St. Laurence Parish 225 Jewett St. Elgin, IL 60123 Parish Office: 565 Standish St. 8:30 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 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 Deacons - Robert Plazewski, Joe Bermea deaconjoe@stlaurencechurchelgin.com 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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Adoration and Confession is offered every Wednesday from 5-7 pm, in the Church. Come and rest in the Lord.

February 1 - Anna Gotter

Stewardship Collection

Monday Heb 9:15, 24-28; Ps 98:1-6; Mk 3:22-30

Tuesday Heb 10:1-10; Ps 40:2, 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11; Mk 3:31-35

Wednesday Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110:1-4; Mk 4:1-20

Thursday Heb 10:19-25; Ps 24:1-6; Mk 4:21-25

Friday Heb 10:32-39; Ps 37:3-6, 23-24, 39-40; Mk 4:26-34

Saturday Mal 3:1-4; Ps 24:7-10; Heb 2:14-18; Lk 2:22-40 [22-32]

Sunday Jer 1:4-5, 17-19; Ps 71:1-6, 15, 17; 1 Cor 12:31 -- 13:13 [13:4-13]; Lk 4:21-30

Readings for the Week

Hospital Minister

Altar Flowers

4:00 PM

Lector - John Muchmore Eucharistic Ministers - Barb Miller, Jamie Szopa, Ron Szopa, Debbie Wever Altar Servers - Kimberly Aguirre, Samuel Castillo

6:00 PM

Lector - Lala Rodriguez Ministro Eucaristico- Laura Blanca, Norberto Felicano, Benjamin Gonzalez, Carmen Perez Servidor de Altar - Alyssa Baugus, Natalia Ramos

7:15 AM

Lector - Loretta Revesz Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Joe Bermea, Vicky Giuliano, Wendy Mann, Chris Stine Altar Servers - Colin Tuftedal, Ethan Tuftedal

9:00 AM

Lector - Angelica Rodriguez Eucharistic Ministers - Deacon Joe Bermea, Mary Berg, Loli Gudino, William Misek Altar Servers - Mariana Hernandez, Isabella Montez

11:00 AM

Lector - Jim Kararo Eucharistic Ministers - Veronica Betz, Natalie Koessl, Kimberley Mailloux, Bernard Pettinger Altar Servers - Allie Lock, Adrian Rodriguez

Altar Ministry February 2/3

Jan 19/20

Total Giving This Week $ 5,458.62

Weekly Budget Amount Needed $ 7,900.00

Happenings

Love of heaven is the only way to heaven.—John Henry Newman

Are you letting Jesus proclaim the good news to you in your marriage? Sign up today to attend one of the next Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekends on Feb 15-17 in Geneva, IL; March 15-17 in Madison, WI or April 26-28 in Brookfield, WI. 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.

FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION We will be col-lecting 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 February 2/3, 2019.

In memory of Marcos Gudino By Gudino family

LOOKING FOR DONATIONS! St. Laurence Church is looking for donations of pajamas and/or long underwear for men and women of all sizes. We will be donating these items to PADS Homeless Shelter here in Elgin. We will have boxes in the back for you to place the items in.

The donation collection will go from January 19, 2019 to March 16, 2019. More than 100 people in Elgin alone are homeless and they would greatly appreciate anything the St. Laurence Catholic Parishion-ers could provide for them. Please donate and help in anyway you can! Anything you donate is greatly appreciated! Thank You, Women of E.

CHANGE TO DAILY MASS SCHEDULE: There will be NO DAILY MASS on Monday (2/4/19), Tuesday (2/5/19) or Wednesday (2/6/19) however a short prayer service with Communion will be held on those days at the usual 8:00 am time. Masses will resume February 7.

THANK YOU Deacon Bob(s)!! All are invited to join us next week (2/3/19) for brunch in the cafeteria after the 11:00 Mass to give thanks to our retired Deacons, Deacon Bob Real and Deacon Bob Plazewski (newly retired). Stop in for a bite or two, a cup of coffee and an opportunity to say "thank you" for their service over the years.

2018 End of Year Tax statements are now available in the Narthex for pickup after all Masses. Statements that have not been picked up after this weekend will be mailed next week. Thank you for your gener-osity!

