 9 - Sept 15

Sunday 10:15 AM Spanish Bible Study

Tuesday 6:00 PM Spanish Bible Study 6:00 PM PTC - Library 7:00 PM St. Vincent de Paul - Cafeteria

Thursday 8:30 AM Social Action - Sacristy 1:00 PM Women’s Cursillo Group - Sacristy 2:30 PM Book to Movie Club - Library 7:00 PM Mens Cursillo - Sacristy 7:15 PM Hispanic Ministry - Library

Friday 5:30 PM Cursillo Women’s - Sacristy

Saturday 5:00 PM Bingo - Cafeteria

Monday

Wednesday 5:00 PM Confession - Church 6:00 PM RE Classes - School

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

Attention: All additions, cancelations, or changes to meetings/events MUST be coordinated through the church office 847-468-6900

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Are you or someone you know inter-ested in becoming Catholic? Per-haps you (or someone you know) would like to complete the Sacra-ments of First Holy Communion and/or Confirmation. Please consider attending RCIA. Classes will begin in September. If interested or if you would like more information, contact the Parish Office @ 847-468-6900.

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