TREASURES from our TRADITION

St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com

Monday 8:00 AM In memory of Guyla Kramer offered by Gin Lossau

Tuesday 8:00 AM Jack Shales offered by Mary Camacho

Wednesday 8:00 AM Special Intention offered by Kate & Roy Thompson

Thursday 8:00 AM Guyla Kramer offered by the Volkening Family

Friday 8:00 AM Marlene Reinert offered by her Nieces & Nephews

Saturday 4:00 PM Bill O'Brien offered by Rosalie O'Brien

6:00 PM In thanksgiving on behalf of Maria Campos offered by Mary Camacho

Sunday 7:15 AM St Laurence Parish Community

9:00 AM Bradley VandeDrink offered by Mom & Dad

11:00 AM William Kroman offered by Lucille Lococo

Please Pray for:

For the strengthening in faith of all who are afflicted in body, mind or spirit please pray for: Patricia Anderson, Sandra and Herbert Bolding, Sergey Bolotov, Kathleen Camarena, Alexandra Collovati, Elberta Einwich, Kay Ho-gan, John G. Kolakowski, Gordon Lee, Gary Mahoney, Tim Neal, Juli Novak, Bonnie Penera, Deacon Bob Plazewski, Lisa Rednour, Julieta Regaldo, Nathan Thomas, Sharon Walden, and Kimberly Winfree.

Lord, Hear our Prayer.

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 Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Mass Intentions - Jan 28 - Feb 3

May God protect our members who serve in the armed forc-es and return them safely to their families: ARMY: Staff Sgt. Jennifer (Clough) Korfmacher, COAST GUARD: Ensign Allison Rychtanek

Saturday’s feast of the Presentation is a day for the blessing of candles. Why does liturgy require candles? In the first years of the church, worship was often at night, and candles and torches were carried from place to place within the worship space as needed. Candles were also a mark of festivity and hospitality when people gathered for prayer in homes, and later on in large buildings with thick walls and dark corners. But even after gas-light and electricity, candles were kept. Part of the reason has to do with the warm, clean light of a candle’s flame. Candles are a good sign of the partnership of God and creation: wax made by bees, gathered and fashioned by human hands into something beautiful and useful. In order for the light to shine, the candle surrenders itself, almost as if it is pouring itself out so that the light can flood into the world. The candle of baptism, placed into our hands, and carried again and again, speaks silently of that same wisdom. If you would save your life, you must lose it. You must pour your life out like Christ so that you may be filled with the light of his love.

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El día 3 de febrero se celebra entre misas, mariachis, fuegos artificiales y muchas expresiones de religiosidad popular, la fies-ta de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Suyapa en Hondu-ras. Fue un sábado del mes de febrero, cuando Alejandro Colin-dres, un joven humilde labrador, y Jorge Martínez, un niño de ocho años, la encontraron. Según la tradición estos llegaron cansados a la quebrada del Piligüín. Acostándose sobre el sue-lo, Alejandro sintió lo que le parecía una piedra en su espalda. Por más que intentaba arrojarla lejos, cuando se acostaba sen-tía la misma piedra. Por fin en lugar de tirarla, la puso en su mochila y al amanecer descubrió que no era piedra sino una pequeña imagen de María (6.5 cm.) con rostro indígena tallada en madera. En 1780 se le construyó un templo y en 1796 se registró su primer milagro. El Papa Pío XII la proclamó Patrona de la República de Honduras en 1925. En las advocaciones latinoamericanas ella es nombrada como la fortaleza de los hu-mildes.

—Fray Gilberto Cavazos-Glz, OFM, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co

Pack 17 had their Pinewood Derby on Saturday, January 19, in the school cafeteria. A great time was had by all. The Cub Scouts built and painted their cars. All the cars were well done and looked great. The winners of our derby were 3rd place Gabe Morrissey; 2nd place Bennett DuBois and 1st place Mateo Johnson. CONGRATULATIONS to all the racers!

El amor al cielo es el único camino al cielo.— John Henry Newma

Congratulations Kid’s Corner

School News - Wendy Kelly

Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. — Isaiah 60:1

LEVANTAMIENTO CELEBRATION: One of the traditions of the His-panic culture occurs on the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord when the images of the Christ Child Jesus are solemnly put away to close the Christmas season. It is a practice to bring these images to be blessed

before they are returned to a place of honor in the home. Our celebra-tion of this tradition will be held at a special Vigil Mass at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, the 1st of February. Re-freshments will follow in the cafete-ria downstairs. All are wel-come. Please join us. Celebracion de la Presentación del Señor: Una de las tradiciones de la cultura Hispaña es del levan-tamiento del Niño Jesús para el fin de la temporada Navideña. Es una

costumbre de llevar a bendecir las imágines antes de ponerlas en un lugar de honor en el hogar. Esta celebración se va llevar a cabo en una misa especial el viernes, 1 de febrero a las 6:00 p.m. Habrá convivio en la cafeteria después de la misa. Todos son bienvenidos. Favor de acompanarnos.

Please join the Youth Ministry!! We are look-ing for students that are in the 6th grade – 12th grade and want to meet new friends, provide service to our community, and grow in faith. This is a great way to meet people in the community. Bring a friend!! Our next meeting will be held January 25th at 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. We are also looking for volunteers to help us volunteer at Feed My Starving Children on Thursday, February 28th at 6:00 p.m. It’s a great opportuni-ty to earn service hours! If you have any questions please contact Melanie Marcordes (224) 639-0910 or Erika Gomez (224) 629-2760.

St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com

The Northwest Window: The Sacrament of Holy Orders - The three symbols in the top section refer to ordination for the Holy Priesthood. The Chalice represents the office of the priest, offering sacrifice. The book indicates his duty to teach the people. The stole and the crozier signify spiritual direction of the faithful. See more about this window in next week’s bulle-tin.

St. Laurence Church | Jewett & Standish St. | Elgin, IL 60123 | 847-468-6900 | http://stlaurencechurchelgin.com

Ministry Meetings - Jan 27 - Feb 2

Sunday 9:30 AM Confirmation Class - School 6:30 PM Youth Ministry - Cafeteria

Tuesday

Thursday 1:00 PM Women’s Cursillo Group - Sacristy 6:30 PM Events Planning - Cafeteria 7:00PM Men’s Cursillo - Sacristy

Friday 5:30 PM Cursillo Women’s Group - Sacristy 6:00 PM Levantamiento Mass 7:00 PM Levantamiento Celebration

Saturday 5:00 PM Bingo - Cafeteria & Gym

Monday

Wednesday 5:00 PM Adoration and Reconciliation 6:00 PM RE Classes - School

Submission deadline for bulletin entries is Monday at Noon. Send all entries to: office@stlaurencechurchelgin.com for approval. You can also call 847-468-6900

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

office@stlaurencechurchelgin.com

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Vocations Corner- Fr. Manny Gomez

Luke 5 - In chapter 5 of the gospel according to Luke we find the story of the forgiveness of sins, and healing of a paralyzed man. This story is somehow different from others we find in the gospel. People are gathered around Jesus, among them there are Pharisees and scribes, everybody wants to listen Jesus, but not eve-rybody believes in him. The crowd, in this story, pre-vents those who need the healing power of Jesus to get closer to him. A paralyzed man has not even a chance to be intro-duced to Jesus. However, a group of friends, it does not specify how many (it may be 2 or 4), take him up to the roof of the place, dig a hole through the roof, and lower him down right in front of Jesus. All of us are called to encounter Jesus. He wants to meet us and to be part of our lives, but sometimes it is hard to encounter him. Sometimes those gathered around him become an obstacle that prevents us to get closer to him. Or it may be that we sometimes become an obstacle to others as they want to meet the Lord. What attitudes within the church make it harder to meet Jesus? And what aspects of my behavior make difficulty the path faith of others? To meet Jesus sometimes is difficult, but not impossible, especially if we have friends like those in the gospel. They carried the paralyzed man, took him up the roof, and lowered him in front of Jesus. We need friends that pray for us, we need parents who pray for their children’s vocation, we need to start praying for those who haven’t answered God’s call; we need to become more like the friends that bring others to Jesus, and less like the crowd that prevents others to come to him.

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